Water Cooling: Where to buy?

[ARGON]

I am in the process of building a new system and have become interested in the idea of water cooling (mainly wanting to get into OC'ing). So what does it take to set up a water cooling system? I have read a few articles on THG and went to www.sharkacorp.com, but all in all it looked like it was going to cost me around $300.

What should I buy and where should I buy? Is there anything that I can do myself? What are some reasonable prices? What sort of deviations in quality is there for water cooling?

Your advice is always appreciated.

 

[knowan]

What you'll have to buy is the water block. Any aquarium store will sell you a pump, or you can even get one used (200 gph is about the minimum rating). Ditto for the silicone tubes. The radiator (assuming your not using an evaporator/bong) is a bit more problematic, but you can recycle one from an air conditioner or an automotive heater core. A bong is even cheeper, as it is just a pipe with a few holes drilled in it and a showerhead at the top.

The last time a checked (about a year ago) I could build one for less than $200. It's still alot more than a HSF. A reservoir is just something to hold water. Tom used a coke bottle.

<A HREF="http://www.dangerden.com" target="_new">http://www.dangerden.com</A> sells some very good water blocks, and kist as well.

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[ejsmith2]

You can build a water cooler for close to $100.

The blocks all run about $40, the pump will run about $30, your radiator you can get from autozone for $15, and the tubing and silicone will run about $10.

But, yeah. A bong would drop the cost by about $50.

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[mrwhipper]

Look at koolance.com They make a case just for water cooling. the case and silver CPU block will cost you between 250.00 and 300.00 US. I will be getting mine next week.. If you are interested in the results drop me an e-mail. Tomshardware has a review on this case. search koolance. If you look it up on Tom's it will be the second generation case. good luck.

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