Water cooling NEED HELP!

marmalade_man

marmalade_man

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I've just bought a coolmaster storm scout, its got 4gb of ddr3 1066 and a phenom 2 955 black edition, and a 4890. Im getting around 200 - 300 quid to spend on it soon.. I was gonna upgrade to 8gb ddr3 1600 andd then get another 4890. that would be like 220 quid if i sell the old ddr3.. Then i was looking at watercooling. Ive got my cpu temps at 62 degrees on prime 95 and ive overclocked to 3.6. If i got watercooling for around 100 quid could i get cooler temperatures and more around the 4.0ghtz? If so any reconmendations on the cooling parts to buy? I use my pc mainly for gaming. :D
 
You may be held back by the CPU but providing it will go that high the better cooling will help.
BUT you may struggle to get a decent set up for £100 (I saw may!)
Rad 120.2 will be between £40-£60
Pump will be £70 if you get a decent 18w DDC with res on top
CPU block circa £40
Then you got tubing, barbs, fans, and any other bits you want.

Will you ACTUALLY use 8GB ram? I got 4 and rarely use half of it!
You might be able to get the price down with some second hand bits.
 
Hmm i got a good cooler on it at the moment.. but on prime 95 it his 63 which is pretty toasty :P I saw some cooling kits, would they show no improvemnt on my current temperatures? I could try pushing it some more, but its confusing with the northbridge and volting it.. so i was thinking watercooling to make it nice and cool then try it. And hmm is 4bg enough ? cause i could just get 4 i suppose.
 
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