External Liquid Cooling System or Liquid cooled case??

[bigd54]

Hey guys looking for some advice here. Do you think its better to buy a liquid cooing system and install it or buy a case that already has one installed and take everything out of my old case and put it in the new one. Advice is appreciated, thanks.

 

[Geoff]

Neither IMO, I would say use your existing case if it's large enough, buy the individual components yourself and build your own.

 

[The_Beast]

I'd build it yourself


If you need help picking out part I'd love to help

 

[oscaryu1]

If you're not going to do some hardcore overclocking, watercooling is useless and just wastes your money.

 

[diduknowthat]

Either piece together a nice combination for yourself or go with high-end aircooling. Using pre-assembled kits is usually just a waste of money.

 

[G25r8cer]

I personally like the look of externals. Esp the ones that mount on the back. Get an Exos, if you have money to drop down.

 

[G25r8cer]

^^ Here's a website that should get you started with whichever way you decide to go.

http://www.xoxide.com/watcoolcas1.html

 

[bigd54]

Yah I would love your help the beast

 

[WhiteFireDragon]

it's always better to customize a WC system. the only challenge is you'll have to learn about all components and different parts/brands of each component. i already have my parts planned out... i'm just saving up for it right now. only going to do it once instead of keep upgrading and it'll cost me about $450 :[

 

[bigd54]

Ya I dont need that much performance just something to keep my overclocked q6660 cool. Plus my room gets so hot from my computer. Atleast 7 degrees hotter than any other room in the house.

 

[WhiteFireDragon]

WC isn't going to bring down you ambient. it just removes heat more efficiently for your CPU because it spreads it over the radiator surface area, which later will be dumped to the air in you room anyways.

 

[bigd54]

Thanks for the info. Im still going to co the WC route. What do you think of the reserator v2?

 

[G25r8cer]

^^ Ahh its ugly and bulky

 

[bigd54]

Yah, it is but I don't know what route to go. I really like the preconfigured ones and the ones that are external.

 

[G25r8cer]

If I go water cooling im getting this one for sure. It looks awesome

http://www.xoxide.com/koolance-exos-2-black.html

 

[bigd54]

I was heavily considering that one but I dont have an extra bay to put it in

 

[G25r8cer]

^^ It doesnt go in a bay! It's external and sits on top of your case.

 

[Ramodkk]

If you only want it to cool your Q6600, maybe look at the Swiftech H20-120 it's like $150

 

[G25r8cer]

^^ I was looking at that too but, it doesnt look to professional. Also, it kinda looks cheap. Or is that just me?

 

[bigd54]

I was looking at it to but my case doesnt have an exhust fan so I have no where to mount it