WC Kit Questions...

I know kits are generally bad, but I really wanna get into water cooling. I found this Evercool Kit and thought that for 100 dollars, that didnt seem like to bad of a deal. Would this be a good entry level kit or should I not even waste my money on it?

The problem with entry kits now is that heatpipe coolers work better and cost less. My experience with kits is that they're not really going to prepare you much for a custom setup. Frankly, despite the more outrageous setups that people here have done, a WC setup is simple and straight-forward. At its simplest it really is just three hoses connecting three devices. The biggest problem is where to put the radiator, and you’re gonna have that problem with a kit as well. So I recommend saving your money and keeping your heatpipe for quiet cooling, or going all out for a high-end WC setup for overclocking.

Its acutally not a bad price.

I would go DIY for a complete setup.. but if one is to get a kit, that one is not bad indeed.

I have used a kit exactly like that with a differect (weaker) pump and it performed fairly well considering the parts.

It is true that you will probably get better performance with a new heatpipe cooler coupled with a highend vga cooler. I would probably save up more cash and get used parts instead that will cooler far more effectively than this kit.

I made many modifications to mine that also ended up killing my pump... but before the pump died, the cooling was exceptional.

Bryan D.

PS - these kits can be had for cheaper on eBay I might add.

I really dont know what I want to do now... Last night I stumbled apon the extreme cooling portion of this forum...

Save money for like something swiftech apex watercooling kit. From the looks of that kit it would probably perform like high end heatsink for half of the price.

You should work your way up, start with water then if you want to mess around w/ extreme cooling. Extreme cooling usually isn't a permanent 24/7 solution anyways.

Good entry level priced kits with everything you will need HERE

So TEC wouldnt be for use all the time? and I should work my way up first?