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- Oct 13, 2004
I am thinking about doing water cooling in my new rig. I have been an avid OC'er for 10+ years, but have never done water cooling before. With my new system, I am having an airflow issue that I cannot solve so I'm thinking about water cooling. I just don't like the temps I'm getting stock, and I'm needing to keep the case side off for better temps. I have the following components:
Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora
MB: Asus A8N32-SLI
CPU: Opteron 175
Vid: Dual eVGA 7900 GT KO in SLI
sound: SB Audigy 4
I am looking for performance because I want to OC this CPU, but note that I have a sound card on an A8N32-SLI running dual video cards. That means I don't have a lot of space for a water block on the GPU's. Do they make water blocks that fit into tighter spaces? Does anyone reading this run SLI on this board with a sound card?
I have access to many tools and I'm a crafter so needing to fabricate stuff is no problem. Unfortunately my budget is kind of small. Somewhere between $200 and $300. Should I go for a kit, or build my own system? If I should build my own, is there a write-up on how to do this stuff?
Thanks for any info.
Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora
MB: Asus A8N32-SLI
CPU: Opteron 175
Vid: Dual eVGA 7900 GT KO in SLI
sound: SB Audigy 4
I am looking for performance because I want to OC this CPU, but note that I have a sound card on an A8N32-SLI running dual video cards. That means I don't have a lot of space for a water block on the GPU's. Do they make water blocks that fit into tighter spaces? Does anyone reading this run SLI on this board with a sound card?
I have access to many tools and I'm a crafter so needing to fabricate stuff is no problem. Unfortunately my budget is kind of small. Somewhere between $200 and $300. Should I go for a kit, or build my own system? If I should build my own, is there a write-up on how to do this stuff?
Thanks for any info.