what water cooling kit

[gwyn]

Hi guys
I am considering going down the water cooling route. but have no idea what to get. I am into ocing but I also want to reduce noice.
So can anyone recommend a good CPU cooling kit that I will be able to upgrade to northbridge and maybe GPU cooling at some point.
I dont want to spend much more than £160
I have been looking at this
WaterChill KT03A-L20 Antarctica CPU Power Cooling Kit - 120mm Radiator/Fan
and Swiftech Apex 120

Just another possible stupid question but if i install a kit like this can I do away with case fans. My graphics card is cooled by an arctic cooler so there is no problem there.
thanks

Abit fatality AN8
A64 3500 XP120 HSF
1 Gig pc4000 BalistiX
X850XT
Antec p180 case
Tagan 480

 

[RichPLS]

I have not used this, but...

GigaByte GH-WIU01 Water Kit approx $135 US.

Looks to me like a pretty good kit for those wishing to venture into water cooling.

Any comments on this product?

 

[shawnlizzle =]]

sorry, that kit looks like crap, probably worse than a big water... which is quite amazing on its own.

i would recommend swiftech apex "extreme duty" kit. it should perform very well

 

[gwyn]

is the Swiftec punp powerful enough to run a northbridge block and a gpu block?
also are the swiftec block for these two chips anygood?

 

[shawnlizzle =]]

read my water cooling guide, its a bit outdated but it gets around the info. you should skip the northbridge block entirely and yes, a D5 can take another gpu block.

the swiftech storm is THE absolute best block in retail as of now. no question about it.

 

[gwyn]

nice one
thanks for the info. Why do you say skip the northbridge? The fan on it is really winy, is there another option. If I was to install a pasive cooler would it affect overclocking potential?
thanks

 

[shawnlizzle =]]

a good passive heatsink should do fine for OC... no hinder at all. most extreme overclockers taht use phase change, ln2, dice don't pay that much attention to the northbrdige/chipset. a good passive heatsink and good case airflow is about the best it can get.

 

[gwyn]

a good passive heatsink should do fine for OC... no hinder at all. most extreme overclockers taht use phase change, ln2, dice don't pay that much attention to the northbrdige/chipset. a good passive heatsink and good case airflow is about the best it can get.

ok cool
I will just use a zalmen hs

 

[pickxx]

You could just melt down some soda cans and then smelt your own HSF....its not as cheap or easy as buying one....but nothing done well is cheap or easy!

 

[RichPLS]

*fire up acetylene torch and prepares smelting pot right after drinking case of beer so I can have enough aluminum*