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05-02-2006 at 04:00:20 PM

Howdy all. I am in the final stages of putting together a liquid cooling system for my new DIY rig. I am very impressed with the Thermaltake BigWater 745 and all of the reviews I have read say it is a very good system. However, I would like to get a full-card GPU+RAM cooler, and Thermaltake does not make one. From what I have read, Koolance's VID-200-L06 is the best video card cooler, so I'd like to get that.

The only problem is, the Koolance block uses 1/4"ID tubing, and the BigWater uses 3/8"ID tubing. I can pick up some cheap 1/4"-to-3/8" hose adapters and convert at the card, but I don't know what effect that will have on the BigWater's efficiency.

From what I have read, one of the radiators in the BigWater kit only has a 1/4" core, so maybe dropping to 1/4" at the card wont be such a big deal. Does anyone have any advice?


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