watercooling parts

[yourdeardaniel]

i'm thinking of getting a watercooling setup.

which watercooling parts parts would you recommend? thanks.

eg. pump, radiator, fans, tubing, coolant, etc.

 

[NickF]

Not sure if this is for you, but I built my own using a truck heater core as the radiator, an eheim water pump, some 110ac 120mm fans and a radio shack 12v/120v relay to turn everything on. The water block can be purchased but I actually went to the extent of making my own out a block of Al I had (I used to be a toolmaker, I have all kinds of Al, steel etc sitting around).

 

[HardWarrior]

Take a look here. Look around and you'll get an idea of what's best. These parts are mostly designed for computer applications, unlike Nick's system.

 

[Sokratz]

DangerDen is good but pricy. You can get a heatercore from a 70's model chevette or caprice and get better. There's also a guy on here that sells heatercores already pained w/fan shrouds. Need a decent pump with max head, not flow rate. go 1/2" ID tubes, clearflex is cheaper than tygon and generally fine. resevoir is prefered but optional. unless you know what you're doing, don't make your own blocks, but DDs or a whitewater/cascade. swiftech is good by pricy as well. koolance=bad.

 

[HardWarrior]

Sure, that's a way to approach the situation too. But frankly, I prefer a kit, with parts selected by me. I want to screw it and just have it work, with as little elbow-grease as possible. Usually than means a little more $.

 

[yourdeardaniel]

thanks for input guys.

i have no experience whatsoever with tools machinery so making my own waterblock is out of the question ha ha. i am just interested in buying parts and putting them together and have it up and running fast and stable with good performance and few maintenance (wow thats alot).