water cooling...

[lordslashstab]

Ok, great I read on how to cool my system. I am going to be buying a ASUS P5WD2-E Premium Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131589

I was wondering if someone can point me in the right direction and find me a water cooling solution (link) for this board?

I'd like to water cool my gpu too

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130032

Must make a silent pc. Help!

 

[Doughbuy]

There are lots of watercooling solutions out there. Since you probably are a beginner, I would recommend you buying a watercooling kit with everything you need (radiator, pump, waterblock, resevoir, whatever). About the quietness of it, depends on how quiet you want it. There are quiet watercooling, and even quieter. I know Thermaltake makes some passiver watercooling designed for HTPC's which are supposedly very very quiet, you would have a very hard time hearing them over your case fans. But you do pay a premium for the quieter watercooling solutions, and they usually don't work as well as active cooling.

Compatability wise, most watercooling kits come with brackets for all the major cpu's out there, so thats not going to be a problem. However, I would re-think getting a watercooled solution for your graphics card. Most GPU waterblocks only cool the chip itself, whereas most of the gpu fan coolers these days cool chip and memory. So if you do decide to get watercooling for your GPU, you should still have proper air flow for your graphics memory.

Other than that, I know the Thermaltake Bigwater 745 is a decent priced decent performing watercooling kit, but requires more work than a complete external solution.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106074

The best external watercooling kit is probably your KOOLANCE EXOS, quite expensive, but the best there is.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835127006

Also, the Corsair Nautilius 500 got some decent reviews. Its not too big on cooling as watercooling goes, but it has a good price and is very easy to set up.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835181004

Lastly, for the quiet watercooling solutions, this Thermaltake cooler is quiet and stylish, and performs quite well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106071

There are many other watercooling kits out there, so always keep an open mind and get as many opinions as possible.

 

[waylander]

For the DYI kits that are put together by the manufacturers by the individual components that they sell I believe that both Switech www.swiftnets.com and Danger Den http://www.dangerdenstore.com/ make customizable kits to include all the basic and add on components that you need.

 

[Doughbuy]

As of now, there are 3 main parts for watercooling. The CPU, GPU, and Chipset. Most kits only come with a CPU block, some also contains a GPU block. The thing is, you can buy any of these blocks seperately too if you want. So you buy a kit with everything. You would install the CPU block and hook the pipes in. Say you want to add a GPU block. You could just buy some more tubing, go from CPU to GPU then GPU back to Resevoir. There are only 2 real things to beware of when buying.

1. Don't mix alumminum and copper, bad things happen.

2. Make sure your tubes and the connections match. There are 3/8" ID (inner diamater) and 3/8" OD (outer diamater) tubes and connections. Ensure compatability before you do anything.

Anything else?

 

[wun911]

Just get a nice swiftec or danger den "kit" they have all you need tubes hose clamps water blocks res rad etc etc.

I wouldnt go for cheap nasty gigabyte style kits.... because the best air cooling set up will pawn the worst water cooling setup.

 

[lordslashstab]

Thank you for all your input gents, but I have to say awww F it. I just wanted to make my case as quiet as I can, I don't overclock, just not interested enough. I've decided for a good old fan.

Thanks!