would anyone suggest this water cooling kit?

No, at that price you may as well build your own setup. That radiator wouldnt handle a gpu waterblock anyhow(and unless your running tri-sli or triple crossfire, watercooling gpu's is useless, as for the $300 youll spend watercooling two cards you can get an extra card and increase performance much more so than watercooling.

What case you running? This for your new build with the HAF922?

For now thats what i will assume, correct me if i am wrong.

Radiator:
http://jab-tech.com/XSPC-RX240-Dual-120mm-high-performance-radiator-pr-4383.html
Pump:
http://jab-tech.com/Swiftech-MCP-355-12v-DC-Pump-pr-3510.html
Pump Top/Res:
http://jab-tech.com/XSPC-Acrylic-Reservoir-for-Laing-DDC-pr-4123.html
Tubing:(6ft or so would probably be sufficient, but if you order 10ft you get a discount, plus extra can be used to fill your res) (This is clear, if you want colored tubing tell me what color your looking for)
http://jab-tech.com/ClearFLEX-60-Tubing-1-2-ID-3-4-OD-pr-2431.html
Barbs: (4x is all you need, however if you get 6 of them you can also replace the barbs that come with the apogee GTZ. The fatboys have a far better flow rate than standard swiftech barbs)
http://jab-tech.com/Dangerden-FB-Fat-Boy-G-1-4-Fittings-1-2-Barb-pr-4181.html
Biocide:(Just coil it and toss it in the reservoir)
http://jab-tech.com/Antimicrobial-Silver-Strip-pr-4530.html
Waterblock:
This will give better temperatures: http://jab-tech.com/Swiftech-Apogee-XT-Extreme-Performance-CPU-waterblock-pr-4568.html
However, this is only about 3c higher temps, and a good bit cheaper: http://jab-tech.com/Swiftech-Apogee-GTZ-Extreme-Performance-CPU-Waterblock-Core-i7-pr-4467.html

Thermal Interface Material:
Any of the following will work, although Shin Etsu X23-7783D is the best stuff but pretty hard to find for cheap.
http://jab-tech.com/Tim-Consultants-T-C-Grease-0098-2.5g-pr-4130.html
http://jab-tech.com/Tuniq-TX-3-thermal-compound-pr-4479.html
http://jab-tech.com/Arctic-Cooling-MX3-Thermal-Compound-4g-pr-4542.html
http://jab-tech.com/Arctic-Cooling-MX-2-Thermal-Compound-pr-3863.html
 
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ya im running the HAF922 .. the one u suggested also i am gonna be running Crossfire 5870's .. my girlfriend bought me a 2nd 5870 for xmas... so i would like to be able to cool those 2 cards..

blue tubing perfered
and i do have some arctic silver 5 compound... shall i get the better stuff?
 
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CodeMinion said:
ya im running the HAF922 .. the one u suggested also i am gonna be running Crossfire 5870's .. my girlfriend bought me a 2nd 5870 for xmas... so i would like to be able to cool those 2 cards..

blue tubing perfered
and i do have some arctic silver 5 compound... shall i get the better stuff?
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Not sure why you would want to watercool two cards, gonna be tough to fit another radiator inside the HAF without having to go external. If you get shin etsu youll get temps around 4-5c lower than as5, and around 3-4c with TX-3/MX-3 or TIM consultants.
 
so u suggest not cooling the cards i mean i prob wont over clock them anyways... so if u say i shouldnt then i wont.. also where can i find that thermal compound that you are talkin bout


btw i dont mind going external on my radiator.... i have more then enough room for that
 
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just a noob said:
it's not cheap to watercool gpu's the ek 5870 waterblocks go for $109.99 a piece plus shipping: http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ekwaekac1.html
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Yeah....not cost effective to watercool a gpu. At that price id just get a third GPU:P
CodeMinion said:
so u suggest not cooling the cards i mean i prob wont over clock them anyways... so if u say i shouldnt then i wont.. also where can i find that thermal compound that you are talkin bout


btw i dont mind going external on my radiator.... i have more then enough room for that
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Shin etsu? Frozencpu.com carries it iirc. I sell it as well, but im not gonna post any links as im not trying to advertise my website.
 
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