LF a good reasonable watercooling solution

Cisco Kidd · Post by **Cisco Kidd** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 12:40 pm

Current gear

E6300 @ 3.2
P5N-E SLI
2x1GB Gskill HZ 4,4,4,12
Sonata 2 case with 120 mm rear fan
Antec Neo HE 550 w SLI
7900 GTX
3 x320 Seagate sata 2 perpendiculars in raid 5 off software raid controller

I would like to cool cpu but will do gpu as well but cost , want to keep it low but have decent quality.

Thoughts ideas suggections

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:03 pm

What sort of price range are we looking at here????????

stev · Post by **stev** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:06 pm

Cost and quality? Usually, those two don't blend well together without spending a few hard earned dollars.

However, in liquid cooling, I can only point to the Corsair Nautilus 500 to meet that need.

The best part is, if you're not at all apt to the ins and outs of liquid cooling or are an intermediate guru, the Nautilus 500 will work really well.

setscrew · Post by **setscrew** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:21 pm

If you want to tackle a larger project than the Nautilus 500, Check out the link below.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/wacoki.html

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:46 pm

Petras isn't a bad choise for water cooling gear, but the components can be found cheaper if you shop around. Something like those kits just might over tax a noobie the first time around.

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:17 am

im looking to sell my loop, ive got a DangerDen TDX with an acrylic top for socket AM2 and a brass universal top as well. I also have a 5 1/4 resevoir, a MAG II LE Pump and a double heater core that I painted matte black with a heat conducting ceramic paint used on engine blocks. I also have an acrylic mount for the core that holds two 120mm fans. im selling it all for $160.00 all you would need is 1/2' tubing, hose clamps and some coolant and youd be good to go

You could get the tubing and clamps at home depot for cheap and use distiled water as coolant but id reccomend a non-conductive, lubricated coolant. Pics of my set up can be seen in the link on my sig.

trueg50 · Post by **trueg50** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:53 pm

well ciscokid,

http://www.xoxide.com

I would recommend going there first, better deals than newegg or tigerdirect for cooling stuff.

I have been very satisfied with my ThermalTake Big Water SE, and ThermalTake GPU water block too. only $120 for it, or you could go for the ThermalTake silent water system, for ~$80 which only cools the CPU.

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:36 am

HONkUS wrote:im looking to sell my loop, ive got a DangerDen TDX with an acrylic top for socket AM2 and a brass universal top as well. I also have a 5 1/4 resevoir, a MAG II LE Pump and a double heater core that I painted matte black with a heat conducting ceramic paint used on engine blocks. I also have an acrylic mount for the core that holds two 120mm fans. im selling it all for $160.00 all you would need is 1/2' tubing, hose clamps and some coolant and youd be good to go

You could get the tubing and clamps at home depot for cheap and use distiled water as coolant but id reccomend a non-conductive, lubricated coolant. Pics of my set up can be seen in the link on my sig.

I've also got a ton of water cooling gear sitting around the house that I wouldn't mind getting rid of. I just hate shipping stuff................

odie2190 · Post by **odie2190** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:45 pm

just use worm holes man.