Mmansueto

Hello everyone. I have a question about which water cooling setup to buy. I will need the full system. My system (being built now) is:

Coolmaster Cosmos 1000 Case
EVGA 780i Sli MB
Q6600 (G0 Stepping), OC'ed to 3.0ghz - 3.2ghz
4 GB 1066 DDR2 RAM
2x EVGA 8800 gt in SLi (may OC)

What do you suggest, preferably in the sub $300 range?

Wasting Away

hmmm..
fer a cpu block, you should go with a d-tek FuZion as they are agreeably the most popular. (Or check out fstfreddy's stinger blocks, they are amazing as well)

radiator, check out the Thermochill PA120.3, If you cant afford it stick with one of the Black Ice series rads such as the BIX360.

to hold the rad i would suggest getting a Radbox to piggyback it on the back of your case. (keeping the rad exteral helps get better temperatures, and it would be really hard to fit a 360 rad internally)

for a pump, get the Swiftech655(D5). **NOTE** make sure that it is not the -B one, as it is a downgraded version.

Now, you can either go with a T-line, (a tube that runs vertically to collect air bubbles also used to fill and drain the loop) or a res. using a res is more "clean" in my opinion, and you can buy a nice bay res to fit inside one of the slots.

anyways, a lot of people use the Swiftech Micro-res.. but use whatever floats your boat.

now, im not entirely sure on what to use for a gpu block, as i dont have one.. so you might have to ask someone else.

as for the nb/sb and ram blocks, stay from them as cooling them with the same loop would affect the overall cooling and ram cant generate enough heat to need being cooled by the loop. If you plan on spending more than 300, I would even then suggest buying better parts for the main loop instead of spending it on cooling other things such as nb/sb and ram.


I got most of my things from these websites, hopefully you can find them useful.
www.frozencpu.com
www.jab-tech.com
www.crazypc.com
www.svc.com
www.dangerden.com
www.xoxide.com

If you have any questions, feel free to ask

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losttsol

My advice would be to stay away from cooling SLI'd cards in the beginning. Get familiar with cooling your CPU and add the cards in later, preferrably in a separate loop. Checkout some kits, like this one. Not that you buy that kit, but you can make sure you get everything you need. If you do buy separate parts, post your list on this site to get feedback that you'll have everything you need. The last thing you want is to be halfway into implementing your loop and you realize you don't have enough tubing or a T fitting or something.

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