Liquid Cooling 101

ramodkk · 05-11-2008, 09:02 PM

Oh I see. I was just looking around at newegg and found this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103029

But according to you and the reviews on it, it's not really worth it.

And what about thise one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835128015

If not, I'll stick with my ACF7Pro

taylormsj · 05-11-2008, 09:05 PM

Neither will be worth the money !!

firsttimebuilder · 05-11-2008, 09:10 PM

if your going to liquid cool you should be prepared to spend at least 300 dollars and do a proper DIY setup
in my books its goes

Multistage cascade cooling>LN2O>Single stage phase change>Phase Change Chilled Liquid Cooling>DICE (solid CO2)>high end WCing >High end aircooling & quality low end watercooling> low end watercooling> stock heatsink>quiet coolers

[-0MEGA-] · 05-13-2008, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taylormsj

no watercooling kit will be better than a high end air cooler, unless you look at the swiftech kits, i think they are more than 100$ tho.

It goes

high end water > high end air > low end cheap water kits > stock heatsinks

Either get a custom water set up, or dont bother if you are looking for high end cooling performance. If its just for looks, then get whatever

+1

I believe I spent around $300-$350 for my entire setup, but I have room to upgrade if I chose, so I decided to go with a higher quality pump, radiator, etc. I've never been a huge fan of kits, I always prefer buying the parts and building it yourself.

dak1b · 05-26-2008, 11:57 PM

good details. really good info

headcrabCAKE · 06-13-2008, 03:10 PM

hi i am using air cooling at the moment

if liquid cooling hard to setup? like fit all the parts into the case
i have a antec 900 case atm (has 2 holes for water cooling tubes to fit into)

are the seals hard or easy to make a mistake and have the whole thing leak and make ya need to buy all the hardware again

[-0MEGA-] · 06-13-2008, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by headcrabCAKE

hi i am using air cooling at the moment

if liquid cooling hard to setup? like fit all the parts into the case
i have a antec 900 case atm (has 2 holes for water cooling tubes to fit into)

are the seals hard or easy to make a mistake and have the whole thing leak and make ya need to buy all the hardware again

I had my water cooling system in my Antec 900 as well. I built mine from scratch, it's not too hard to setup, you just need to make sure that you buy parts which are all compatible. The best way to check is to make sure they take the same ID (inner dimension) size tubing.

The hardest part for me was mounting the waterpump, since the PSU is on the bottom there isn't much room.

trueheart · 06-18-2008, 07:25 AM

what a great cooling system

05-11-2008, 09:02 PM	#81 (permalink)
ramodkk Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: There > Age: 16 Posts: 3,983	Oh I see. I was just looking around at newegg and found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103029 But according to you and the reviews on it, it's not really worth it. And what about thise one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835128015 If not, I'll stick with my ACF7Pro __________________ "If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris" E2160 @ 2.7GHz AC Freezer 7 Pro Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2GB BallistiX Tracers DDR2-1000 Sapphire HD3870 Rosewill RD500 500W Rosewill Modded Case 3DMark06: 10,017 Winner of Photo Tourney: What were they thinking? & Grass

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taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,811	Neither will be worth the money !! __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

05-11-2008, 09:10 PM	#83 (permalink)
firsttimebuilder Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: somewhere witty Posts: 1,234	if your going to liquid cool you should be prepared to spend at least 300 dollars and do a proper DIY setup in my books its goes Multistage cascade cooling>LN2O>Single stage phase change>Phase Change Chilled Liquid Cooling>DICE (solid CO2)>high end WCing >High end aircooling & quality low end watercooling> low end watercooling> stock heatsink>quiet coolers __________________ FTB pm me for any questions on sub ambient cooling Q6600 X1950XT P5K DLX 2GB Muskin 5-4-5-12 ddr2 1066 Last edited by firsttimebuilder; 05-11-2008 at 09:13 PM.

05-26-2008, 11:57 PM	#85 (permalink)
dak1b Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Earth Posts: 75	good details. really good info __________________ CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz RAM:CORSAIR 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 HDD:Seagate Barracuda 750GB 7200 MBO:NVIDIA nForce 750i GPU:GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB PSU:PC Power & Cooling 750W CASE:Thermaltake Armor MONITOR:Acer Black 22" KEYBOARD: G15 Gaming/Logitech G5 2 Mouse OS: Windows Vista

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06-13-2008, 03:10 PM	#86 (permalink)
headcrabCAKE Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: birkenheas,uk near liverpool Age: 26 Posts: 154	hi i am using air cooling at the moment if liquid cooling hard to setup? like fit all the parts into the case i have a antec 900 case atm (has 2 holes for water cooling tubes to fit into) are the seals hard or easy to make a mistake and have the whole thing leak and make ya need to buy all the hardware again

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