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Matrix-D
03-07-2008, 03:03 AM
Greetings everyone. So I've been trying to pick out watercooling components for my Hitman Tribute PC (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13243) and I've come up with a tentative list that I want to check with the more experienced watercoolers (i.e. you).

Here's a brief synopsis of what I'm aiming for:

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/DAVIDMCDIARMID/Concept3.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/DAVIDMCDIARMID/Concept6.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/DAVIDMCDIARMID/Concept7.jpg

I intend for this case to be almost entirely vertically cooled. Two 120mm fans on the bottom of the case will intake air and an exterior 92mm fan on the back along with a 120mm fan on top will exhaust it (the power supply will exhaust as well). There's a mistake in the picture of the bottom, the case will be watercooled so there should be a dual 120mm rad between the case and the fans. To me, looks are as important as cooling. I plan to use black coolant and mount the res and pump underneath the drive bays. My tenative plan for the loop is: res→ pump→ bottom dual rad→ gpu→ 92m rad on back→ northbridge→ 120 rad under top fan→ cpu→ res.

EDIT: The system will (most likely) include:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
ASUS P5E-VM Mobo
4GB Corsair PC-6400 Ram
MSI 8800GT OC
Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB
Lite-On SATA DVD Burner
OCZ GameXstream 700W PSU

Here's my tentative shopping cart from Performance PC's. My budget for the cooling is right around $500. Any comments, tips, or criticisms would be greatly appreciated.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/DAVIDMCDIARMID/untitled-1.jpg

Thanks in advance for your help.