Water cooling brand

[Dumac]

I am trying to help my uncle get some water cooling for his system. I am practically clueless in the area, and was wondering if this kit he picked out was ok. Any other hints/tips would be appreciated

Product:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...em-details.asp?EdpNo=1645513&CatId=499

 

[DerwenArtos12]

runs near silent but won't cool much if any beter than a high quality air-cooler.

 

[Dumac]

What are some brands that do cool well? I am new to this. Links would be appreciated.

How is this? I heard DangerDen was good. Would their other kits be better?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...item-details.asp?EdpNo=1455179&CatId=0

 

[HardWarrior]

Dumac, my suggestion is that you fill out your knowledge on the subject of water-cooling before you proceed. You'll find these stickies useful in getting started. Don't take any of it as gospel though.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

There are two basic reasons to water cool. You and your uncle need to establish wich of them is your primary concern before you can proceed.
1) silent or near silent operation
2) much lower temperatures

Kits exist for both but, you do pretty much have to choose one or the other.

 

[soloz2]

probably the best kit is the swiftech apex ultra

 

[stonyc]

Yep, for a kit the Swiftech is pretty good... but you can have more control over your parts if you went custom.

Just finished leak-testing and bleeding my new watercooling setup (MCP655, storm rev.2, MCW60, BIP2 w/yate loons) and loving it... may end up adding a res (have a t-line for now) sometime down the road, but overall really happy with it. Just be careful and don't try to skip steps, read some stickies (xtremesystems, hardforums were my primary resources) and educate yourself before ordering any parts.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: soloz2
probably the best kit is the swiftech apex ultra

uhhh.. compared to that DD kit, i dont think the apex is that much greater. Ive been hearing a lot of good reviews on the TDX compared to the apogee, and im even starting to concider the TDX as a better block. :X

First off, if your asking what watercooling kit is good or not, it means u just decided spontaneously that you wanted water. I am very pleased to know that you are not concidering a CHEAP watercooling kit. This is the common mistake a lot of watercooling noobies do.

Here are some things you need to do:
1. Goto www.xtremesystems.org and read up on there watercooling basics guide.
2. Decide how many blocks you require in your loop
3. Are you going to use a T-line? or a Rez?
4. How quiet do you want?
5. Where is the radiator going to be mounted? In fact do you even have enough room in your case for 7/16 tubing + pump even.

Lastly once you done that, then you should come and ask for comments from people that have the blocks/radiator/equiptment your looking for. Also its a nice time to learn how to use search on this forum because at this point im getting tired of answering this question for the 10000000000000000000000th time on what kit is the best :\

 

[HardWarrior]

Dumac needs to be immersed in the basics at this point. Offering solutions, canned or DIY, isn't going to do him any good. Also, and this is just my personal view of the situation, offering help has a lot to do with accepting that the same questions may be asked multiple times by different individuals. No one in need of advice should feel limited by how many times others have sought the same knowledge.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior
Dumac needs to be immersed in the basics at this point. Offering solutions, canned or DIY, isn't going to do him any good. Also, and this is just my personal view of the situation, offering help has a lot to do with accepting that the same questions may be asked multiple times by different individuals. No one in need of advice should feel limited by how many times others have sought the same knowledge.

i agree with you, but when you can find the answers your looking for just by clicking search, i think thats just a waste of a thread where it would bump down another thread which is unique.

U have to admit tho Hardwarrior, u and i always seem to jump on this question and reply the same thing over and over again. I think i should just copy and paste from now on.

Yet i still post to everyones questions about watercooling, but at 180 posts i would like to have hoped he would learn how to use the search button. :X

And yes u need to learn the entire basics hence why i told you to goto www.xtremesystems.org and read there watercooling basics guide.

 

[Luckyboy1]

For both ease of installation and the most efficient blocks, it's hard to beat Danger Den. Beware of cheap cooling. If the whole mess is under $300.00, in general, it is either incomplete or not good gear.

 

[HardWarrior]

:thumbsup:

 

[TrevorRC]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior
Dumac needs to be immersed in the basics at this point. Offering solutions, canned or DIY, isn't going to do him any good. Also, and this is just my personal view of the situation, offering help has a lot to do with accepting that the same questions may be asked multiple times by different individuals. No one in need of advice should feel limited by how many times others have sought the same knowledge.

QFT

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Luckyboy1
For both ease of installation and the most efficient blocks, it's hard to beat Danger Den. Beware of cheap cooling. If the whole mess is under $300.00, in general, it is either incomplete or not good gear.

$239.99

Id like you to talk crap about that kit. And its under 300 dollars

Id say more realistically, if its under 200 dollars its utter and complete crap. But ive built kits that were close to 200 but under that would still blow away any heat pipe air cooling.

 

[Luckyboy1]

The link is to a blank screen, so until you get us a link that works, it will be hard to discuss it.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Luckyboy1
The link is to a blank screen, so until you get us a link that works, it will be hard to discuss it.

It worked fine for me.

Swiftech Apex Ultra H20-220

I don't see what there is to discuss, it looks like a fine kit, which of course puts the lie to that tired statement: "All kits are teh suck!"

 

[VballCoach]

Originally posted by: Luckyboy1
The link is to a blank screen, so until you get us a link that works, it will be hard to discuss it.

link is fine for me too

maybe you need better cooling

 

[jonnyGURU]

I have the Zalman on my wife's machine.

It cools just fine, but there's NO WAY it cools better than air. Impossible. Add a radiator and it might, but the key here is it's STONE QUIET. There is ZERO NOISE from the Reserator.

You want good H2O, you go with DangerDen or PolarFLO. And you don't buy a kit. You get the blocks you need, a radiator that you can fit somewhere outside of your case, a reservoir that fits somewhere in your case and a bunch of hose.

THAT is how you water cool for low noise AND better temps.