**Water Cooling**NOOB !!

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Ok guys I am looking to upgrade to a conroe system, this is what I have on my list so far.

• Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail or Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
• Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
• Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Tenth Anniversary Dual Channel Kit (TY2KIT12864AA663)
• Case ? (please advise)
• PSU ? (please advise)

I want to water cool this rig, I have never watercooled before and I dont want to spend a fortune on a setup can you guys advise a watercooling rig for the above ?

 

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Swiftech apex ultra.

Case is your choice really as the rad can be externally mounted.

I would prefer everything to be internally.

Also I didnt think the kits was as good as making a watercooling rig up yourself ?

 

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Cant you use radiaters from motor bikes or anything like that ?

 

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Only half?!

Doesn't seem worth it...

The swiftech is amazing. Just buy it, or go with air. Custom isn't worth it for a noob (not until you've got experience and spare parts does custom make sense imo).

How much improvement would you get out of a kit like this compared to a top end air cooling kit, is it really worth the extra cost ?