Liquid Cooling 101

Ramomar · 05-11-2008, 10:02 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, 10:05 PM

Neither will be worth the money !!

ducis · 05-11-2008, 10:10 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, 05:51 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 · 05-27-2008, 12:57 AM

good details. really good info

headcrabCAKE · 06-13-2008, 04:10 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, 10:19 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, 08:25 AM

what a great cooling system

neogamer · 08-08-2008, 01:52 PM

Very informative and easy to understand. Well done!

[-0MEGA-] · 08-08-2008, 02:13 PM

Thanks

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