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rapigan   10-14-2008 at 11:29:56 PM

Im thinking about going into watercooling. My budget is about 150$, and i have an asus pk5 pro, q9450, antec 900 etc. I was wondering if i should either get watercooling, or, after noticing that quality watercooling sets are pretty expensive, im wondering if i should get one of 2 other things. The first is a new motherboard that has sli, and the second is more ram amd a sound card. counld i get any help on this? If so, thanks alot.

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Conumdrum   10-14-2008 at 11:39:25 PM
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Yea, watercooling done properly is definately in the +$200 range.

New Mobo? Thats a pretty good mobo already, does it OC well? Does your Mobo have digital audio out? No need for a soundcard then, just get a setup that uses dig audio out. I got the Z5500's awesome, great reviews, and down to $200 or so if ya can afford it.

Ram? Sure.

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rubix_1011   10-14-2008 at 11:55:07 PM
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Complete agreement with Conumdrum: $200 would be a minimum for almost any watercooling budget, unless you found some great sales at different sites. There are a few other forums that are more directed toward high end OC and cooling; Tom's is more of a generic forum for across-the-board Q/A. Just stay away from kits like the thermaltake bigwater...they really offer poor performance for the price and you would be better off spending an additional $40 to get quality components and DIY. ...Or just getting high quality replacement air coolers instead.


Message edited by rubix_1011 on 10-14-2008 at 11:56:23 PM
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Conumdrum   10-15-2008 at 01:25:42 AM
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Yea $200 or even $250 for decent parts is a starting point.

Koolance, Thermaltake watercooling....please stay away from them no matter what retail wizardry advertising crap you read.

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rapigan   10-15-2008 at 02:02:22 AM
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well i already have a zalmen 9700 so i think im set there. I would mainly want a new sound card because i mainly do sound editing and the like and the card thats in my pk5 pro crackles sometimes (i have the lodgitech z2300 speakers so its not those). but if i dont need a sound card, do you know of anything good that i might be able to get with the rest of the money? (someone else is paying so i wanna spend it all :p)

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rubix_1011   10-15-2008 at 04:29:10 PM
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Quote :

Koolance, Thermaltake watercoolinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cooling ....please stay away from them no matter what retail wizardry advertising crap you read.



I think you said this quite well...

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rapigan   10-15-2008 at 11:11:22 PM
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so does anyone know what i could get other than a sound card? (again, (someone else is paying so i wanna spend it all :p)

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rubix_1011   10-16-2008 at 04:27:24 PM
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A monitor? Hard drive(s)? RAM? A new case with better airflow?

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