Hello Everyone I've been reading these forums for a while now and i got interested in a non air cooled solution. You all seem very knowledgable regd cooling so thought id ask for your advise on this..... I am thinking of getting the following parts
Danger Den D5 12V Water Pump $99.99
ThermoChill PA120.3 Triple 120mm Radiator $169.99
Swiftech Apogee Extreme Duty Universal CPU Water Block $44.99
Thermaltake USA Inc
T-type Water Temperature Indicator $39.99
Thermaltake USA Inc Flow TX Flow Meter for Liquid Cooling System $24.99
PrimoChill PrimoFlex 1/2" ID x 3/4" OD UV Green Tubing 10-Foot Coil $24.99
Danger Den MCT-40 Non-Conductive Cooling Liquid 32 oz $24.99
SUBTOTAL $429.93 - all from microcenter cus i can return stuff easily
Radiator choice was based on reviews like this...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77260&highlight=challenge
I wanted to know if you think this might be better than getting a system like a zalman reserator xt from newegg at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118032
for $419
Or are there other parts that you would reccomend?
Thank you much!
oh.. this is the system i am going to build and O/C:
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive
HP w2408h Black 24" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Height & Pivot Adjustments
EVGA 768-P2-N882-AR GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AR804
ASUS Striker II Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz LGA 775 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569QX9650
Midway OEM PC Game, Intel Gift
mobo, gfx subject to change....
Danger Den D5 12V Water Pump $99.99
ThermoChill PA120.3 Triple 120mm Radiator $169.99
Swiftech Apogee Extreme Duty Universal CPU Water Block $44.99
Thermaltake USA Inc
T-type Water Temperature Indicator $39.99
Thermaltake USA Inc Flow TX Flow Meter for Liquid Cooling System $24.99
PrimoChill PrimoFlex 1/2" ID x 3/4" OD UV Green Tubing 10-Foot Coil $24.99
Danger Den MCT-40 Non-Conductive Cooling Liquid 32 oz $24.99
SUBTOTAL $429.93 - all from microcenter cus i can return stuff easily
Radiator choice was based on reviews like this...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77260&highlight=challenge
I wanted to know if you think this might be better than getting a system like a zalman reserator xt from newegg at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118032
for $419
Or are there other parts that you would reccomend?
Thank you much!
oh.. this is the system i am going to build and O/C:
Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive
HP w2408h Black 24" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Height & Pivot Adjustments
EVGA 768-P2-N882-AR GeForce 8800Ultra 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AR804
ASUS Striker II Extreme LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI DDR3 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz LGA 775 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569QX9650
Midway OEM PC Game, Intel Gift
mobo, gfx subject to change....