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New Gaming System And Cooling System

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shadowblade1

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Jul 19, 2004
Hello everyone, I would like to build a great gaming system and a chilled liquid cooling system and I need help on parts and such. First, the cooling system (which I will be buying in less than a week).

1a. 5000-5800 Btu AC
2a. Tubing, tygon good? thickness?
3a. Insulation, whats the best for -30 to -45C?
4a. Waterblocks, best? cpu/gpu anything else?
5a. Liquid, what are the best chemicals? and ratios? (-30 to -45C)
6a. Protection, what do i need? dielectric grease/foam?
7a. Clamps, any?
8a. I forget anything?

i will also post this is the cooling forums.

Gaming sytem, i wont be buying this for a month or two but i want to know what to aim for.

1b. Cpu, im thinking athlon 64 3000+? mayb higher but i wont buy the cpu till around christmas
2b. Gpu, x800? mayb in a few months it wont be $400
3b. Motherboard, these change all the time, so should i just wait and see?
4b. Memory 1024mb of what?
5b. Power Supply?
6b. what would be a good case? or should i wait till im about to buy?
7b. i forget anything?

thx for any help

-Shadowblade
 
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