I Have some extra money to spend, so I want to get into Water cooling.

[rendermandan]

Hey everyone, I've got some money burning a hole in my pocket so I thought I'd get a water cooling setup. I was looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835108075

At first I"m only going to cool the cpu. (core 2 duo E6600)

But after I get alittle further along, I'd like to cool my ATI 1900 XTX,
(2) memory sticks, and hard drives and get a larger resevoir, maybe a flow meter etc...

Probably add a additional 240mm radiator at that time too.

What do you guys think of the kit to get started, would the pump be able to handle adding all that extra stuff?

Thanks

[Zephik]

Good choice. I would definitely get a flow meter right off the back, those things are very handy to have. I don't know why Swiftech doesn't include one with their kits, they really should imo.

Water cooling your RAM is pointless to me when a heatsink works just fine, but if you want to go right ahead. WC'ing the HDD, sure why not. Those things can get pretty hot when you don't have any air moving around inside the case. Seems like wasted money to me, but for some people I guess it's worth it? Not to be negative or anything, just giving you my opinions. ^_^

[rendermandan]

so will this kit be enough to cool my e6600? even if I do some overclocking?

[Spawn-Inc]

i've been told that cooling your hdd is a waste but i'm not sure how true it is. what stlye of flow meter is good snowfire? if you get the kind that can measure can it hook up to anything?

[Zephik]

so will this kit be enough to cool my e6600? even if I do some overclocking?

It is definitely enough to cool an E6600. As for overclocking...


Pros: Cools my Core 2 Duo E6600 OCed to 3.6g at 1.4v to 28 C idle and 36 C under full load

Cons: Too loud for me

Other Thoughts: Is anyone elses loud?

1 out of 1 people agreed
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Pros: I purchased this to replace an aging Corsair Nautilus 500 which was getting old and not doing a very good job on my OC'd E6600. I was getting 75+ deg C under heavy load. After installing this baby, my idle temps are about the same, but heavy load now stays nicely under 62 deg C. The kit had pretty much everything I needed for the install.

Cons: This is definately a major do it your self kind of project. While it can be done by those without experience, count on several hours to figure out component placement, tubing routing/cutting, and mounting. I would definately recommend using the included lower voltage adapter for the radiator fan as it is quite loud at full speed. While the instructions were adequite, they could have been done a lot better for first timers.

Other Thoughts: The kit includes a tube of Arctic Ceramique themal paste. I had not realized and bought extra that was not needed.

2 out of 2 people agreed

The people who actually OWN the kit would know better than I. ;)

[rendermandan]

It would be nice if it would also read temperature.

[Spawn-Inc]

ya that too ^

[Zephik]

I've been told that cooling your hdd is a waste but I'm not sure how true it is. what style of flow meter is good snowfire? if you get the kind that can measure can it hook up to anything?

I like these ones. The Thermaltake in particular, its very easy to see.

Thermaltake (http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-flow-tx-indicator.html) & Koolance (http://www.xoxide.com/koolance-coolant-flow-meter.html)


It would be nice if it would also read temperature.

Voila (http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-t-type-water-temperature-indicator.html)

[Spawn-Inc]

ya i was looking at those but its to much money, i will just hope that it flows when i buy mine haha.

[jdbnsn]

According to a recent article in Maximum PC, cooling your RAM is pointless. It doesn't create enough heat to bother with.

[Zephik]

According to a recent article in Maximum PC, cooling your RAM is pointless. It doesn't create enough heat to bother with.

You know what I just thought about?

DDR3 Desktop Memory (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000170147+1052129233&name=240-Pin+DDR3+SDRAM)

:think:

[Spawn-Inc]

According to a recent article in Maximum PC, cooling your RAM is pointless. It doesn't create enough heat to bother with.

even oc ram? i've never done it so i don't know if it gets super hot.

[rendermandan]

According to a recent article in Maximum PC, cooling your RAM is pointless. It doesn't create enough heat to bother with.

then why do they have "heat" spreaders? They must generate some type of heat. and if you overclock the memory, it just gets worse.

[rendermandan]

Ok, I just placed my order with NewEgg for the folowing:

(3) Thermaltake A1926 120mm Blue LED Case Fans (1 on each side of radiator) and another for future.
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Swiftech H20-120 PREMIUM CPU Liquid Cooling Kits

No I just have to figure out where to mount all the stuff. :)
anyone have any ideas? FYI my case only has (2) 80mm fans in front and back. -Its not a 120mm. -Bummer!

[Zephik]

Now I just have to figure out where to mount all the stuff. :)
anyone have any ideas? FYI my case only has (2) 80mm fans in front and back. -Its not a 120mm. -Bummer!

Says who?

;)

[rendermandan]

Says who?

;)

are you referring to my Bummer comment? If so, then what I mean is its a bummer because I can't just put it in place of a 120mm fan. I have to mount it on the back or top or something.

[Spawn-Inc]

well thats where my rad is going, on the top.

[Zephik]

are you referring to my Bummer comment? If so, then what I mean is its a bummer because I can't just put it in place of a 120mm fan. I have to mount it on the back or top or something.

I was referring to the text in the quote that I placed in bold. Basically, I was just implying that if it doesn't fit, make it fit.

What kind of case do you have?

Another idea is to make some kind of external "all in one" kit. Have the pump, reservoir and the radiator all in one get up. Take a look at THIS (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9026) thread for an idea of what I mean.

You could also just make a small box out of plexi and then mount everything in there.

[Drum Thumper]

According to a recent article in Maximum PC, cooling your RAM is pointless. It doesn't create enough heat to bother with.

Is that the Thermal Image issue?

This also reminds me, I need to subscribe to that mag.