I am thinking abount making the move to liquid cooling. I am asking what people recommend for a first time liquid cool setup? I have been looking over kits at different site but really not sure what be best. At this time I am only looking to cool the cpu and maybe chipset using the below components. I may not do chipset as I am just learning what to do with this type cooling system. Thanks for any helpful information.
i7 980X
Rampage III Extreme
Antec 1200 case
Thanks
Klaian
Looks like you already splurged for a nice set up. Do yourself a favor and get a nice water setup the first time around. Those kits are generally of much lesser quality imo.
Do you have a budget you're trying to stay within?
I think the Antec 1200 is past its prime... maybe an ATCS 840, a HAF 932, HAF X, CM Cosmos or something else would do you better...
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I am pretty much open on budget.
I wish I could say that.Originally Posted by Klaian
Signatures make my posts look huge... but I'm not humble enough to completely remove my signature, so I kept this note explaining it.
Links so you can educate yourself on heatloads, flowrates, helpful guides lotsa stuff. I recommend you bookmark all of the individual links, you will need them.
Read MANY posts, 20-30 in these forums and others from beginning to end dealing with watercooling. Read all the guides and take notes when you need to.
Be familiar with waht is offered from many different creators of products.
It will save you tons of time and less frustration by understanding the lingo and having some links to fall back on when you need to learn.
It's really all up to you. You spend $500 and all this stuff arrives at your door step, hopefully it's what you need. And you know how to hook it all up. Ruining a $300+ GPU really sucks, it happens. You can prevent this easily..........
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...96&postcount=3
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=643364
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=250927
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=232141
Last edited by Conumdrum; 05-27-2010 at 07:30 PM.
All stock for now, no need for more, but it's gonna be soon methinks.
Giga Xtreme 58 mobo i7 965 ES D0 step Corsair 1600 6 gig
SLI GTX470 EVGA
EK HF nickle blue top CPU block (free from Eddie)
Koolance 470 waterblocks
One big loop, two 120x3 rads. Pa 120.3 and XSPC RX 120x3. Swiftech 35x pump with V2 restop. GT AP15 fans.
Banchetto Tech Station
120 GB SSD, and a few other drives.
1000W UltraX3 PSU, 900 watt (1500VA UPS
23.999" Acer GD235hz and 24" Acer H243H
Thanks for all the information. What would you guys suggest for CPU block?
EK Supreme HF.
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