First Time Water Cooling (What TO Buy)

[PrestoPreston]

Hey Guys! First time on this forum. Nice to meet everyone!

Almost one year ago, I built my first PC. Here is a link to the parts list.

See: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Kpcf

Everything went fine, except the Aftermarket cooler did not fit my am3+ socket, $50 down the drain, no biggie to me. So currently I am using the stock cooler (Which does an average job).

I am looking to invest in water cooling under $80.

Under a decent load, League of Legends on high-max is 50-60c.

World of Warcraft (High) runs 55-60+c.

Idle runs about 30c.

Video rendering runs about 60-70+c.

I cannot stream due to the high CPU temps (70c+), looking to knock the temp down during streaming as well.

I am a student studying in the Online Entertainment industry, hence the video rendering and streaming from time to time.

For the most part, my computer stays dust free. I attempt to dust every 2 weeks. This includes external fans, CPU fans, etc or when dust builds up.

This is my first time with water cooling and just looking for some expert advice.

Much appreciated in advance!

 

[ahnilated]

If you get a prebuilt/sealed water cooling setup you might stay under $80. Water cooling is very expensive and time consuming. You don't want to get it wrong because you can destroy your entire system.

To give you an idea, I was thinking of doing a 2 loop custom setup to cool my 3 GPU's, processor and chipset. This would have run me between $1500-1800.

 

[CM-Patrick]

Hello PrestoPreston,

If your case can support a 240mm radiator, then i would suggest the Seidon 240m. It's currently on sale for $69.99 AR

Seidon 240M

If your case can only support a 120mm radiator, then i would suggest our Seidon 120m.
Seidon 120M

 

[mamasan2000]

Those All-In-One watercooling systems from Corsair and Coolermaster are worse than a good Noctua or a Phanteks, for the same price.
Fans have lower noise and cools better.

Keep in mind, AIO watercooling sets also have fans (for radiator) so you are gonna have noise no matter what.

If you want good watercooling, build it yourself.
But thats gonna cost you 200$.

 

[kooks147]

Hey Guys! First time on this forum. Nice to meet everyone!

Almost one year ago, I built my first PC. Here is a link to the parts list.

See: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Kpcf

Everything went fine, except the Aftermarket cooler did not fit my am3+ socket, $50 down the drain, no biggie to me. So currently I am using the stock cooler (Which does an average job).

I am looking to invest in water cooling under $80.

Under a decent load, League of Legends on high-max is 50-60c.

World of Warcraft (High) runs 55-60+c.

Idle runs about 30c.

Video rendering runs about 60-70+c.

I cannot stream due to the high CPU temps (70c+), looking to knock the temp down during streaming as well.

I am a student studying in the Online Entertainment industry, hence the video rendering and streaming from time to time.

For the most part, my computer stays dust free. I attempt to dust every 2 weeks. This includes external fans, CPU fans, etc or when dust builds up.

This is my first time with water cooling and just looking for some expert advice.

Much appreciated in advance!

Welcome!

So a watercooling system under 80$ are that good for their price. I suggest getting a high quality air cooler. SInce at that range theyre cheap and perform better. With watercooling if you truly want the best performance for the dollar you have to go custom and no custom loop is even under 150$. Closed loops do perform well but not well enough for their price in my opinion. Especially ones under 80$.