Hi I am going to build an Intel i7 940 system but want to direct to water cooling than normal air cooling. Since I have never gone down the road of water cooling before, which would be the best all round water cooling kit to buy for my build?
The main components to cool would be the intel i7 940 cpu and the xfx gtx 285 gfx card.
Lastly, the kit comes with cpu/chipset/gpu blocks & everything else except coolant. The bundled bottle is an additive. Mix it with distilled water for about $2 at most supermarkets. Do NOT get deionized water. It's not as good as distilled for this application.
Message edited by n3f0ur on 04-20-2009 at 03:31:39 PM
Antec Black Twelve Hundred Tower Case
Gigabyte S1366 Intel X58 DDR3 ATX Audio 2GbE Lan 3 Channel
Intel Nehalem i7 940 S1366 2.93GHz
Enermax Revolution 850W PSU - 91% Efficiency Certified
XFX GTX 285 1GB DDR3 Dual Link DVI Black Edition 690/2.6Ghz
OCZ 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Kit CL8 1.65V
Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB S300 3.5"
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Soundcard
Thats the lot for the case. I was told by another member of this forum that the case would be too much bit I was thinking of space inside, and it has had a lot of good comments about it. What do u think?
What do you think of the gfx card? Do u think it makes a difference to the manifacturer of the card when choosing one? I have never used XFX before so Im not too sure how good it will be.
And while you're at it - list all your parts so we know what's in the case that might conflict with the different water cooling kits.
Hi, the parts are -
Antec Black Twelve Hundred Tower Case
Gigabyte S1366 Intel X58 DDR3 ATX Audio 2GbE Lan 3 Channel
Intel Nehalem i7 940 S1366 2.93GHz
Enermax Revolution 850W PSU - 91% Efficiency Certified
XFX GTX 285 1GB DDR3 Dual Link DVI Black Edition 690/2.6Ghz
OCZ 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Kit CL8 1.65V
Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB S300 3.5"
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Soundcard
Thats the lot for the case. I was told by another member of this forum that the case would be too much bit I was thinking of space inside, and it has had a lot of good comments about it. What do u think?
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