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Simple WC for a couple old Xeons

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C38368

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And by old, I mean 2GHz/533FSB. Nothing fancy, just cheap. And loud, hence my sudden desire to break into watercooling.

I've got a friend who bought all the equipment to watercool an older AMD rig, and while the waterblocks are completely useless for me, I see very little reason not to pick up just about everything else, particularly at the discount I'm looking at.
My big question, however, is with the pump: would an Eheim 1250 be sufficient to handle both CPUs? I'm leaning towards one of Swiftech's blocks (still unsure if I'd want the MCW6000 or 6002), and my understanding is that the pump can handle one of them, but I haven't been able to find anything about whether or not it'll handle two.

TIA.
 
get the swiffy 6002 block, an aquaextreme50z for a pump, and a dual heatercore/rad

the eheim is a great pump, but not a high-pressure pump, so it would be lacking for flow for a MP loop, so i'd suggest the aquaextreme50z from www.cooltechnica.com because its a high-pressure pump, which would work better with the slightly restrictive swiftech blocks, and able to cope with the dual-cpu setup plus a double heatercore/radiator

should be a reasonably cheap loop

Dual heatercore: $25-45 + cost of shrouds

2x Swiftech 6002 blocks - $90

AX50z pump: $79

tubing, fittings, clamps, etc: $25-35
 
I kinda figured the answer would be something along those lines, but I wanted to check with some folks who ought to know better than I.

Thanks, much appreciate it.
 
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