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post #1 of 6
9/24/12 at 8:11am
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So i decided to sell my H100 and see if i could buy a loop with the money, i got £70 for the cooler and then bought my new set up for £50!!! £20 up already then some coolant for £5 still up, then sold all my fans in my case and some other spare bits i had and raised another £35, so then bought some new fans to keep everything nice and cool. thumb.gif





A 24 hour leak test as it was 2nd hand



i bit old cpu block but does the business



The fans i bought push loads of air a bit loud but with a fan controller nice and quite




And all up and running




Very happy with the temps 8c down on the h100 and looks better smile.gif so if any thinks the water cooling is costly than look and what i got for the same price as the h100


H100 + around £80

2nd hand set £50 + coolant £5 + fans £12 for 2 = £67

maybe i got lucky but very happy that i took the gamble



Thanks for looking thumb.gif
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9/24/12 at 8:24am
May you please post the temperatures of your CPU tongue.gif ?
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post #3 of 6
9/24/12 at 10:03am
Nice Find. Definitely looks better than the H100 imo.
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post #4 of 6
9/24/12 at 10:23am
Nice rig, and definitely a lot more expandability for future. I haven't tried the G-Silent 12s, but I have 18s and am very happy with them, wonderful cheap fans.
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9/24/12 at 10:40am
Even cheaper use distilled water, i just picked up 2L for £1.98 today.
Been using the same stuff for just over 3 years and yet to get even the slightest problem, i usually change water every 6 months and i get no gunk, corrosion or any other funky stuff going on in my loop thumb.gif

You did good anyway, id rather have your new loop than the H100, you have many upgrade options now smile.gif
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9/24/12 at 3:54pm
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May you please post the temperatures of your CPU tongue.gif ?

@ the moment its 23c idle and 46 - 47 load on a 3.3ghz over clock as i think my cpu is dying (any more and bsod) mad.gif with H100 i was getting 30c idle and 60+ load so a bit happier, but i need to upgrade soon
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Nice rig, and definitely a lot more expandability for future. I haven't tried the G-Silent 12s, but I have 18s and am very happy with them, wonderful cheap fans.

i got 9 for £46.39 http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/Phobya-G-Silent-12-1600rpm-Black-Silent-Edition-9xFan-Pack_29576.html and they shift loads for a cheap fan so very impressed
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Even cheaper use distilled water, i just picked up 2L for £1.98 today.
Been using the same stuff for just over 3 years and yet to get even the slightest problem, i usually change water every 6 months and i get no gunk, corrosion or any other funky stuff going on in my loop thumb.gif
You did good anyway, id rather have your new loop than the H100, you have many upgrade options now smile.gif

Already been looking at another rad and getting a block for my card as well but until i upgrade my Cpu and motherboard it will have to wait thumb.gif

Edit: just had prime running and the most it went up to was 39c getting better
Edited by moowey - 9/24/12 at 4:04pm
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