A little background:
Last year, I had to construct a new PC. Weighing cost, performance and price, I settled on a i7 920 2.66ghz + GTX295 video card.
The graphic card had a fan/heatsink setup that ramped up during extensive usage and it sounded like a vacuum cleaner even though it was 2 meters away. The temps were high, 55c on idle and 91c on load. The noise got to me eventually. I needed a system to be fast and quiet (like a mac). I started research on water cooling a year back in Sept09.
With great advice from folks at OCF, RRTech & XS (esp Conumdrum, Spawn & Red), I took the plunge in April this year. Got MCR320 Drives that's a 3 in 1 system that included pump, radiator and reservoir. It was a simple setup for a newbie.
My current Lian Li case is way too small for the wc stuff. :p It's a bit of a Frankenstein setup but it's good for testing and learning. I will be looking into making a custom case in about 6 months.
Current temperature for CPU on load is on low 60s (10c difference from air cooling). GPU is running at 40c idle (~20c difference). I haven't had to the chance to test it on BFBC2.
It looks hideous but this system is way quieter than the old one.
Details:
Watercool.de HK 1366 water block (this waterblock doesn't take kindly to 1/2 compressions, even the 45 all in one rotaries. Found out too late an used a barb on the inlet)
EK GTX295 Single PCB water block
MCR320 Drive
1/2id 3/4od Primochill tubes
Mix of Bitspower compressions and barbs
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