Watercooling

[1sikbITCH]

As I'm looking around different sites, I'm noticing that some watercooling units can be had for a fairly decent price. This got me thinking (yes I've got the fire extinguisher nearby).

Questions:

1) What are some decent brands to read up on?
2) What's the minimum you should expect to spend to get a good watercooling setup? (below what price are we just talking about junk)
3) What temps are to be expected (I have a 1700+ JUIHB I think, and I'd like to OC to the limits)
4) Is setting up and maintaining a watercooling system a lot of trouble, and is it worth the trouble?

Edit- actually my processor is a JIUHB0312VPMW- just wanted to get it right.

 

[saltedeggman]

check out this site for reviews of watercooling kit

for decent performance, you should spend at least 150.00 in a watercooling kit, considering that an eheim (very reliable) pump go for 50.00+, and a good waterblock is 30.00+.... plus all the accessories

depends on your combination, temperature might vary

watercooling isn't hard to maintain at all, you may have to refill the water....

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman
check out this site for reviews of watercooling kit

for decent performance, you should spend at least 150.00 in a watercooling kit, considering that an eheim (very reliable) pump go for 50.00+, and a good waterblock is 30.00+.... plus all the accessories

depends on your combination, temperature might vary

watercooling isn't hard to maintain at all, you may have to refill the water....

or you can try the hydor pumps. they cheaper but also of equal quality imo

 

[ROJAS]

After overclocking for years with Panaflo metal 120mm fans, I decided to cave in to a Koolance P2c-601Bw with all the trimmings, p.s additional hard drive coolers, etc. It set me back $470 delivered to California. It should come in on or around 3 July. I will keep you informed of results.

ROJAS

 

[1sikbITCH]

Yowza. I'd have a really cool PC but my wife would be HOT :Q

And what's "IBTL or any derivativie of it"?

 

[Linux23]

i bought a kit last year, but never could get the damn thing working right. i may take the plunge again this year, however.

 

[nickaskew]

Hi,

I purchased one of these --> Koolance PC2-601 about 2 months ago.

Kit:
Athlon XP2600 (very quiet with water block from PC2-601)
3 IBM Deskstar HD's (v noisy)
Radeon 9700 Pro vid card (noisy fan)

Pros:
Keeps processor cooler than the massive fan I had.. maxes out at about 42degc under 100% load for several hours.
Ambient temperature inside the case reduced by about 5degc due to the hot air from CPU not circulating around the inside of case (taken upto radiator via water cooling..)
The pump supplied with this system is actually a 2 in 1, so if 1 pump died a horrible death, the other one would still pump enough to keep your system from frying while you purchased a replacement.

Cons:
Didn't reduce the noise of my setup very much as the noise of the hard disks and graphics card are now almost as obvious as the CPU fan was! - Possible to get a graphics card water cooler (block) to replace the fan with, but I didnt bother.
The LCD temperature sensor supplied insitu with the PC2-601 reads 32degc when the internal CPU sensor reads 42degc...
I still have 2 case fans (and 1 intake fan for the power supply) - this keeps the air moving in the case to ensure the HD's and north bridge (with a passive cooler) don't cook - you could purchase HD/North Bridge/Graphics Card coolers for the Koolance system - but the noise from the HD's wouldn't be reduced using them..,
The Koolance case has 3 fans mounted in the top of the case, 2 sucking, 1 blowing, these aren't as quiet as they could be, even on the lowest setting (there are 3 settings, 1=low, 2=low until system gets hotter and then it speeds up to compensate, 3=fast AND very loud)


Overall:
I like the reduction in temperature for my CPU, but if I had seen a system up and running before I made the purchase to listen to the noise, I wouldn't have bought it. I would have preferred to buy the EXOS and mod my existing Lian Li PC70 tower case which had lots more space, a beautiful finish and an amazing blue neon power LED!

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Nick