Hi guys ,
I`m a real newbie to this water cooling malarky , and i`m looking to upgrade to a new pc soon.
I`m a gamer , and I was thinking about the following setup :
Thermaltake armor , Silverstone TJ07 , or similar case
AMD FX57
2 gigs of OCZ gold ddr500
2 x 512mb cards , either ATI or Nvidia. Not sure which one yet.
Only the one HD
And I figured a decent 600w power supply should suffice.
Now , i`m the kind a guy who prefers to buy the whole rig already made up. I know , I know , building a rig myself is a lot cheaper , but the whole business is a bit scary to me , especially when I look at water cooling. I`ve never built a rig before , and we`re talking some serious cash here if I make a mess of things.
I`m in a dilema about whether I should stick with fans or watercooling.
I`m looking at a few sites in the UK (where i`m from) who offer both options.
Could any of you guys tell me how often (if at all) the fluid in a water cooled system would need to be replaced. How good is Innovatek Protect Pro , and would it be fine just to put about 5 x 120mm fans in the case instead along with a copper heat sink for the CPU ?
I will probably be buying the whole thing made up , but any help regarding the heating issues would be very much appreciated.
Dave
I`m a real newbie to this water cooling malarky , and i`m looking to upgrade to a new pc soon.
I`m a gamer , and I was thinking about the following setup :
Thermaltake armor , Silverstone TJ07 , or similar case
AMD FX57
2 gigs of OCZ gold ddr500
2 x 512mb cards , either ATI or Nvidia. Not sure which one yet.
Only the one HD
And I figured a decent 600w power supply should suffice.
Now , i`m the kind a guy who prefers to buy the whole rig already made up. I know , I know , building a rig myself is a lot cheaper , but the whole business is a bit scary to me , especially when I look at water cooling. I`ve never built a rig before , and we`re talking some serious cash here if I make a mess of things.
I`m in a dilema about whether I should stick with fans or watercooling.
I`m looking at a few sites in the UK (where i`m from) who offer both options.
Could any of you guys tell me how often (if at all) the fluid in a water cooled system would need to be replaced. How good is Innovatek Protect Pro , and would it be fine just to put about 5 x 120mm fans in the case instead along with a copper heat sink for the CPU ?
I will probably be buying the whole thing made up , but any help regarding the heating issues would be very much appreciated.
Dave