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    Mate fantastic guide to water cooling, has pretty much anything a beginner or a pro would ever need to know. +rep for your efforts
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    do you reccomend if im making a first build not to water cool and oc it? becaus a lot of people from this site tell me not to do it.

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    it's really up to you, i will be water cooling the first computer i've every built (first built, but i've used computers before )

    just don't to the first timer thing and get a crappy kit, which is most accept foor most of the swiftech kits, really combo's not kits, as well as dangerden.
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    Dangerden is the way to go, there is no substitute. Dan pioneered the waterblock evolution and the quality and service are unbeatable. I ordered several parts from them months ago and a tiny seal was torn in the corner rendering it useless. I emailed them and they express shipped a whole pack of replacements.
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    if your going with a quad you will want either a swiftech apogee GTX or Dtek fuzion. the GTX has a slight chance of corroding if the nickel layer on the top of the block gets scratched or degrades over time and exposes the aluminum. there has to be a certain liquid in the system, i think anitfreeze, for it to happen. it's called the galvanic reaction. Swiftech offers a solid copper top for $40, so if you like the look of the gtx you can buy it and not have to worry at all, though most don't.
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    Yeah I agree with Spawn, The Swiftech Apogee GTX is a great block, beats the Danger Den. I am using one now, the top also has aluminium ridge like fins to increase heat transfer to the air.

    Also, Danger Den blocks tend to be quite expensive. The Danger Den 8800GTX full coverage water block is $100AUD more than the Swiftech MCW-60 with the 8800GTX adapter plate and RAM and Mosphet heatsinks. It also cools about 2 degrees better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fuganater View Post
    Geez.... thats alot of cash to just put into water cooling. Id like to find a kit for around like $200... because $452 is just too much :/
    There is a lot of material out there suggesting $200 is better spent on good air cooling than cheap water cooling. The best air solutions outperform the cheap water cooling solutions.



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    Crazy Buddhist is 100% correct. Get a good Zalman air cooler and it will out perform a cheap water cooling kit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spawn-Inc View Post
    if your going with a quad you will want either a swiftech apogee GTX or Dtek fuzion. the GTX has a slight chance of corroding if the nickel layer on the top of the block gets scratched or degrades over time and exposes the aluminum. there has to be a certain liquid in the system, i think anitfreeze, for it to happen. it's called the galvanic reaction. Swiftech offers a solid copper top for $40, so if you like the look of the gtx you can buy it and not have to worry at all, though most don't.

    D-Tek FuZion > Apogeee GTX for Quads.

    That's why i have one. And for the price it's cheaper too.
    My W/C set-up is pretty cheap (most expensive bit being the 8800GTX EK block.

    But it does a fine job of keeping my Q6600, NB and GTX cool.

    Spawn in you original post you said that you need a Fillport (T-line). I don't have a fill port, i just unscrew the top of my Res, not the easiest way but it works.

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    Considering how cheap a fill port is it is worth having one. I use mine to fill the system but will use a smaller piece of tube to siphon the coolant out of the res to empty.
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