watercooling virgin

[Mad_Capr]

What does a watercooling setup require?

I'm assuming I need a pump, tubing, a water block, a radiator, a fan to attach to the radiator..

What is a peltier and what does it do? Is it required for a watercooling setup?

Are there any good "beginner" watercooling kits that come with instructions?

I've never even seen a watercooling setup, because none of my friends overclock.

[Phil]

The very minimum you need is a pump tubing and a waterblock, ideally you should then have a radiator, car heater cores make excellent water coolers and are cheaper than the radiators usually sold for water cooling, you can get them from scrap yards, a fan is also recomended to cool that. A resevoir is also handy too.
Peltiers are basically cooling plates, they fit inbetween the water block and a cold plate(which is what contacts the cpu) and are cooled electronically, usually to sub-zero temps. They get cold on one side and hot on the other, the cold side obviously cools the cpu and the water block then cools the hot side, they aren't necessary but are always an option in the future, but they require quiet a bit of work as you usually have to water proof everything round the cpu due to the condensation.

Senfu make pretty good kits for starting with but their water blocks are a tad lame. The best thing to do is to get a heater core from a scrap yard, a good water block like a danger den, a water pump from a pet store and also some good surgical grade tubing, check out the water cooling guides on the front page

[Billvill]

Stop by www.dangerden.com . I am sure that site will give you a good idea of whats involved.

Billy

[AMDGuy]

Originally posted by Mad_Capr
What does a watercooling setup require?

I'm assuming I need a pump, tubing, a water block, a radiator, a fan to attach to the radiator..

What is a peltier and what does it do? Is it required for a watercooling setup?

Are there any good "beginner" watercooling kits that come with instructions?

I've never even seen a watercooling setup, because none of my friends overclock.

Check out my article here: http://www.overclockers.com/tips505/

[!-=sky=-!]

Originally posted by AMDGuy


Check out my article here: http://www.overclockers.com/tips505/

is the plexiglass necessary to hold down the waterblock or can i just use nuts and stuff like that

[AMDGuy]

Originally posted by -=sky=-


is the plexiglass necessary to hold down the waterblock or can i just use nuts and stuff like that

I'd get a DangerDen Maze II block. It has a built in hold down.

[Mad_Capr]

very thorough article AMDguy... It gave me some good ideas. Thanks.

[AMDGuy]

Originally posted by Mad_Capr
very thorough article AMDguy... It gave me some good ideas. Thanks.

I'm gald you enjoyed it.