Watercooling Spec Help

fonetech

fonetech

fonetech

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OK guys I need help choosing the right water cooling gear.

Heres my system

AMD Phenom 9850
2GB Corsair Dominator Ram
Asus M3A Motherboard
MSI HD3870x2 OC Edition Graphics
2 x 74GB Raptor Drives
2 x WD 250GB SATA2 Drives
XFX Revo64 Sata Raid Card
Areca 1200 Sata Raid Card
Pioneer SATA DVD Writer
Auzentech Prelude 7.1 Sound Card
580W Hiper PSU

Now I want to Watercool my CPU, Graphics & Northbridge, can people please spec me a good system ?

Also would i be better off getting a 700W Corsair PSU ?
 
Dtek fuzion/fuzion 2, swiftech apogee GTX or EK supreme waterblock, not much performance difference in the real world although I'm sure some will argue passionately about this.
EK 3870X2 waterblock (only one available for that GFX card iirc)
Swiftech MCw30 northbridge block plus a bunch of ramsinks if you have to take off a heatpipe arrangement, not familiar with that board.
Minimum radiator thermochill PA120.2, probably better with a PA120.3 given the heatdump off a quad and a 3870X2
DDC 12v/ultra 10w/18w pump

Some sort of reservoir to your taste, bayres, swiftech micro res or an ek multioption (tube style)

Quiet fans, yate loons are quiet and perform well.

If you're installing the rad outside the case look at the swiftech radbox to hang it off the back of the case

I'd suggest either 1/2" tubing, XSPC or Tygon or preferable masterkleer, stays nice and clear, doesn't cloud up and its 7/16 and sits tighter on 1/2" barbs. Zip cable ties or worm drive hoseclips for the tubing ends too.

You might want to look at feser 1 liquid, its non conductive (ish) so its forgiving of light spills for you first build and comes in a variety of lovely colours.

And yes, I'd lose the Hiper, heard too many reports of them going pop.. a corsair HX620w will probably do the trick but 700w would be dandy.
 
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