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Old 04-02-06   #1 (permalink)
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Default Asetek Waterchill, opinions/advice before I buy it.

I'm thinking about stepping into the realm of water cooling for the first time. I've been searching for a good kit that will work for s478 and also 939 when I upgrade. Probably be able to push past 4.0 ghz as well.

Right now I have my eyes on asetek's waterchill.

This one comes with the vga and chipset water block. Will come in handy to cool my x850xt and chipset.

http://www.overcool.com/exec/product...&item_id=31231

This one has just the cpu block.

http://www.overcool.com/exec/product...&item_id=31230

I know that both of these are a little pricey but I don't have much choice due to my case layout. Plus I want something that will last for a while.

Do you guys think its worth the money ? Any other advice/comments will be appreciated.

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Theres no point in buying a pre built w/c. Theyre not even close to the performance you'll get by building your own. Check out this thread for buying opinions.
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...-wc-setup.html
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you don't really need to water cool your chipset, you won't get much gain. I'm planning to wc my computer and I'm only getting cpu and gpu water blocks. Also, a major downfall with those kits are the rads. both of them only have a single rad, which would be alright for just acpu, but definately not enough to cool a gpu and a chipset as well. You'll want at least a double rad or a heater core to cool both your gpu and cpu, and possibly your chipset.
If you do want a kit (cause they're easy) then take a look at swiftech's kits.
http://www.xoxide.com/swiftech-h2o-a...a-extreme.html
this one has a universal cpu block and a double rad. Swiftech does have some others that are a bit cheaper too
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I decided to get the asetek waterchill with the dual radiator (instead of the single rad) and the cpu/vga/chipset block. I plan to cool my x850 so its cheaper to get it all at once. I've heard good things about these aseteck water blocks too. The chipset block I definetly won't use.

I've heard all the talk about custom cooling, and I picked all the parts that I would've wanted and it all came up to around $220, then add my time for actually getting the stuff and doing any little mods before I assemble it........It almost the same price to be honest. I think I wanna at least see a wc setup in action before I build one myself, next time probably.

I think I"m getting a really good wc kit that should give me some nice temps and last long. It should arrive before the weekend so I'll post back once I have it up and running.

http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-wat-62.html
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