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A64 3000+ and WC

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SpideyX1016

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Whats the best watercooling kit for socket 754?
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I was thinking about the Zalman Reserator and my temps are always 45-55c no oc but i want to oc it
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Im a beginner at this too, im not installing it, i have a relative who will.
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Specs Are:
Amd Athlon 64 3000+
MSI K8TM-ILSR
Radeon 9800PRO
Maxtor 160gb sata
Enermax 10MCS-56881LBFS-D3 Case
 
If you want the "best", Zalman won't supply it. At best, it's a fan replacement option and won't cool a toasty gamer rig. Of your list the only thing I take exception with is your choice of pumps. The L20 is weak and requires special measures to make it computer-safe. Your pump is the heart of your water-cooling system. Don't cheap-lick it and you'll be blessed with a positive experience. Also, you might want to consider a larger rad if you're going to be cooling more than two blocks or plan on overclocking.
 
Originally posted by: SpideyX1016
what about the other two, the tt and the swiftech?

what are the things i need to have for watercooling?
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If I'm understanding you correctly, those two pumps are based on the Laing pump, right? They're both great pumps.

1. Blocks, for the things you want to water-cool.
2. A rad\core for heat dissipation.
3. Tubing to tie it together, and clamps (I prefer spiral clamps).
4. A pump to drive your loop
5. A prefered way of organizing your plumbing. (T-Line, Reservior, Fill&bleed).
6. An idea of what sort of coolant you want to use.

It can get more complex than this, but this is it basicly. What kind of case to you have?

 
In general, no. If you have the money and inclination, you'd be much better served by a DIY kit. Are you spooked with picking the parts yourself?
 
stay away from those little premade kits from thermaltake, evercool ect... that swiftech is probably one of the most well made kits sold. The pump is nice and the block needs very little flow to preform nice. If you're just wanting to cool the cpu then that radiator is good enough but if you're wanting to add like a gpu block later on I'd suggest you get a larger radiator but you will have to mod your case to make it fit. With the swiftech kit you can get a radbox to fit the radiator in the back. either way that kit is very nice. I'll take that over the TT bigwater anyday.
 
well, i dont know what parts to choose, and then theres the price, all i want to spend is around 225usd or less

and im gonna o/c my a64 and my 9800pro
 
im not gonna mod my case, i think the radiator might fit though, just dont know how big its gonna be

well i just need something simple to set up
 
if you're planning on just mounting the radiator rear i'd suggest you get a swiftech kit 🙂 But you do know that the winchester runs really cool to begin with? They operate about 30-34C with stock fan and stock configuration. Unless you plan on overclocking with stability i'd suggest you get a nice heatsink+fan. Currently I am running ad ual radiator with a white water block and a gpu block and i'm ilding around 29-30C and 45 load. I overclocked my system from 1.8ghz to 2.6ghz. As you can see these chips doesn't even get near as hot. with a nice heatsink and fan (low noise) you can get anywhere around 38-42C on idle and 50-55°C on load with my overclock configuration.
 
the good thing about watercooling is that you can upgrade anytime you want 🙂 just buy another block and put it into the looop 🙂
 
hmm ^ thats good
now its up to the swiftech and the reserator

i heard the cpu will fry if you turn on the computer without turning on the wc, how would i avoid that, except for turning the wc on all the time before i turn on my comp
 
well those are for older pump that has the older 120v type plug in. With the 12v pumps all you need to do is hook it up to your standard molex and and it'll start when your system starts 🙂
 
Originally posted by: SpideyX1016
hmm ^ thats good
now its up to the swiftech and the reserator

i heard the cpu will fry if you turn on the computer without turning on the wc, how would i avoid that, except for turning the wc on all the time before i turn on my comp
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Your BIOS should have some form of CPU overheat protection.

 
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