How's this for water cooling?

Paul1

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I'm thinking about switching to water cooling. I'd like to know your opinions on this. I don't know if I'm ready to build my own set yet because I know almost nothing about water cooling.

 

Moto7451

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• May 21, 2005

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Its alright but a much better option would be the Corsair Cool kit or a Swiftech kit if you're looking for a kit to get. The Monthly Round up sticky will give you links to good parts to get also if you'd like to "roll your own" .

 

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Paul1

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The thing I like about the zalman cool is that it's so large. The fin don't need to have a fan blowing on them because of the large surface area. I think it will be quieter than having a radiator with a fan blowing on it. Am I right?

 

Avro

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that would be true

 

thorilan

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but the performance is not very good and you will switch later on anyways once you are more comfortale.

my advice is to stick around a while . read the stickies . learn the princaples of watercooling and then make your own . anything else will be a waste in hte end

 

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Paul1

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thorilan said:

but the performance is not very good and you will switch later on anyways once you are more comfortale.

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You're probably right and that's the word I was looking for, comfortable. I'm not comfortable picking out parts to build a watercooling setup. The same goes for building PCs. I ordered a pre-built PC from parts I picked out before building one on my own. Thanks for the help guys.