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New to watercooling..

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imaheadcase

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Im thinking of going watercooling, i have a few noob questions for you all.. I know you love them. 😛

1. How often does one have to replace water in the system?

2. Is it better to but water reservoir in or out of the system? Or just a personal choice?

3. I notice people use pretty big size tubes, is that for less kinks or better water flow?

4. What is a pretty noob friendly "kit" out now for starts like myself? Im just looking for a CPU kit, but would settle for a GPU/cpu kit if same price.
 
Im just building a core 2 duo system, eventually going to use a new g80 video card, but the lowest end C2D, going to Overclock it some, nothing extreme. Im mostly into the "silent but deadly" idea. 🙂 I got a older Inwin Q500 tower case, but im looking at newer ones that are not to expensive that be easier for water setup.

Thanks for the link, explains a lot.
 
1. you dont' neccessarily have to change it out, but I do it once a year just check onit and clean the loop.
2. personal choice, and how scared you are of leaks. I have a t-line in mine, saves space.
3. 3/8-1/2" tubing is the usual recommended diameter. its for flow. The thickness of the tube walls is for less kinking
4. swiftech has some nice kits. I personally recommend making your own custom setup.
 
I own a Gigabyte Galaxy 3D cooler right now and I am very satisfied with it. Very powerful cooling and easy to install. Only thing is that it has an aluminum radiator, but cooling is very good (went 17c down!). Only paid ?110 for the lot! So kits can be good, easy and fairly cheap...
 
I noticed some tubes have screw on types and others use clamps to connect. I would think screw on types would provide a better seal so they don't leak or "pull off" for some reason. They pretty much the same?
 
Check out the kits at Petra's Tech Shop. They are all high end custom-configured kits with almost all components used by the most discerning water cooling enthusiasts.

I will be ordering one from them next year when I move to water. Worm-drive clamps are the best leak-proof clamps you can get.

You don't need a resevoir at all. Check out the Liquid Cooling forum at xtremesystems.org for some of the best advice out there.
 
Thanks for info, learned a lot from that forum. Im starting to lean towards that gigabyte setup, it seems painless and has good reviews around the web for a kit. I know a self made one is better but why not 😛
 
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