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- Jul 1, 2004
- Location
- Portland, OR
As I said in the subject, I am new to watercooling. I am trying to figure out what to do. I am not overclocking my chip, I just want less noise. I have too many fans in my case, and they all add up to "too loud." I currently have a mid-tower case, with 80mm fan locations. I have considered getting a different case, such as an Antec SOHO PlusView 1000AMG, but whether I get a new case or keep my existing one, I don't want to mod the case. So that pretty much leaves me with 80mm solutions, instead of 120mm.
At any rate, I have been considering two options. I know that some people are violently opposed to kits, but bear with me. Like I said, it's more to keep noise down, rather than assist with overclocking. The kit I'm considering is the Swiftech H20-8600 kit with the optional second radiator.
The other option would be to build it myself. Here are the parts I'm considering:
- Pump: Swiftech MCP600 or the Hydor L35.
- Radiator: Black Ice Micro II
- Reservoir: A dual 3.5" bay res, or single 5.25" bay res
- Tubing: Either 1/2" or 3/8" ID
- CPU Waterblock: Undecided. Maybe DangerDen TDX, Swiftech MCW5000-P or MCW6002-P , Koolance CPU-300-V13, or maybe another I haven't found yet
- VGA Waterblock: Again undecided. Maybe a Maze4 or Swiftech MCW50
So there you have it. I don't really want to use the Chevette heater core for this computer. (When I get another system to "play" with, maybe I'll do the full customer route.)
Oh, I guess I should tell you about my system. I have a 3.2GHz P4, Intel 875 mobo (I know, but it was my first time building my own system. I'm thinking of switching to an ABIT IC7-Max3), ATI Radeon 9800XT, 2GB Kingston HyperX RAM, (2x) Seagate 120GB SATA drives in a RAID0 array, NEC DVD-ROM, TDK VeloCD CD-RW, and SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. My current CPU heatsink is a Thermalright SP-94, which definitely works better that the stock HSF.
Thats about it. I'm looking for useful feedback, so please, save any flaming about my system or cooling choices for another thread.
TIA.
At any rate, I have been considering two options. I know that some people are violently opposed to kits, but bear with me. Like I said, it's more to keep noise down, rather than assist with overclocking. The kit I'm considering is the Swiftech H20-8600 kit with the optional second radiator.
The other option would be to build it myself. Here are the parts I'm considering:
- Pump: Swiftech MCP600 or the Hydor L35.
- Radiator: Black Ice Micro II
- Reservoir: A dual 3.5" bay res, or single 5.25" bay res
- Tubing: Either 1/2" or 3/8" ID
- CPU Waterblock: Undecided. Maybe DangerDen TDX, Swiftech MCW5000-P or MCW6002-P , Koolance CPU-300-V13, or maybe another I haven't found yet
- VGA Waterblock: Again undecided. Maybe a Maze4 or Swiftech MCW50
So there you have it. I don't really want to use the Chevette heater core for this computer. (When I get another system to "play" with, maybe I'll do the full customer route.)
Oh, I guess I should tell you about my system. I have a 3.2GHz P4, Intel 875 mobo (I know, but it was my first time building my own system. I'm thinking of switching to an ABIT IC7-Max3), ATI Radeon 9800XT, 2GB Kingston HyperX RAM, (2x) Seagate 120GB SATA drives in a RAID0 array, NEC DVD-ROM, TDK VeloCD CD-RW, and SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS. My current CPU heatsink is a Thermalright SP-94, which definitely works better that the stock HSF.
Thats about it. I'm looking for useful feedback, so please, save any flaming about my system or cooling choices for another thread.
TIA.
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