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Water cooling kits

Mrvile

Mrvile

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I was looking at some watercooling kits (cpu water block, radiator, pump, and tubing) but I want to know which ones are good (bad water cooling = dead computer). I came across Swiftech's H20-120 kits for like 150 bucks which is a nice deal (I think) and I'm pretty sure Swiftech is a trusted company. Any other suggestions? Radiator must be 120mm, single fan, good for a beginner, and needs to be at least affordable.

Thanks!
 
The Corsair COOL air looks good too. Also, a bad kit doesn't necessarily equate to a dead computer. I may just not function better than air, which is cheaper. 🙂
 
Well I meant a bad kit as in not reliable and leakage. But anywho I built a Danger Den kit (939 TDX water block, 1/2 fitting, Black Ice Xtreme radiator, Hydor L35 pump, AS5, 7ft UV green tubing) and it all came out to about 180 bucks. I'm looking to stay under 200 bucks for CPU only (no VGA cooling)

PS - What does a resevoir do? I know what everything else does, just not this thing.
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well I meant a bad kit as in not reliable and leakage. But anywho I built a Danger Den kit (939 TDX water block, 1/2 fitting, Black Ice Xtreme radiator, Hydor L35 pump, AS5, 7ft UV green tubing) and it all came out to about 180 bucks. I'm looking to stay under 200 bucks for CPU only (no VGA cooling)

PS - What does a resevoir do? I know what everything else does, just not this thing.
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Even the best kit can leak. It's all about how much attention you pay to connections. Sounds like a great start to me, with room for expansion. :thumbsup:

A reservoir does just that, holds a reserve of coolant and in general adds more coolant to your loop. In practice, as long as it's positioned high in your case, a res keeps your loop foam-free. It also buffers your temps. My res, a dual 5 1/4 inch, is plumbed between my rads and pump.

 
One thing, I learned recently that the thicker BIX requires a powerful fan to perform its best, somewhere around 90CFM. I slapped a Thermoflo 120x25 on my BIX which, based on temp, spins from 1300-2200RPM, 54-92CFM automatically. It works pretty well.
 
kits like those are no better than the top copper heatsinks. so you're basically paying for noise... or the lack of it. 🙂

i would rather go with the swiftech you mentioned. that kit should be fine for someone just testing the water with watercooling. 😀

people will tell you to go put your own kit together but they won't go to your house to help you put it together. 😛

BTW check these reviews out while you're at it.
 
bR what do you think is a good brand for watercooling? No one has really answered my original question yet, so...and can you put a "kit" together for me (cpu only) under 200 bucks? Cuz I'm kinda at a loss to who makes good what, thanks.
 
Take a look at this... or this. They don't come with a GPU block though.

You should look around some more, I'm not one to to recommend just one kit since I was in the middle of thinking about putting a kit together and stumbled on a deal for a Koolance case and just went with that. 😱
 
Yeah I looked at the DD kits at their site, they're nice but they come with a bunch of stuff I don't need, like the fan or the splitters, at the expense of a lower CPU block.

But anywho I'm trying to put a kit together at FrozenCPU and I'm kinda confused, if your block had 3 ports, where would the third one go? Like if I had a radiator with only two ports, one for water in and one for water out, where would the third port on the block go to? Do they even make 3 port radiators?
 
As far as blocks that have three barbs, the one in the center is for intake and the two on either end are exhaust.
 
Yes, I know, and I just read that you need a splitter to connect the two barbs into one exhaust tube. The DD TDX is a 2-barb block that performs just as effectively as the older, 3-barbed RBX, so I would get the TDX instead.
 
I've been thinking about getting a wwater cooling setup but not sure if its needed I can get this pig to post after 285 but havent put it any higher I run at 275 stable as all hell and idle 38 load 50 would water cooling get this temp down and maybe allow me to push the chip higher?
 
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