Moleboy

Yea, I'm planning on going watercooling...what can I get for around $200? Would I need to splurge more? I just need my Q9450 to stop being 55 degrees idle, and 65-70 on load...I want cool, and I want more overclocking ability...

Can someone explain the basic parts, and help me choose, preferably from newegg or microcenter, as I can run to microcenter in an instant.

Thanks a ton!

shnoops

Hi, welcome to OCN

Well first of all theres alot of guides here on the site.

If your looking for a kit heres a great one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835108076
Pretty much those products are a well made cpu loop.

DIRTYDUCK

petras and dangerden are the places to look from what people say, Whatever you do don't get a kit nless its the one that the pros here say is ok.

the best thing to do is just part it together and you can do it for 200 or about that I believe.

you need a Water block, a pump with at least 10ft of head, about 15ft of tube, and a rad. the rad needs fans on it and you need some auto hose clamps or zipties, some AS5, some ptnuke and some distilled water. oh and a res or Tline for bleading and filling. Did I miss anything?

DON'T BUY A KIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DON'T BUY A KIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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15eman

hey if you can find a swiftech h20 kit on newegg then i would get that. i have my q9450 running 27-35 C with a clock of 3.8ghz so as you can see its a good kit.

Tufelhunden

If this ever comes back in stock, and you upgrade to the QCR 320 this is a good kit. Best of the two by far. For Under $200 I would suggest the H20-220. Not the best kit but a decent enough starting point, that should be able to handle a Q9450, not sure though.

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shnoops

Yeah really theres good kits and then horrible ones. Swiftech makes good kits as they also make alot of great parts so it goes hand in hand.

STAY AWAY FROM THERMALTAKE....never go cheap with water cooling.

Petrastechshop.com offers custom kits which are great but maybe a little over your price range

DIRTYDUCK

Guys everything I have every heard about kits is BAD!!!!! huge waste of money...please take a few mins to look over all the hundreds of hate threads about kits before you start telling him to buy a kit. as soon as the pros see this tread im sure they will agree with me lol there is only one or 2 good kits on the market from what I have been reading and they are not at newegg thats for sure.

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tatted_taz

Again, go with the Swiftech Ultra for around 225.00. I have had mine for 3 years and love it.
www.swiftech.com

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tatted_taz

Yea there are bad kits and there are good kits. Look at the spec at on the Ultra at Swiftech and almost everyone here will say it is a great bang for the buck. It keepsd me idle at 18c and load 25c. when I push and run 3.5, I have a idle of 25c and a load of 38c. He can not go wrong with the Swiftech Ultra.

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shnoops

Honestly dirtyduck your not even a person who uses watercooling, The swiftech kits use one of the best pumps, best water blocks for the price, decent radiator, and all teh extras needed.

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...omponents.html

Thats a good thread for you to read, Read ALOT about this subject and try to just learn the basics as they are reinforced like crazy