Water Cooling for the beginner

glenimp617

glenimp617

glenimp617

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I am looking at building a really GREAT system within the next couple of months and I fancy having a dabble at water cooling.

I've been building PCs for years and years but never even looked at water cooling until now.

I was originally thinking about getting something like the thermaltake case which has everything built in, but then I saw the water cooling section on the ocuk site and got me thinking about a custom jobbie. is the dragonden stuff any good?

Not really keen on hacking a new case to bits tho, would I be able to find a case which would fit everything inside?

I want the best so it will last me a good while

any tips folks ;-)

Thanks!!
 
You could go down the route of the Zalman reserator products. Nice and simple. Will cool both the CPU and GPU for starters.
 
a silverstone TJ07 or TJ09 will easily take a decent watercooling setup and look amazing with or without one installed and can take it withut cutting.

Stackers will too but I think they look awful.

My suggestion would be to avoid kits and reserators if you're at all planning to overclock, plus in my experience no one ever "dabbles" with watercooling... you have a go and get hooked.

Buying custom is easy enough and there are plenty of forums including this one that can tell you exactly what to buy.

At the end of the day you still have to install it all which is the hard part and that makes no odds whether you have a kit or not.
 
<<< Is just in shock that he sold a 3k gaming pc for an xbox 360.


Also, would you say the Antec P182 case would be good for water cooling? its got holes in the back for it ? lol
 
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