Is this a good setup? Silent liquid cooling? Need reccomendations. Buyin'n 7hrs!

Hey, I'm headin to bed, to wake up in 6 hours to order all this stuff.
But does this seem like a good setup? Anything you would change? I was talking to hififascist,but he went to bed.

I mainly want a setup that's silent, but performs good. (And looks cool :D)

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Pump: MCP655 (swiftech)
CPU Block: Swiftech Storm (performs better than apogee)
VGA block: Danger Den Koosah (full water block which also cools the ram)
Radiator: Swiftech MCR-320 QP
Reservoir: Typhoon single 5.25" bay or Alphacool Cape Coolplex 25 (i dont think i picked the right res)
Tubing: get cheap PVC tubing at Home Depot or Tygon/Primoflex from frozencpu (probably 7/16")

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Oh yeah, It's for a stacker 810 case with a clear side window and a conroe cpu/mobo setup.

ps: how do i get the liquid once its all setup green or blue? And the cool glowing wires etc. Any online shop?

first off, you might wanna check out the stickies, read and understand what you want in a system...
next, check some ot the current ongoing projects/worklogs being discussed, understand that watercooling is not for the shallow of pockets...

lastly, go shop at petra's or jab tech or others, frozen cpu is rather the most expensive of the bunch...

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Pump: MCP655 (swiftech) you might wanna buy a ddc ultra with plexitop and use the top inlet.
CPU Block: Swiftech Storm (performs better than apogee) good
VGA block: Danger Den Koosah (full water block which also cools the ram) full blocks are heavy, be prepared for drooping vid card
Radiator: Swiftech MCR-320 QP for a stacker a pa120.3 or .2 is highly recommended
Reservoir: Typhoon single 5.25" bay or Alphacool Cape Coolplex 25 (i dont think i picked the right res) get swiftech mcres-micro, easiest to bleed, or just use a t-line and get one delrin/brass fillport or creidiki plug it
Tubing: get cheap PVC tubing at Home Depot or Tygon/Primoflex from frozencpu (probably 7/16") try browsing at mcmaster carr, masterkleer 7/16 IDx5/8 OD is cheaper than tygon

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I echo Septim's recommendations exactly, except you can lose the Danger Den Koosah altogether and go with a Maze 4 with chipsinks and some sekisui 5760 thermal tape http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Pieces-of-Seki...QQcmdZViewItem. It will save you some money and cool your VC just as well.

As for the blue, if you want that you can look online for Pentosin antifreeze which is blue, or you can buy blue (pentosin) antifreeze from any VW/Audi dealer (will run you about $30 for a gallon though). For dye if you want it, cool-cases-usa is one place to get it.

I'll second dropping the Koosah. With G80/R600 around the corner, do you really want to drop >$100 on a block that'll soon be outdated?

I third the maze - since you can use it on many video cards and will prolly be compatible with future cards. I would go with a tline personally over the res. tried both and the occaisional gurgling with the res drove me nuts.

maze4 and the swifttech mc14 heatsink since your spending some good money...

Pump: MCP655 (swiftech) you might wanna buy a ddc ultra with plexitop and use the top inlet.
CPU Block: Swiftech Storm (performs better than apogee) good
VGA block: maze4 w/ chipsinks
Ramsink: Mc14
Radiator: Swiftech MCR-320 QP for a stacker a pa120.3 or .2 is highly recommended
Reservoir: Typhoon single 5.25" bay or Alphacool Cape Coolplex 25 (i dont think i picked the right res) get swiftech mcres-micro, easiest to bleed, or just use a t-line and get one delrin/brass fillport or creidiki plug it
Tubing: get cheap PVC tubing at Home Depot or Tygon/Primoflex from frozencpu (probably 7/16") try browsing at mcmaster carr, masterkleer 7/16 IDx5/8 OD is cheaper than tygon

so is this good? haha sry, i need something summarized like this so its easy to order.
ok, just 2 more questions
1.) where do i get the chipsinks for the maze4?
2.) I searched petra and a lot of maze 4's came up. Which one is the one I'll need?
3.) Can someone clean my summary up? I'm still kinda confused over the this 'or' that. I just need like 1 item for each listing.

sry again, I just need something simple so when I goto one of the sites mentioned, I can just search for the items then buy them. So like a list of parts. I've delayed about 4 days bc of chosing. Thx

or you can get a complete water kit from petra's tech shop. Im also doing some research into water cooling and have been suggested by almost all the veterans here about getting a kit from petra's website. Less hassle and confusion.

well people said DIY is better, but if petra's kit is SILENT, and good quality parts then, hit me a link.

