Recommended Setup?

[BeKonstructive]

Alright, I've been reading the forums here for a few weeks now and decided to join because I have a few questions of my own. First of all, I got a P4 3.2ghz prescott off of Pricewatch for a pretty cheap price and paired it up with Asus P4C800-E mobo. I got the prescott because of its larger cache, and I heard it had some decent oc capabilities.

Anyhow, I have it running decently right now @ 3.51 ghz with 1.45 vcore.

Onto my question. I mounted a copper HSF onto the cpu with AS5 and have more than enough case ventelation (8 fans altogether) My problem is, the computer is really damn loud. I cut out all of the fan grills, and had only a small improvement. Temps are alright (41 idle/53 load).

I was wondering if purchasing a watercooling setup would help make things cooler and quiter. If so, what would you guys recommend for a setup under $200? Should the waterblocks be made out of any special material, and what size tubing would you recommend?

Thanks in advance ;)

[Jas]

Well, one of the major reasons peopel get into water cooling, besides the cooling capacity is the ability to build a pretty quiet system (at least compared to similar cooling on air).

One question, how much of yoru machine are you looking to WC? just teh CPU? or GPU as well?

[BeKonstructive]

Ideally, I would like to cool both, but I would be satisfied with just the cpu being watercooled.

[SewerBeing]

Block: MCW6002 (http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcw6002.asp)
Pump: MCP350 (http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcp350.asp)
Radiator: 1977 Pontiac bonneville (with a/c) heatercore (sticky on how to mod it is in the sticky section) + shroud (can be home made) + 2x120mm fans of choice
Tubing: 7/16" ID with 3/32" wall can be had at www.mcmaster.com
(optional) GPU block: Danger Den Maze 4 (http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=150&cat=48&page=1)

Thats pretty much the best you can get on that budget, don't forget the hose clamps which you can get at any home depot, ace or lowes.

[Jas]

What sewer said (i think he has that on a macro...)

:D

[BeKonstructive]

are there any packages I could get that would include all I needed out of the box? I wouldn't mind spending up to $400, but the lower the price the better

[SewerBeing]

BeKonstructive: no there are not, however if you have up to $400 I would recommend you go with the Swiftech Storm (www.swiftnets.com/products/storm.asp) instead of the MCW6002 because its more expensive but performs better. Also for the MCP350 you will need an adapter to go from 3/8" to 1/2" so that the 7/16" tubing fits over it.

Jas: no I have the links memorized (except danger den)

PS: WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

[Jas]

WAY better off ordering the seperate parts.

[gouda96]

What's with the 7/16" tubing instead of just 1/2"?

Spending up to $400 he could look at a weapon heatercore.

[SewerBeing]

gouda96: it allows for a lot of flow and is thinner so it looks better. All in all its a better choice than the 1/2" id since its virtually kink free and easier to work with.

[gouda96]

1/2" Clearflex or Tygon should be plenty easy to use, and is damn tough to kink. As far as looks are concerned and I think bigger tubing looks better, has a tough cool look. None of that whimpy I wanna sprinkle some water on the girl I have a crush on skinny tubing :D

[Wicked Klown]

1/2"ID 3/4"OD tubing really isn't all that easy to use. 7/16" tubing looks better, bends better and has a little bit better flow in to a 1/2"OD barb. Might want to do a search for a post by Cathar on 7/16" tubing.


Better yet here is the link by Cathar on 7/16" tubing (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=331742&highlight=7%2F16)

[gouda96]

Wow, thanks alot for that link, great info. I am going order some 7/16" master clear and see how it is. I was apparently totally out of the loop on this watercooling revelation :D

[voigts]

order some of these clamps while you are at Mcmaster as they work fantastic (5076K13 or 5076K12 depending on the tubing you use).

I know you mentioned cost as an issue here, but if quiet is what you are looking for, I would recommend doing what I did on my last setup which is a BIXIII with 6 fans in a push/pull config all undervolted to like 7 volts. If you get decent fans, it will be very quiet and will still cool whatever you want it to. Or you could do what I now have which is a small car rad mounted onto the side of my case with no fans. It yields every bit of performance the BIXIII did with absolutely no noise.

[gouda96]

Damn, that masterclear price is just so nice. Went with 20' instead of 10 since it was so cheap. Now I have 30 feet of tubing for just 1 cpu.

Guess I do have an extra heatercore, I will probably be in the market for a maze4 and a pump soon...why does that alway seem to happen?