Been a long time, got a NEW setup,need some advise

[icesalmon]

Hey guys its been about a year since I have trolled these forums for your guys knowledge on current technology and overclocking.

I have recently picked up a D975XbX revision 304
I am waiting for conroe the 6600 with the 4 megs l2 cache but I picked up a D930 for now (fry's had a good price), and pqi TURBO 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400)

My question to you guys is, Should I get a water cooling setup I hear some of the preboxed sets (danger den, swiftech) are pretty decent nowadays for the price ( I don't really trust constructing one myself). or just get a nice air cooler for now and upgrade to water when the conroe comes out?

I know the zalman 9500 LEd and thermaltake big typhoon, as well as the thermalright xp120 are all supposed to be good air cooler capable of pushing my current chip into the ~4ghz range. I am worried about clearance on the d975XBX -304 board, do all of those coolers fit or will I have to mod my board etc ( prefer not to mod anything) just attach and go.

I would greatly aprpeciate any feedback

[Silver Bullet]

If you really plan on oc'ing to the very max I guess it's worth getting WCing (you're right, swiftech, danger den, etc are just fine). If you just want to OC to about 80% then i think air cooling be a good choice, way cheaper and much less of a pain to setup and maintain. Check here as we have been debating the best HS for the new C2Ds. Link: Here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=104409)

As for clearence, any of the cooler listed in the thread above and yours also (except maybe XP120) should fit fine.