No your case cab be aluminium, you just don't want anything to be in contact with the water to be alu :)
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With 300 you can get a pretty good system. If you're not a performance freak, you can get the OCZ cpu block for around 40. A MCR220 is about 50. A DDC pump is about 70 and a good top, like the XSPC which is a favourite is about 20. A switftec micro-res is another 20. cooling your vga card is an investment - can run anywhere from 50 bucks to 180, depending on model and if you want a full cover block or not. without the VGA block, you're talking about 200 US. tack on some tubing, fittings and shipping, and i think you'll be under those 300. it all depends what you want as far as performance, what you want to cool and how flexible that budget is.
do you guys think that the storm is still a good block for an e8500? i could get one cheap
I want to buy a pump, which one is better:
Alphacool Laing DDC-Pump 12V Ultra
or
Swiftech MCP655™ 12 VDC Pump
now I want to buy a radiator, I confuse to choose:
Thermochill PA120.3
or
Feser Xchanger Quad 480 Extreme
or
Feser Xchanger Triple 360 Extreme
any chance for an update with:
Swiftech MCW60-R2
D-TEK FuZion GFX 2
Swiftech Apogee™ GTZ
D-TEK FuZion v2
im guessing the list is sorted in order of performance from highest to lowest