Water cooling..

waso_dude

waso_dude

waso_dude

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As I'm pretty much getting a new setup, i was thinking why not spend an extra 100 on a watercooling kit?

Is it worth me saving up and getting a custom kit? or are the brought off the shelf kit - Like a Thermaltake one.

Or shall i get it and slowly upgrade it?

I'm only looking at the CPU for now, then i'll include the 8800 after.

Cheers
 
go for custom, im saving up for a custom kit and they will look a lot better than a pre-done one, picking out equipment is pretty hard luckily i have a friend who is helping me but non the less ask around in the forum.
 
there is quite often H2o stuff on the MM - always worth a looky, or of course whack a wanted up ;)
that way you could probably w/c your 8800 for the same budget as a new cpu only kit.
 
well i'm needing to get a 2x80mm radiator, which at the moment i'm struggling with, anyone know one that is good?

I'm just trying to price it up.
 
Unless you REALLY need a 2x80mm radiator I wouldn't bother as they're more expensive than 2x120mm equivalents and won't perform anywhere near as well. However, I'm guessing you have space constraints and so it will probably fit the bill. Another one to consider is the Thermochill 90.1 radiator which I've heard is very good for its diminutive (yet very deep) size).

You want to be looking for the Black Ice Micro 80x2 or something and it will come up on Google or whatever. It's not bad - do not get me wrong - and will probably do a better job of cooling a CPU than air cooling, but it won't perform quite as well as an equivalent 120.1 radiator.

And don't buy Thermaltake as there are better options out there. Unless, of course, price is an absolute issue, or the blocks meet some requirements that others just don't: like their "Aquabrazing W2 GPU block" which is only 11mm deep: perfect for SFFs... it won't be a DangerDen Maze5 or a Swiftech MCP-60 or whatever they're up to, but it will fit in places they won't! :D
 
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