Help me select water cooling components

[hatsurfer]

Hey,

I would finally like to join the water cooling entusists. I am finding that conventional air-cooling is no longer meeting my current demands. I have a 24' LCD and play all my games maxed settings at 1920x1200. Some of my more demanding games are causing artifacting. I know summer is coming so I need a cooler solution. Here is what I need to cool.

AMD 64 4400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546

2 x evga 7800 gtx Sli *flashed to KO speed* (here is my biggest heat source!)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130254

CM Stacker Case
http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4464476?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

ABIT Fatal1ty Mainboard AN8 Sli
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=246

I also got some 74gb Raptors in Raid and a 500gb HD making heat, but not that's not what I'm here to cool.

Please let me know what parts you guys think would work best with my set-up. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance.

 

[desilver]

The idea is to get the heat out of the box. Most solutions are for want of a better word "dumping the heat" into the box which is not helping CPU or the north bridges or your power regulators.

That is why I like the heat pipes on the latest boards..asus--abit

Two graphics cards, well......be aware you are producing alot of heat, you will need a top line water cooler.

Your options are quite wide and varied, but the top sites are........

this review is what you are looking for...16 water cooler reviewed
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/16watercooling.html

this company make water cooling for you GPU's
http://www.innovatek.de

http://www.directron.com/innovatek.html

http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=WaterCooling

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=405

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/

http://www.pcstats.com/

http://www.pcstats.com/index.cfm?category_selected=198

http://www.pcstats.com/articlesearch.cfm?SearchValue=&Search=Search&Category=198&CategorySearch=Get+Listing&sort=date

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/


If you want a cheaper option the Arctic NV5 (ITS A FAN / AIR) for the
pair of GPU's you have should work, but you may not get them side by side...they expel the air out the back not in the case..see......

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/cooling%5Fdevices/arctic%5Fnv5/

This will keep the case temp down.They are quiet also.

So read and be happy...then be cool 8)

 

[desilver]

Thermaltake (CL-W0040) Water Cooling Kit Products

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL DO ALL THREE HEAT SOURCES.
yOU WILL HAVE TO GET 2 MORE COPPER WATER BLOCKS.

This is the legendary Antarctica water-block. You can learn more about it in our comparative review of handmade and factory-made water-blocks.

The Asetek WaterChill KT03A-12VX delivered an expectably impressive performance. It coped not only with 400 watts, but also with half a kilowatt of heat at the maximum speed of the fans! At lower fan speeds the noise level is comfortable, and the system gets almost silent at the minimum speed. That’s very good, too.

We couldn’t help trying the system and software in a real PC:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/16watercooling_8.html

 

[shawnlizzle =]]

the thermaltake big water is junk, and the antartica waterblock is a brick wall for flow, you can get much better blocks like the swiftech storm or the mp-05.

 

[hatsurfer]

Hey, thanks for responding to my post guys. I have been working hard on my rigs the past week since I posted. After ALOT of research here and on other forums I decided to upgrade my rig to a more overclocker friendly board so I can really take advantage of the cooling temps of water. The PC in my sig is now my media pc in my living room for my 50' sony plasma (great for LAN partys..) I took out one 7800 GTX(and alot of heat) and the other GTX will temporarly run my new rig. I'm #45 in the EVGA step-up for a 7900 GTX which should run the graphics nicely on a 24' LCD.

Parts purchased for my new rig...(assembly <1 hour, research >1 week)

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert
AMD Opteron 165 1000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core
FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX600-GLN ATX12V/ EPS12V 600W
ZALMAN CNPS9500
2GB DDR PC4000 3-4-3-8 1 MUSHKIN Xtrem Performance DDR500
Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache
EVGA 7800 GTX (soon to be EVGA 7900 GTX EGS)

I read some people had problems with their DFI boards but my research paid off and windows went up without a hitch. I think install and XP boot took less than 15mins. Temps are down and I will start overclocking this weekend.

I will be overclocking on air and finding my sweet spots until my 7900 arrives and then it'll be time to water cool. Thanks for all the links! Some great info that I didn't find when I was googling it up.

ooo happy days.