View Full Version : thinking of going watercooling
andyl33t
06-02-06, 07:39 AM
hi, i was wondering what kit would be best for my system, like what pump and blocks. i want to cool both my 7800gtxs, and my cpu - socket 939. i dunno if i should go with a t-line or a res, are there good res's out now that dont leak? i also wanted a 12v pump but dont know which one to get. i can fit a double rad in my case.
thanks
NeoSpawn
06-02-06, 10:01 AM
Well basically your T-line is somewhat of a res just that its smaller. I keep hearing that the Swifttech pumps are very good and give off not that much of heat compaired to other pumps.
Swifttech STORM (http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-blc-204.html) is not a bad one it seems like, I wanna get one of these for myself. Of course I havent bought this so just take it as a possiblity please. ^^
Well to cool a CPU and dual GPUs I think a Black Ice Pro III radiator would be best (3 x 120mm) externally mounted. (I think you would be fine if not overclocking much with black ice pro gt dual rad internally mounted) The more surface area a radiator has the better cooling you should expect. The best 12v pump is the Laing 5 also known as the Swiftech MCP655 and DD 5 (I just ordered one my self). For cooling your graphics cards the maze 4 has been declared the block of choice, Danger Den provides an SLI kit for this here http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=169&cat=67&page=1 The storm as recommended above is a quality cpu block, make sure all your blocks have the same fitting size, I went the 1/2'' inner diameter and 3/4'' outer diameter for tubing (tygon 3603 tubing).
You are also going to need some fans for the radiator, people on this forum rave about yate loons which can be purchased pretty cheap. People on this forum also suggest T-lines and a fill port for easy filling draining aspects, but if you want a res the swiftech min rez has been recommended a lot on this forum. I am pretty amature at water cooling because I just ordered my first setup, I strongly advice you to read the stickies at the top of water cooling section and wait for responces from the more knowlegable members. Best of luck to you.
Mike
R B Customs
06-02-06, 11:16 AM
welcome to the water cooling forums mate... were all kinda weird in here lol ( some of us drank the water )
on a more serious note lol, do you have any kind of budget ?
and what case will it be going in ?
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