WaterCooling

[themaroon]

I am new to ATOT, and could use a little advice. I am looking to make my computer into a media center and want to water cool it to reduce noise in my living room. I have an Athlon XP 1800 and just want something cheap, reliable, and quiet. Any recommendations?

 

[HardWarrior]

Describe the case you want to add WC too, fan sizes and such. Are you willing to mod?

 

[echow87]

something cheap, repliable and quiet...

Get this setup, its cheap. and easy to install, especially when you are running a stock cpu

Spiral or TC-4 Waterblock
Via 1300 Pump
Heatercore or Black Ice Xtreme
120mm Panaflo or any other 20~ DBA fan
You can even use a black ice micro if you dont hav the room for 120mm rads.

 

[AristoV300]

If you are going to go watercooling then make your own set. The kits sold are usually very poor and tend to perform less than air cooling.

 

[Tiamat]

If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

You should go over to procooling and try to say something nice about the Res 1. Most of the people there would flame you silly, being that they're all so smart. 🙂 The Res 1 is a good product for those wanting a quiet, sexy cooling solution.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: AristoV300
If you are going to go watercooling then make your own set. The kits sold are usually very poor and tend to perform less than air cooling.

You information is out of date. Swiftech and Waterchill make fine kits, if that's the way you want to go. Not everyone who wants water wants to do it the hard way.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

You should go over to procooling and try to say something nice about the Res 1. Most of the people there would flame you silly, being that they're all so smart. 🙂 The Res 1 is a good product for those wanting a quiet, sexy cooling solution.

You say sexy because of the obvious phallic presence of the Reserator Radiator, yes?

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

You should go over to procooling and try to say something nice about the Res 1. Most of the people there would flame you silly, being that they're all so smart. 🙂 The Res 1 is a good product for those wanting a quiet, sexy cooling solution.

Not sure what you are trying to say in your first 2 sentances, but I was merely referring to the fact that if 250$ was within this guys budget, that the Reserator was for him. However, if he had a a sub 250$ budget, it was not. Seeing as the Reserator is the quietest water cooling unit i have seen, with a much easier set up than customized water cooling systems ( for a first time water cooling project) I pointed him to it solely for these two reasons.

Obviously, this "advice" would be useless to him if he didnt want to spend the 250$ for it, which is why i had my first sentance in my original reply.

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

You should go over to procooling and try to say something nice about the Res 1. Most of the people there would flame you silly, being that they're all so smart. 🙂 The Res 1 is a good product for those wanting a quiet, sexy cooling solution.

Not sure what you are trying to say in your first 2 sentances, but I was merely referring to the fact that if 250$ was within this guys budget, that the Reserator was for him. However, if he had a a sub 250$ budget, it was not. Seeing as the Reserator is the quietest water cooling unit i have seen, with a much easier set up than customized water cooling systems ( for a first time water cooling project) I pointed him to it solely for these two reasons.

Obviously, this "advice" would be useless to him if he didnt want to spend the 250$ for it, which is why i had my first sentance in my original reply.

Only that those who THINK they know water-cooling in and out don't see the Res 1 as a viable solution. In fact I've been surprised at how nasty some procooling regulars are at the idea of anyone not wanting to cruise junkyards looking for heater cores or fabricate their own hose from recycled plastic bottles. I was in no way contesting what you said. Plain enough?

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

You should go over to procooling and try to say something nice about the Res 1. Most of the people there would flame you silly, being that they're all so smart. 🙂 The Res 1 is a good product for those wanting a quiet, sexy cooling solution.

You say sexy because of the obvious phallic presence of the Reserator Radiator, yes?

🙂 I hope not. Sexy=Just another way of saying the unit is an eye-catcher.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Tiamat
If cheap is 250$ get a Zalman Reserator. Its very very quiet, looks straight forward to set up, and is reliable. Unfortunately, i dont find 250$ cheap enough for my pockets, so im sticking with a Thermalright SLK947U with variable 92mm fan.

You should go over to procooling and try to say something nice about the Res 1. Most of the people there would flame you silly, being that they're all so smart. 🙂 The Res 1 is a good product for those wanting a quiet, sexy cooling solution.

Not sure what you are trying to say in your first 2 sentances, but I was merely referring to the fact that if 250$ was within this guys budget, that the Reserator was for him. However, if he had a a sub 250$ budget, it was not. Seeing as the Reserator is the quietest water cooling unit i have seen, with a much easier set up than customized water cooling systems ( for a first time water cooling project) I pointed him to it solely for these two reasons.

Obviously, this "advice" would be useless to him if he didnt want to spend the 250$ for it, which is why i had my first sentance in my original reply.

Only that those who THINK they know water-cooling in and out don't see the Res 1 as a viable solution. If fact I've been surprised at how nasty some procooling regulars are at the idea of anyone not wanting to cruise junkyards looking for heater cores or fabricate their own hose from recycled plastic bottles. I was in no way contesting what you said. Plain enough?

Your sarcasm wasnt immediately apparent to me. Now it is.

 

[HardWarrior]

Sorry Tiamat, I'm still discovering my inner sarcastic b@stard. 😉

 

[themaroon]

Thanks, I will look into those kits. I don't really mind building my own, but if someone sells all the parts together and they are decent quality I will just do that.

 

[YouAreForbidden]

I got an asetek waterchill antartica kit. cools the GPU/CPU/NB and performs awesome, has HIGH quality parts, and most importantly is made by a respectable manufacturer. and will work on the new AMD sockets.

one thing i can say, no matter what you decide to get. watercooling is great because ive never seen my temps climb more than a degree C under heavy load (seti@home) for hours.

Regards,
Y.A.F.
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