Best water cooling rig.

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Ok guys, I know that most of you are bored to death with this question, so sorry for ****ing most of you off.
Anyway, I am ready to move to watercooling and I have no clue what to get. I want the best setupid available (parts, not a kit), excluding radiator. Price is not important. Thanks for the help!

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Any info would be appreciated!

[JaY_III]

www.dangerden.com

if you want the best... got my waterblock from them, and loving it still.

My pump is somethign i picked up at a pet store, its an outdoor pool pump rated for 400GPR, this is overkill if you are using a ratiator. I have a water tower 5 foot 4 inch... and my CPU under no load runs under ambient temps.... witha 100% load, what a heatsink/fan would do under no load. Once you gone to water cooling thier is no turning back

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Thanks for the info! Any ideas on where I can get a 4x4x4 aluminium box (I have a small project...) in the UK?

[VashTheStampede]

Don't suppose the UK has a Lowe's or Home Depot.. that's where I got my 4x4x4 and 6x6x6 electrical junction boxes from.

As for best pump, go Eheim or Danner Supreme Mag Pump. Best radiator, I would say is any old heater core, my Go/Dan Industries heater core, which is 6 inches wide, 11 inches long, and 2 inches deep, copper with aluminum fins works great.

Best tubing, get silicon tubing, also available at DangerDen.

~RT~

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Thanks!
Ok I was discussing this with my friend and he said that this water block is the best in the world.
Ive never heard or it, but this guy is really convinced, check it out, its called the Warlord:
http://www.zern.at/shop/war_lord_1.jpg

Its apparently made of silver, not coated.

[VashTheStampede]

Well for $80 from a company I've never heard of and a site that doesn't seem all that professional to me, I better be satisfied. Able to stack 3 50x50 pelts... damn.

Did everything need to mount it come with it, because I noticed a page completely dedicated to mounting arms. Also what type of barbs are those? Looks like either 1/2 or 5/8th from the pic.

~Redneck Tech~

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PM TB-OC, he knows, he is the guy that showed me......

[Naeleros]

I would recommend deciding on your exact layout first. Once you have that in mind you can really decide on 'the best' for your system.

For fittings, hose, etc.. I would look around and see if there's a Parker distributor near you. If you are interested in a segmented system.. you could look at our line of Stainless Steel Non-Spill fittings. They are simply the best available (although pricey).

For pumps.. I have been led to believe by many that Eheim is the best. Personally, I use a Danner Mag7 and am pretty disappointed by its noise. My first pump was a Rio 180 and was way to weak for my rather large rig. I would think 'best' with pumps would be something that could deliver 700gph with no noise.

Definitely don't skimp on the hose.. I've had nothing but problems with some cheapy hose I have been using while I waited for some better Parker stuff to come in. Just get yourself some silicon tubing or at least surgical grade poly tubing and call it good.

James

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Heh, at this rate you deserve a promotion :-D

Ive heard that with surgical grade tubing the insides wear away and make the water white, is this true?

[SteenkyBastage]

in response to your danner noise...try checking the impeller (the only moving part in the pump). i found that mine was making a lot of noise and the company i ordered it from sent me a new impeller for free. when i replaced it (under 5 minutes), it was completely silent. i noticed that the old impeller had a small imperfection on it, and think that may have been what was causing it to not run silently. but honestly, i cant say for sure if the dent on the impeller was causing the noise or if it was something not visible.

also, if you cant get a free impeller replacement, the pricetag on it from petwarehouse.com was 6 or 7 bucks, i think.