quick64

Im planing on getting a entery level water cooling kit for my computer,
I was wondering if i can get some feedback on 3 kits that I am particularly interested in, they are:

-Vostok Universal Water Cooling Kit

-Gigabyte GH-WIU01 3D Galaxy Water Cooling Kit

-Thermaltake Big Water 745 Water Cooling Kit

What do you guys recon?
Or is there a better option around this price range that I have missed out?

Thanks

accskyman

Theres another company I've been eyeing, I have some nice fans from them "Global Win" I believe. They have a few different water systems, I'm looking to buy one when I have the money. Don't mean to steal the thread but has anybody ever tried one of thiers?

Link:
http://www.globalwin.com.tw/

tuchan

Welcome to the forum mate Not too far from me, well sort of LOL
To get things started go to the top of the page and click on "User CP", in there you can fill out your details.

OK as for your water cooling. I am unsure of your local shops over there and what is available but why don't you not get a "kit" and build something from scratch? It is not hard at all, you just need a pump, radiator, water block and tubing, put it all together and hey presto, cooler load temps Both the Vostok and the TT kits seem to use the smaller tubing size which most stay clear of as it is fiddly and not as heavy duty, but the Gigabyte kit seems to be a little more of a better build quality, I have never used the gigabyte kit or the Vostok kit though. Have a read through this http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coo...ercooling.html
and then see how you go. If you can post a list of shops with components then we can go from there, unless you are keen on getting parts from Oz.

What is your budget? If it is 200 dollars then you could most likely put together a high quality kit yourself for not too much more.

enjoy your stay

quick64

thanks for the warm welcome guys!
I dont mind importing from Oz at all if I cant get the stuff over here or if its gona end up cheaper, the truble is I dont know much about water cooling and thought this would be the easiest way to get into it, i didnt want to spend 200bucks on parts that arent compatible, but if you can give me advice on some parts and as long as it wont cost me much more then 250 i am keen as.

I use www.pricespy.co.nz it gets prices and parts from heaps of online computer stores and compares them if its not on there its probably not available in NZ.

tuchan

OK then mate let me have a little look around and see if I can build something for ya. Ya got any links to shops over there? Might have to call in reinforcements from Queensland I think

Having hassles getting a place that will ship to NZ

quick64

http://www.pp.co.nz/Cooling-WaterCoolers.php

http://www.ascent.co.nz/Category.aspx?catname=Cooling

http://www.pctronix.co.nz/index.php?cPath=43_93

http://www.playtech.co.nz/category.p...on=show&id=418

http://www.overclockers.co.nz/produc...ol/index.shtml

If theres a particular part that you want to check out you can have a look on pricespy it should pop up with all the suppliers that have it.

tuchan

http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2985.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod315.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2229.htm
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod771.htm

OK that is about all ya need, they are the cheaper parts on the site but all good indeed You could change a few things like the pump but that would all work very well.

tuchan

Ya betta watch your prices over there, some things seem to be way over priced. That is not because you are in NZ either, gees if Perth can give good prices (the most isolated city on the planet) then NZ can shop around ......... OCNZ seem to be the go

quick64

Swiftech Apogee CPU Water Block (85aus) 159NZ
Black Ice Extreme - Black (79.20 Aus) 120NZ
Swiftech MCP350 12V Pump (124 aus) 196NZ
If I was going to get these from australia they would cost me bout NZ360+ shipping but that store doesnt ship internationally to get em locally it would cost $475 + delivery :S

either way its still way over my budget.
thanks for the help anyways

xie67

Hey there mate..welcome.

What is the budget ?