WaterCooling Setup

[pioneercrazed]

Let me start off by saying I don't know to much about water cooling, it does interest me though. There's someone selling a bundle, I'd just like to know what you all think of it and if it's everything I would need... Here's my setup:

P4 2.6C (Northwood) cooled by a Coolermaster Aero 4 (LOUD when turned up) Idle 30-33 Load 40-45C
Abit AI7
BFG 6800 AGP *stock cooler*
1gb Corsair value 3200
couple of case fans

Here is the setup that's for sale:
- Watercooling bundle. Includes Switch 5002 w/ both bases for Socket A, 478 and 754/939. Zalman ZM-WB2 Gold for P4/754/939. Black Ice radiator, Two AquaVia 1300 pumps and all the hardware.

Thanks folks

 

[Nirach]

Personally, I'd stick to air cooling. Invest in some better, or quieter, whichever, fans, if you haven't already, get some cable tidying going, and see what the airflow's like. W/Cing doesn't add much for ccooling, and to be honest, it's a bigger pain in the aass than people make it out to be, I use two setups of W/C, and I'd rather go back to air, half the time.

 

[racinjimy]

Originally posted by: Nirach
Personally, I'd stick to air cooling. Invest in some better, or quieter, whichever, fans, if you haven't already, get some cable tidying going, and see what the airflow's like. W/Cing doesn't add much for ccooling, and to be honest, it's a bigger pain in the aass than people make it out to be, I use two setups of W/C, and I'd rather go back to air, half the time.

different experience for me with WC

very quiet and I don't touch it for six months at a time at which I will drain it and refill..............

check out the stickies at Xtremesystems for advice

the swiftech block you mention is OK but very old, it would work OK with the pumps provided but it would all depend on the price of that stuff

two pumps these days is almost always unessecary with the really good DC pumps available now

 

[pioneercrazed]

Thanks for both your inputs, it really shows how varied it is. I highly doubt now that I'm going to do it, considering my temps aren't too bad right now. I figure with a Zalman 7000 or a thremalright xp90 I should be where I want. Another thing if I were to go WC, I'd want everything inside the case, or atleast attached; and I don't think that would be very easy. For anyone interested, all that stuff I posted is for sale for 40 shipped. Here is the link: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15328071~days=9999~start=20

 

[Nirach]

Originally posted by: racinjimy

Originally posted by: Nirach
Personally, I'd stick to air cooling. Invest in some better, or quieter, whichever, fans, if you haven't already, get some cable tidying going, and see what the airflow's like. W/Cing doesn't add much for ccooling, and to be honest, it's a bigger pain in the aass than people make it out to be, I use two setups of W/C, and I'd rather go back to air, half the time.

different experience for me with WC

very quiet and I don't touch it for six months at a time at which I will drain it and refill..............

check out the stickies at Xtremesystems for advice

the swiftech block you mention is OK but very old, it would work OK with the pumps provided but it would all depend on the price of that stuff

two pumps these days is almost always unessecary with the really good DC pumps available now

It's certainly quiet, but I'm betting I could get similar cooling on air, without seeing too much of a temp rise. However. Not willing to drop all my kit for some fans

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Nirach

Originally posted by: racinjimy

Originally posted by: Nirach
Personally, I'd stick to air cooling. Invest in some better, or quieter, whichever, fans, if you haven't already, get some cable tidying going, and see what the airflow's like. W/Cing doesn't add much for ccooling, and to be honest, it's a bigger pain in the aass than people make it out to be, I use two setups of W/C, and I'd rather go back to air, half the time.

different experience for me with WC

very quiet and I don't touch it for six months at a time at which I will drain it and refill..............

check out the stickies at Xtremesystems for advice

the swiftech block you mention is OK but very old, it would work OK with the pumps provided but it would all depend on the price of that stuff

two pumps these days is almost always unessecary with the really good DC pumps available now

It's certainly quiet, but I'm betting I could get similar cooling on air, without seeing too much of a temp rise. However. Not willing to drop all my kit for some fans

The good thing about watercooling is that it easily carries over to next setup, so it's a one time investment. Perosnally I've been very happy about it. Running 3x 1150rpm 120mm @ 30% load silence and getting nice a nice overclock at the same time is worth it to me. I just bought a kit that had everything I needed and for which I'm very glad.

 

[Nirach]

Originally posted by: biostud

Originally posted by: Nirach

Originally posted by: racinjimy

Originally posted by: Nirach
Personally, I'd stick to air cooling. Invest in some better, or quieter, whichever, fans, if you haven't already, get some cable tidying going, and see what the airflow's like. W/Cing doesn't add much for ccooling, and to be honest, it's a bigger pain in the aass than people make it out to be, I use two setups of W/C, and I'd rather go back to air, half the time.

different experience for me with WC

very quiet and I don't touch it for six months at a time at which I will drain it and refill..............

check out the stickies at Xtremesystems for advice

the swiftech block you mention is OK but very old, it would work OK with the pumps provided but it would all depend on the price of that stuff

two pumps these days is almost always unessecary with the really good DC pumps available now

It's certainly quiet, but I'm betting I could get similar cooling on air, without seeing too much of a temp rise. However. Not willing to drop all my kit for some fans

The good thing about watercooling is that it easily carries over to next setup, so it's a one time investment. Perosnally I've been very happy about it. Running 3x 1150rpm 120mm @ 30% load silence and getting nice a nice overclock at the same time is worth it to me. I just bought a kit that had everything I needed and for which I'm very glad.

I've never overclocked anything on air, so I've never had the increased fan noise to compare to the noise I get on W/C, which isn't great. Unles I whack the fans up to fullspeed. Come to think of it, I'm not sure that my graphics card even saw use with its stock air cooler.