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RomanR
10-14-2002, 01:12 AM
K, Hi umm i wanna start using watercooling, since its 25 times better then air (i read htat on a site), and it makes less noise.
can you guys tell me some cheap but good radiators, pumps, etc i can get.

i wanna cool off my cpu,gfx card, mobo

and for HD i got a Hard Drive cooler


thanks

Tweaked!
10-14-2002, 01:59 AM
Welcome to Xtreme!

Here's a few links for you to investigate:)

http://www.xtwerkz.com/Liquid_Cooling.htm

http://dangerden.com/

http://www.crazypc.com/products/cooling/watercooling.htm

http://www.directron.com/watercooling.html

I'd recommend Swiftech, it's a very good performer.

RomanR
10-14-2002, 10:41 AM
hey thanks man that helped me out alot. *SIGHT* i gonna have to work over time, and i got a ööööö boss. ill post what i wanna get later, and you ppl can help tell me if its good aight!?

RomanR
10-14-2002, 10:43 AM
so would this kit be good?!
http://www.directron.com/h202b.html
i also gonna buy a thingy for my mobo,cpu, and video card. Anyone have any idea to like water proof my mainboard and öööö so it dont get fryed if i have a leak?!

Hold on i just thought of something, if i want to watercool my mobo and video card would i need extra radiators or something?! or can i just connect it to 1 radiator and 1 pump?!

Tweaked!
10-14-2002, 10:56 AM
The swiftech is definitely a good setup. If you want to add more to the setup, you run it all in one setup. You run it from the pump to the cpu, then the gpu, then your northbridge, then to the radiator. I'll see about getting some more links on the better designs on setting it up.

Tweaked!
10-14-2002, 11:01 AM
Here's a quick link from the trusty old O/C site, lots of good articles on recommendations and experiences.

http://overclockers.com/topiclist/index31.asp#WATER COOLING

TheDude
10-14-2002, 11:34 AM
You can't go wrong with Swiftech:D

RomanR
10-14-2002, 01:36 PM
wats gpu and northbridge lol im kinda dumb :(
if u can make a pic of how i should have it set up it would be grea.
i wanna cool my cpu,mobo,gfx card :) thankx

Tweaked!
10-14-2002, 02:47 PM
Go to that last link I posted, it's a bunch of different ways people set theirs up, pros and cons, etc... You should be able to get some good ideas from there. Basically though, you'll want to cool your cpu (central processing unit), Gpu (graphic processing unit, or vid card), and northbridge (which is the chip permenantly mounted on your mobo, as you're refering to as mobo). Those are the key components that need the most cooling in a computer. The biggest things you'll need to learn first off will be what kinda wattage dispersment each component gives off (or basically speaking, how hot do each get, and how much cooling does each need), the most effective and efficient way to cool them (ie. water cooling, refrigeration cooling, air cooling, etc..), and what kinda outcomes to expect out of each style of cooling setup. If you're not sure how to O/c a computer past 150 mhz without changing the divider on your peripherals, or changing the latency of your ram, etc... then you probably need to do a lot more homework before deciding you need water cooling. You'll never get your computer overclocked very much past 150 without changing those values I listed above, which has to be done either in the bios, or in the registry. And if you're not that knowledgeable about your registry settings, then I don't recommend you trying without learning how to do it, and have an understanding of what your doing. If you go into your registry and start changing the values without a complete understanding of what it is you're changing, you'll for sure screw your computer up. Then you'll be doing a complete format, bios flash, etc... to get it back to where you started from. I'll go and hunt down some more reading material for you, I would suggest a more thorough investigation into the world of venturing beyond factory settings before you decide to change anything. You can start off with just a basic multiplier, voltage, and fsb adjustments to get your rig to o/c on air before you need to go into water cooling. You should be able to get a substantial o/c with just those items and still manage to keep your cooling under control if you have the proper setup for doing so. Air cooling can be very effective up to a degree, anything beyond that and you really need to have all the proper components (ie. mobo, cpu, ram, power supply, vid card, hdd, etc..) that are proven to be able to handle the extra umf you plan to put it through. If you plan to do this with just any old setup, all you'll be doing is frying things. First off, start by getting a d*mn nice air cooling system like a thermaltake ax7 w/ a 68cfm delta fan and install it using a premium silver bearing compound (as3 or antec reference) and see where that gets you. You're much better off finding how far you can go with a setup like that than wasting your hard earned money on a complete water cooling setup just to find out that the rest of your system can't handle it. there's nothing wrong with setting your sites high like this (that's what we're all about here) but I suggest starting off learning what your components are truely capable of before trying to push them. (off my soap box now);) Good luck, and do lots of reading, and don't get too impatient too quickly. It can really start to cost you in the long run. :)

RomanR
10-14-2002, 04:44 PM
k thanks man :)

and if u wondering
i got a geforce 2 ti 64mb pro
MSI 645 Ultra333
athlonx xp 1600
256 DDr 333hz ram
Win 2k
and none of my parts are overclooked or anything