Cpu watercooling

big no no with thermaltake water cooling.

for WC build it yourself, get a custom one which is built into a case or get a compact WC system.

Do you already have the Q6600? just curious if this is just a current system or one you are looking at purchasing.

I second the Thermaltake water cooler, it's a no no. I've not heard to many good things about them,

First off water cooling is not cheap. My buddies setup cost him $600 for his CPU, northbridge, and video card. That is with all the pumps, hoses, radiators, fans, water blocks. Granted it is elaborate, but keeps things REALLY cool.

If you are just breaking into water cooler, I'd get a small, self contained unit. The below CoolIt Domino cooler seems to be a BIG hit. Although it really only cools as well as a highend heatsink style cooler. Swiftech is a big name in water cooling, they should have small kits as well.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] -1000.html

Dangerden.com should be helpful for you.

I would suggest NOT getting the Q6600. It's an old quad core. I would look at the Q8400 which is cheaper, performs better, clocked higher, and sucks less power.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] i=3559&p=1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115057

Just make sure your BIOS is updated to the needed version for this chip. See below for your boards supported CPU list.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support [...] #anchor_os

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That is why you get a LARGE enough case. Full water isn't for everyone.

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exactly. I've never had the desire to go water because of the maintenance and the lower end self contained models don't really have an advantage over the high end air coolers. So there was never a need. I figure if I need to spend $300+ on a water cooler I could have bought a 2nd video card and run all of my games MUCH better. Extreme overclocking is really a hobby and you REALLY can only squeeze so much performance out of a CPU or GPU. I'm at 4GHZ on my i7 and if I water cooled it I bet I could get 4.2-4.6 out of it. But REALLY what would it give me in performance?

hmm im stating to think i should not bother with water cooling. its seems too expensive to get a system thats better then the fans/heatsinks i already have. i think i just like the idea of it more then anything.

thanks for all the advice guys, much appriciated and jay2tall i will not be makeing the mistake of getting a Q6600, thanks for the heads up. im currently looking at this quad now https://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?s [...] roductTabs

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I'd buy the Q8400 over the Q6600. It's sorta it's replacement. But yeah the i7 would be on my list. If not, I'd look into the AMD Phenom II's

multi tasker is what im going for but want to be able to play most games on mid graphics if possible, i do abit of audio and video editing and browse the net with 10 or more tabs open at anyone time while useing win media and windows mesenger. starts to get slow if i get anymore running so looking for an upgrade. money is a big issue as im unimpoyed. think the Q8400 is the one for me.