!!!!!!! -- water cooling -- !!!!!!!!!

butter

New Member
hey guys

what do u think about watercooling in general??

is it worth it? price, temperature, noise..

any thoughts.

and is it possible to watercool a system with 8 fan-needed items:
- cpu
- motherboard
- video
- anther video (sli)
- hard drive
- another hard drive (raid)
- and for example antother two hard drives

eh? :cool:
 
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Geoff

VIP Member
The basic water cooling systems only cool the CPU, while more moderate ones cool the CPU, chipset, and video card. You dont need to water cool the hard drives, they dont get nearly hot enough. Even with water cooling though, you need case fans, but you can just buy silent fans that move enough air, while barely being audible.
 

butter

New Member
[-0MEGA-];715348 said:
The basic water cooling systems only cool the CPU, while more moderate ones cool the CPU, chipset, and video card. You dont need to water cool the hard drives, they dont get nearly hot enough. Even with water cooling though, you need case fans, but you can just buy silent fans that move enough air, while barely being audible.

okay. so basically, i need to cool down cpu, chipset and TWO video cards, right?

what are the "silent fans that move enough air, while barely being audible"? like literally - link, or brand name, or noise volume in db
 

The_Beast

New Member
what about price and noise tho? and how difficult is it to install it? do u need specialists' help?


The price can range from $125 to $1000 or more, it isn't difficult to install if you know what your doing, no you don't need a specialist


okay. so basically, i need to cool down cpu, chipset and TWO video cards, right?

what are the "silent fans that move enough air, while barely being audible"? like literally - link, or brand name, or noise volume in db

you can cool down what ever you need, "silent" fans are usually bigger (120mm) fans that are under 18 dB


www.newegg.com can help you find fans like that


:) friendly FYI try not to double post :)
 

butter

New Member
The price can range from $125 to $1000 or more, it isn't difficult to install if you know what your doing, no you don't need a specialist




you can cool down what ever you need, "silent" fans are usually bigger (120mm) fans that are under 18 dB


www.newegg.com can help you find fans like that


:) friendly FYI try not to double post :)

okay, i found fans - newegg actually rules!! :D

but hey, i'm still confused about installation. do i have to buy all the pieces separately? like a pump, a condencer, a cooler.. whatever it comes with. how many tubes do i need, if i have two video cards, a cpu and a motherboard chipset.

i saw a couple of pics, and usually it's just cpu and vga being cooled down only.. that's not enough for me.

cmon guys!! need help here a lil

wanna get that mega-cool system inside my machine
 

The_Beast

New Member
but hey, i'm still confused about installation. do i have to buy all the pieces separately? like a pump, a condencer, a cooler.. whatever it comes with. how many tubes do i need, if i have two video cards, a cpu and a motherboard chipset.


How much do you want to spend on water cooling??? What kind of CPU, GPU, and chipset do you have??? how many fan ports do you have in your case??? if you can tell me this I would love to put a system together for you
 

butter

New Member
How much do you want to spend on water cooling??? What kind of CPU, GPU, and chipset do you have??? how many fan ports do you have in your case??? if you can tell me this I would love to put a system together for you


that's what i have:

1. motherboard:
ASUS LGA 775 nForce 650i SLI
Model #: P5N-E SLI

2. TWO GPUs in SLI mode:
EVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
Model #: 256-P2-N554-AX

3. CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
Model #: BX80562Q6600

and i'm thinking about Swiftech H20-220-APEX-GT althou its pretty expensive and bulky

WHAT ARE FAN PORTS ANYWAYS?
 

The_Beast

New Member
that's what i have:

1. motherboard:
ASUS LGA 775 nForce 650i SLI
Model #: P5N-E SLI

2. TWO GPUs in SLI mode:
EVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
Model #: 256-P2-N554-AX

3. CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
Model #: BX80562Q6600

and i'm thinking about Swiftech H20-220-APEX-GT althou its pretty expensive and bulky

WHAT ARE FAN PORTS ANYWAYS?


That Swiftech kit is nice but it only cools the CPU, fan ports are where you put the fan
 

spanky

New Member
He would save money if he built it from the ground up, instead of buying a kit


Hey butter what is your budget???

That all depends on the pieces he would buy compared to the whatever kit. For me, buying a kit would be cheaper than all the pieces I'd want.
 

butter

New Member
That Swiftech kit is nice but it only cools the CPU, fan ports are where you put the fan

so what should i do to get a kit that cools all of my units?? extension, extra tubes, extra pumps?? or maybe some different cooling system?? help please

thanks
 

butter

New Member
He would save money if he built it from the ground up, instead of buying a kit


Hey butter what is your budget???

hey beast, it's within 250 bux.. just for the water cooling system i mean. cuz if it's more than that, i'd rather buy a whole case with embedded water cooling system and no headache.. u no what i mean? ;)
 

butter

New Member
Probably get Swiftech H20-120 Kit and a couple GIGABYTE GH-WPBV1 VGA and some extra tubing and you should be fine.

Swiftech H20-120 Kit was reviewed by fuzzy075 as "not enough cooling power to cool a quad. had to upgrade radiator and get mcp350 mod for it and now it works like a charm."

- should i do the same right away, or just better don't torment myself about it and buy the above mentioned h20-220?
...h20-120 would be a good franklin saved tho.. ;)

GIGABYTE GH-WPBV1 VGA - what is it anyways?? a separate water cooling system?? like a mini-one? lol that's awesome!!

what do you mean "extra tubing"? for the chipset? elaborate plz
 

Millsie

New Member
I must say if you really want to see how water cooling fits and what not... 3DGAMEMAN on youtube covers quite a few water cooling solutions. If you want to have a look I done a quick search on youtube... heres what it came up with... Water Cooling Hope it helps
 
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