Couple questions: Why the G.Skill? Why not something better? Mushkin, Crucial, or Team Xtreem???
And what about cooling? Air/Liquid? Make/model?
Cooling is liquid. The case comes with Thermaltake 3/8" system. Pump 500 L per hour, 360mm X 120mm radiator with 3 120mm fans cooling it, 500 reservoir, and CPU block that I'll replace with a ThermalTake Volcano all copper CPU cooler with copper tubing and fan mount.
The video cards come with the liquid cooling already on them, just have to hook up to my tubing.
Main reason I picked the GSkill was that they're one of the few that have 2GB modules.
I guess the biggest questions that I have are:
1. How is ThermalTake for liquid cooling
2. Is the GSkill memory worth putting in a system that will only be moderately OCed (Maybe 3 Ghz)
3. Is the Quad-Core worth it given that the price difference between it and the c2d extremes is not that much?
1) I've heard that the Tt liquid systems are ok, but nothing to write home about. They're "all-in-one" setups that the experts here may scoff at. I know there are better setups out there, but not sure about the cost
2) Do you need 4 gigs RAM now is the question.........?
The 4GB are in preparation for windows vista so I'm pretty sure that I'll need that extra memory for the resource hog that is windows. Just wasn't sure if GSkill was a decent brand. I usually use Corsair XMS series, but they don't seem to have 2GB memory moules.
This being my first liquid cooling system, are there any suggestions for a liquid cooling system better than the one that comes in the TT Kandalf Case? Here's a link to the case and the LCS that it comes with: Kandalf LCS Note: I will not be using the stock acrylic CPU cooler as I've heard those can tend to leak.
I can't find the CPU cooler I was planning on using right now, I'll have to post it when I get home. It's all copper, with a cooling block, copper tubing, and has a mount for an optional fan to blow across the copper tubing.
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