Would anyone like to help me?

phill9800

phill9800

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I'm looking for someone to help me hook up a water cooling setup for my Conroe system :)

I've a bit of a competition with a guy on another forum and I'd like to try and give him a run for his money :)

I know at the moment he's using water where as I'm only using air and I think that's my biggest downfall..
He's got pretty much the same hardware as I have (to a degree) but he does have a 8800GTX compared to my X1900 XT.. (I dont mind, I'm waiting on a R600 or whatever to come out :D) He's running a E6600, G Skill PC6400 ram and a EVGA 680 motherboard compared to E6600 Geil PC6400 ram and a Abit AW9D-Max board...

Anyways, I'm looking for someone to help me hook up a water cooling kit to my PC and see how far it can go...

Any takers??
 
Its never a good idea to 'compete' with someone tbh, it can become costly and usually ends in tears as there is always someone faster than you therefore you will never be happy. Overclock your setup to get it to a speed YOU want and feel comfotable with.

To answer your question if you are a first time watercooler then the apex ultra kit by swiftech is a great starter kit that can be easily upgraded when you feel the need.
 
Whilst I know there will always someone better and faster, I wont ever worry about that too much as its more harmless fun to be honest :D

I was considering a Water Cooling Kit for some time now, but electrics and water (distilled dont you use??) worries me a bit..

I think it was also a case of whether or not would someone help me set it up as that might give me confidence in doing it as well :)

Would it take very long to put together??
 
Putting it together is not too time consuming although it is obviously longer than air cooling. The most time consuming part is leak-testing (I recommend a minimum of 24hrs). It isn't difficult to setup and is quite safe if you follow the instructions and the vast amount of advice available over the net. If time is a major constraint then I wouldn't advise watercooling because if you rush it you will get leaks and potentially kill your hardware. Distilled/dionised water are conductive as are the 'non-conductive' coolants available on the net - don't be fooled by them.
 
I'm not in a rush as such, I would just really be happier with someone there next to me guiding me along so I know I'm gonna be doing the right thing, rather than the wrong thing..

At the moment my temps on my Conroe arent all that bad, maybe 52C under a full load with 1.475vcore through the CPU with a Coolermaster Stacker 830 case. I will admit, that the fan speed on my Zalman 9700 is on its lowest setting.

I was able to hit 4Ghz using this chip and setup of hardware with the air cooling, but I was using the max voltage the board could offer. The temps wherent too bad, as they never went over 65C when doing Super Pi (which was what I was aiming for it to do!) which I didnt think was bad.

My question would be, would water cooling and good water cooling at that, make it easier for me to run at a faster CPU speed and give me even more head room when it comes to overclockig it further?

Noise is currently a bit of an issue as well, although for benchmarking, I wont mind the noise of the fans (however noisy) if it needs to be cranked right up to protect my hardware...

With the Swiftech kit, how would it compare to a Danger Den model like the one my friend has?
 
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