Water cooling solutions

TheChef · 07-10-2005, 07:03 PM

I am looking to get water cooling for my system, and am looking to buy a kit. I have come across a couple that are in my price range, definetly not extreme cooling, but I want to keep my componenets cold. How are the few that I mention here, any suggestions would be appreciated, but keep in mind that the Bigwater Cooling system is about as pricey as it can be. Here are two that I like.

Thermaltake BigWater
http://www.thermaltake.com/watercool...r/cl-w0005.htm
Best Price I've found is 102.

Kingwin AWC-1 Arctic Liquid Cooling System
http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.a...teID=53&ID=187
$84.00

I see that the BigWater Kit has to be installed using 4 holes around the CPU. Will my motherboard accept that or is there any other way to get around that?

Suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks

joelkyr · 07-10-2005, 09:09 PM

I would go with the Tt bigwater, just an opinion, u mentioned that its $102, if you are willing to wait and save a little more $$, you can get a better WC kit than bigwater although i would not recommend a kit for performance reason and upgradability.Check on other brand like Swiftech, Corsair(swiftech rebranded) Asetek, Dangerden to name a few

**Praetor** · 07-10-2005, 09:59 PM

Between those two, the Tt for sure.

TheChef · 07-11-2005, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joelkyr

...but if you would save a little more $$, you can get a better WC kit than bigwater although i would not recommend a kit for performance reason and upgradability.Check on other brand like Swiftech, Corsair(swiftech rebranded) Asetek, Dangerden to name a few

Not sure what you mean by "but if you would save a bit more money", but could you mention a couple of the better WC kits that are in that price range. Also, would I save money by getting individual parts instead of a kit?

EDIT: The water block fits, I just saw a video on installation.

Thanks

joelkyr · 07-11-2005, 02:07 AM

oh...sorry for the typo error....there,i corrected it.

TheChef · 07-11-2005, 07:48 PM

Thanks for the information. My mind is set on the BigWater.

07-10-2005, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheChef Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Age: 17 Posts: 1,383	Water cooling solutions I am looking to get water cooling for my system, and am looking to buy a kit. I have come across a couple that are in my price range, definetly not extreme cooling, but I want to keep my componenets cold. How are the few that I mention here, any suggestions would be appreciated, but keep in mind that the Bigwater Cooling system is about as pricey as it can be. Here are two that I like. Thermaltake BigWater http://www.thermaltake.com/watercool...r/cl-w0005.htm Best Price I've found is 102. Kingwin AWC-1 Arctic Liquid Cooling System http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.a...teID=53&ID=187 $84.00 I see that the BigWater Kit has to be installed using 4 holes around the CPU. Will my motherboard accept that or is there any other way to get around that? Suggestions would be helpful. Thanks __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ Venice -- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Asus nVidia GeForce 6600 -- Corsair ValueSelect 1024mb Seagate 120GB Barracuda -- Xoxide X-Clear Case FOR SALE http://www.computerforum.com/47630-fs-a64-3000-6600-1gb-ram-w-stuff.html http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mzvideos Last edited by TheChef; 07-10-2005 at 09:03 PM.

07-10-2005, 09:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
joelkyr Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 344	I would go with the Tt bigwater, just an opinion, u mentioned that its $102, if you are willing to wait and save a little more $$, you can get a better WC kit than bigwater although i would not recommend a kit for performance reason and upgradability.Check on other brand like Swiftech, Corsair(swiftech rebranded) Asetek, Dangerden to name a few __________________ MOBO: ASUS P4C800E DELUXE CPU: P4 3.4HT @ 3.918ghz COOLING: Vapochill PE / MCW20-P /MCW50 /MCP650/ BIX RAM: TWINX1024-4400C25 CORSAIR HDD: MAXTOR 120GB/8MB OS: XP PRO SC: TURTLE BEACH SANTA CRUZ 5.1 PSU: OCZ Modstream 520W

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07-11-2005, 02:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
joelkyr Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 344	oh...sorry for the typo error....there,i corrected it. __________________ MOBO: ASUS P4C800E DELUXE CPU: P4 3.4HT @ 3.918ghz COOLING: Vapochill PE / MCW20-P /MCW50 /MCP650/ BIX RAM: TWINX1024-4400C25 CORSAIR HDD: MAXTOR 120GB/8MB OS: XP PRO SC: TURTLE BEACH SANTA CRUZ 5.1 PSU: OCZ Modstream 520W

07-11-2005, 07:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheChef Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York Age: 17 Posts: 1,383	Thanks for the information. My mind is set on the BigWater. __________________ Athlon 64 3000+ Venice -- MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Asus nVidia GeForce 6600 -- Corsair ValueSelect 1024mb Seagate 120GB Barracuda -- Xoxide X-Clear Case FOR SALE http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=47630 http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mzvideos

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