New to water cooling and need help

[polishcannon]

Can someone advise me as to where I could find a guide to what to buy in a water cooling kit, or if your water cooling setup works well, just tell me what you have in yours. I keep reading all the posts and articles etc around this website, but I still can't come up with a list of exactly what to buy. I have the money to spend, I just want something that will cool better than my current air setup. Brw, I want to cool my cpu, gpu, chipset, and 1 or maybe 2 HD's, so I dont know if i need another radiator or what. Thanks in advance.

 

[WarpSpeed]

You might check this out:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/waterkit.asp
Do your homework; your own searches.

 

[pirred908]

Ask Pelikan. I think thats how you spell his name. He'll give you a list of the best products on the market right now.

 

[CaptnKirk]

What you touch the most

 

[polishcannon]

bump, If you are happy with your water cooling setup, please post what is in it. I BEG OF YOU

 

[CJP]

There's a good dedicated water cooling section on the forums at Hardocp.com

 

[MeSh1]

From what ive read these 2 itmes are good. Keep in mind theres more to watercooling than these two items, but hopefully it helps.

Swiftech 12V Pump MCP600 http://www.pccasegear.com/prod1049.htm
Danger Den TDX Waterblock http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/super_cooling/dangerden/TDX/

 

[polishcannon]

thanks sir Anyone have any idea on a good radiator and resevoir?

 

[pelikan]

Originally posted by: MeSh1
From what ive read these 2 itmes are good. Keep in mind theres more to watercooling than these two items, but hopefully it helps.

Swiftech 12V Pump MCP600 http://www.pccasegear.com/prod1049.htm
Danger Den TDX Waterblock http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/super_cooling/dangerden/TDX/

That pump is great. The MCP650 is a little more powerful (AKA D4).
The TDX is one of the best. You could also look at the Whitewater. Also, Swiftech's new MCW-6000 is very good.

For a radiator the best bet is to get a car heatercore (that's what all the rads are anyways). An '86 chevette is good because its small. If you want the best possible performance the Fedco 2-342 has very little flow restriction and fits two 120mm fans. You'll have to stretch your tubing over the fittings and maybe cut the ends off. If you want a rad with barbs already soldered in then D-tek customs has chevette heatercores that are ready to go.

1/2" clearflex 60 tubing is good.

I like a "T" line better than a reservoir - personal preference.

You would probably enjoy a trip to overclockers watercooling forum. At the top there is a link the the stickes. Very good reading. And there's a watercooled case gallery.

Edit: I wouldn't watercool the chipset. It only puts out like 20W, so a large passive cooler is fine. Also it forces you to put tight bends in the tubing which can prevent a good mount of the blocks.

And I'd scratch the hdd's.

What are your system specs? How big is your case or are you going external?

 

[polishcannon]

Can you give me a link to some where i can see these d-tek heatcores, I looked on their site and didnt see anything that looked like what you were talking about. Thanks for they help though pelikan.

 

[polishcannon]

I have a p4 2.4 800 mhz fsb oc to 2.8 , gig xms corsair ram, 9800xt. Looking to upgrade the processor, and perhaps the gfx card too. And why would you say no on the HDD's ?? I have SATA , and it runs hotter than IDE =/

 

[pelikan]

D-tek pro cores.
Danger Den has a "double" heatercore that will fit two 120mm fans for better performance (if you have room in your case).

Edit: HDD's just don't need watercooling. Good case ventilation does the trick just fine. I have a Raptor and its sitting on a piece of foam to silence it with an 80mm fan at 5V keeping it cool.