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kayboykb

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Jul 2, 2003
Okay - I've been reading - I went to the stickies and read.. so here's a little list of the things that I'm considering buying.. I'm not gonna buy anything (besides maybe hose clamps from Wal-Mart) without some sort of verification from you guys! :D

Radiator / Heatercore
Black Ice II
$58
ThermoChill 120.3
There's also something called "The Scoop" - but it's $150 so I'll leave it alone.

Tubes
Tygon
$2.35/foot

Pumps - There are a lot of them.. but I'm pretty settled on this one.
Eheim 1250
$70

Water Blocks are what I need help on.. I have a 2.8C O/Ced to 3.1 right now.
Maze 3
$42
Swiftech MCW462
$52


If there are any better / cheaper water blocks for P4s.. plz let me know

So now I have the Fans, the Shrouds, and the actual coolant/additive left to buy.. but that shouldn't be too much.

I'm also going to buy a "T" to minimize air bubbles in my water.. update me if this list is terrible or good.. or anything! :cool:
 
For around $60, you can get the DangerDen RBX, and it'll outperform any of your waterblocks.

For $70, ditch the eheim 1250 and get a MCP600 Rev. 2
Tygon is the best of the best
Thermochill 120.3 is my radiator choice as of now.

T-line is good, get a barb, stick it on the end, and then buy a cap from home depot for it. Get quiet, but air moving fans, Shrouds come with the Thermochill 120.3, and for additive, I hear Zerex Super Protector is good, clear, and doesn't smell or anything.

-Fyberwire
 
IMO,
Get a Mag3 or MCP600
Dtek Whitewater or DD RBX waterblock
Tygon is nice, but too expensive.. go with clearflex or clear pvc with a thick wall for ~50-70 cents per foot.
Try to find a capric heatercore or just two dtek heatercore, they're really cheap and really good.

As for the T, tees are okey, but they're hard to bleed/fill. Have you heard about bigben's "airtrap" teeline design?
 
Okay - it sounds like the Swifty pump is the pump of choice around here.. I've found one for $80.. but I'll see if I can get it any lower. I'm looking on some devhardware forums about the mag 3 vs. the swifty and it seems to be fairly competitive.. with the mag being about $30 cheaper.

I think I'll stick with the RBX (unless the white water is really good).. and I've never heard of BigBen's air trap design - is it pretty good?
 
One more question - - ** the HE 120.3 is huge.. I don't know if I want to mod my case (I'm not too much of a handy man) - but I don't know if I want to mod a heater core (changing the barbs) either.. is there any radiator/heater core that I can get with no (or very little) modding?

Oh and..
pic9.jpg

I guess that's just about how my setup should look when I get done.. that's the same case (and motherboard I think) that I have.*
 
link doesn't work, and since all your parts your planning to get are high quality, why skimp on the block? go get yourself a rbx, whitewater or cascade(if possible)
 
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