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Hello there

I play games a lot on my computer. I have just survived over the years with fans, but I think now is the time to upgrade, as getting 60 degree Celsius temperatures (On heavy load) on my graphics card is quite high. First, I'll tell you about my computer.

Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8 Gigahertz
Power Supply: Powercool 750W
Graphics Card: Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
Ram: 4GB
OS: Windows 7 64Bit

Now that I've said that, here's the question. I've got 4 fans in my Case and am still getting high temperatures. So, I would like to upgrade to water cooling. I'm thinking about getting the Corsair Hydro H60 Series Self Contained Water Cooling kit, as it seems affordable, simple and good performance.

http://www.corsair.com/en/hydro-series-h60-cpu-cooler

From what I understand, I would be installing this onto my CPU/Processor. If I bought and installed this, can I expect all-round temperatures to be vastly decreased on my CPU and GPU (Just PC in general), for example from 60 degrees Celsius to say 30 (On heavy load)??

I don't have a huge amount of money and don't want to invest in complicated DYI water cooling kids, I'd rather just go for this Corsair H60 self contained cooler, would this be effective?

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do the cmos thing first. use machine. see what happens........... the other card only lasted a short time. there has to be a reason for it. next thing to look at would be the PS>

the kraken......... all that is is a bracket and a fan. you also need to buy a stand alone water cooling unit like the one you posted for the cpu or use a cheap h50 from corsair. you're talking money.
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I already know that I want to change my cooling system. My question is, what can I expect from installing for example a Corsair Hydro H60 Series Water Cooling Kit? Temperatures around the computer on heavy load, are 60 degrees Celsius. What temperatures can I expect if I install this?
 
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Good question but hard to provide an EXACT answer. But I can apprise that by using H60 Water Cooling, the temperature of your processor would tend to fall from 31 to 40 Degree Centigrade.
 
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think about this. chances are the h60 will be efficient at pulling heat from the processor. that means the heat will be absorbed ( soaked up ) by the pipes the pump and radiator and there will be more heat ( ambient ) withing the case and being expelled from the case.

this won't help your graphics card in any way unless you install that h60 on the gpu. is that what you are talking about? ( kraken G10 ) if this is the scenario you'll have to invest more money because the g10 and the h60 can't do it all.

what is your monitor resolution? Perhaps you'd be better off replacing the anemic graphics card?
 
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Basically I just want to invest in a water cooling system that will drop temperatures by around 20 degrees (or more) for the entire system, mainly the Graphics card and CPU. I don't have experience in using water cooling, and don't really know about all the technical stuff^^

My friend advised me on getting a simple self-contained cooler like the Corsair H60, but from what you're saying, it doesn't sound like it's going to be enough. What's the best option to decrease temperatures just all round? Especially GPU and CPU.

My friend said hes got water cooling and gets very low temperatures, even on heavy load, so I thought I should go with that. Looking at a DYI kit though, it looks quite complex and perhaps more risky...

I use 1920x1080p resolution. Before I had a Sapphire Vapor-X OC 1GB 7770 (figured that had good cooling for a GPU) and that lasted under 6 months.
 
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Being curious, would you mind telling me how the rig got over volted?
 
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By CMOS you mean the BIOS? Also, No I don't run any overclocking utilities or fan control devices, it's all just default^^
 
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do the cmos thing first. use machine. see what happens........... the other card only lasted a short time. there has to be a reason for it. next thing to look at would be the PS>

the kraken......... all that is is a bracket and a fan. you also need to buy a stand alone water cooling unit like the one you posted for the cpu or use a cheap h50 from corsair. you're talking money.
 
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