Otherwise, could someone make a list kinda like I did of all the parts I'm going to need? I know this probably is troublesome, but I'ld really appreciate it, ALOT. I'll even give like 1-5 dollars via paypal if ya want. I'm that desperate.

You have no idea on how long I've delayed.

THX!

DDC Ultra w/ Alphacool top(Performance PC's has them but maybe they are out of stock)
PA 120.3(Danger Den has them)
3 Yate Loons(buy from petra's or jab tech)
MP-1 (cooltechnica)
Ramsinks (anywhere really type in MC14 into a websites earch and you'll find them)
Delrin Fillport (Petra's)
Masterkleer 7/16ths ID tubing (Masterkleer)
T connector. 5/8 OD. (no idea where to get)

what else besides the DDC Ultra? Everywhere I've searched with a good rep is out of stock. Anything else?

Thx!!

or better yet... can anyone find a place that has a good reputation that has em in stock? Conroe just came in from newegg (I got it for 369 or something). So now's the PERFECT time to get everything.

haha it's all being shipped to my new dorm and I havn't even moved in yet. They're going to be getting so many packages.

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Originally Posted by CrewXp

well people said DIY is better, but if petra's kit is SILENT, and good quality parts then, hit me a link.

Otherwise, could someone make a list kinda like I did of all the parts I'm going to need? I know this probably is troublesome, but I'ld really appreciate it, ALOT. I'll even give like 1-5 dollars via paypal if ya want. I'm that desperate.

You have no idea on how long I've delayed.

THX!

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Not to bag on you or anything but if you can't put the suggestions we have made in this thread into a list and are willing to pay somebody to do it then watercooling may be a little over you head. Again not trying to bag on you but there are places that have already put together kits that may be easier for you. I would even suggest looking into some good air cooling. My suggestion read through the stickies at the top of the water cooling section and if it doesn't make any sense then just slowly walk away and use air cooling.

What evey you do though I highly highly recommend reading those stickies.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/wacoki.html
here the site, try and email them first to see what they recommend.

the only thing they'll lack is the thermochill PA120.3 and the ddc ultra with plexitop.

but the rest of their recommendation is usually worth it, recommended by people here already.

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Originally Posted by CrewXp

what else besides the DDC Ultra? Everywhere I've searched with a good rep is out of stock. Anything else?

Thx!!

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I know of a person who is wanting to sell his DDC ultra with the plexi top. PM Smith_6079 it is pretty much a brand new pump he is just looking to get out of water cooling because he fried his x1900xtx.

the plain black ddc pump (10w or 18w) with inlet and outlet side by side is only for 3/8id tubing, which is still good enough

but of course we highly recommend moving up to 7/16id or even 1/2id tubing
so alphacool made them plexitops, while radiical made em turbo head tops
in which we could use the top inlet and plugged the side inlet
so that water is directly injected to the impeller, meaning more flow of water
to generate more head...

(somebody correct my terminology and analogy)

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Originally Posted by septim

the plain black ddc pump (10w or 18w) with inlet and outlet side by side is only for 3/8id tubing, which is still good enough

but of course we highly recommend moving up to 7/16id or even 1/2id tubing
so alphacool made them plexitops, while radiical made em turbo head tops
in which we could use the top inlet and plugged the side inlet
so that water is directly injected to the impeller, meaning more flow of water
to generate more head...

(somebody correct my terminology and analogy)

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Yep the alphacool and radiical are pretty much the same. THey both made it to where the inlet is on top and they both increase the performance.