Water Cooling Suggestions?

jazee · 02-16-2006, 10:58 PM

So I have desided that I want to boost the cooling in my gaming tower up to a water cooling system. Being that I have never set up a water cooling system in a computer before. I'm looking for some suggestions in building a system or getting a kit. Also is there anything that I should look for in buying a system. Also I need it to cool my GFX Card if possible.

The specs are:

P4 3.6 LGA775
ATI X850
ASUS P5GD2 Deluxe MB

I have 3 5.25 drive bays open. 2 Floppy slots open and 3 HD Spots open for mounting.

**Terrister** · 02-17-2006, 07:03 AM

I am going to move this to case mods.

**gamerman0203** · 02-17-2006, 07:48 AM

Thermaltake's Big Water SE system is awesome! It is very easy to install and flashy also! Looks great in a case. I have installed it in the sys in my sig and it works brilliantly! Just be ready to take the computer completely apart (almost). You will need to get under the mobo so the mobo and cpu, pretty much everything, have to come out with the exception of PSU, and drives.

Good luck!

95five-0 · 02-17-2006, 09:41 AM

http://www.xoxide.com/ is a great site for finding everything you need to mod you comp. for water cooling.

manofsorrow · 02-20-2006, 10:14 PM

The big water se is a great kit. I have almost no complaints with it BUT this site has some of the best water cooling products hands down
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/home.php
I highley recommend you check it out. Also with water cooling make sure you understand the risks you are taking. It is definatly possible to spring a leak wich will commonly fry your video card. So id reccoment checking out some non-conductive fluids to run in your system. Pc ice sells a product that is non-conductive to the point that it shouldn't ruin your hardware under normal conditions. Even with non-conductive fluids you need to minimize the dust in your case. dust can contain electrolytes wich will cause fluid to conduct electricity when dissolved. also it is possible for the pump to fail causing your system to overheat and wreck itself. But all and all most kits should get youwhat your looking for. If your looking for the best quality parts definatly go to that danger den site. If your looking for a great kit at a decent price that should fit inside your case without any modification check out the bigwater se kit.

jgulick48 · 02-21-2006, 05:11 PM

just e sure not to get any of the water blocks that are made with plastic, they tend to crack and leak all over

timk9 · 02-24-2006, 12:37 PM

You'll definitely get the best performance from the ones mentioned above, or others you can find at www.xoxide.com, www.directron.com. MaximumPC did a lengthy article comparing watercoolers, and I'll try to dig up a URL later.

I myself went the cheap route and it seems to be working well so far. I got the CoolerMaster Aquagate Mini. It is a "Mini" model in that instead of having a waterblock, radiator, pump, and reservoir - all requiring precious space and drive bay(s) - there are only two units in my system. The Pump and CPU block are all one unit, and there's a radiator. No reservoir; it was prefilled at the factory and not modifiable. So, adding VGA blocks or hard drive blocks is out of the question, but I'm not that hardcore yet ;) CoolerMaster says evaporation shouldn't be a problem and you shouldn't have to fill it for a couple years, but it's not user-serviceable. Easy to install if you read the directions, but yes you will have to disassemble most of the PC and remove the mobo.

Tim

02-16-2006, 10:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
jazee Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1 OS: xp Pro/Ubuntu	Water Cooling Suggestions? So I have desided that I want to boost the cooling in my gaming tower up to a water cooling system. Being that I have never set up a water cooling system in a computer before. I'm looking for some suggestions in building a system or getting a kit. Also is there anything that I should look for in buying a system. Also I need it to cool my GFX Card if possible. The specs are: P4 3.6 LGA775 ATI X850 ASUS P5GD2 Deluxe MB I have 3 5.25 drive bays open. 2 Floppy slots open and 3 HD Spots open for mounting.

02-17-2006, 07:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	I am going to move this to case mods. __________________

02-17-2006, 07:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
gamerman0203 Retired Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,144 OS: XP MCE, Ubuntu Gutsy My System	Thermaltake's Big Water SE system is awesome! It is very easy to install and flashy also! Looks great in a case. I have installed it in the sys in my sig and it works brilliantly! Just be ready to take the computer completely apart (almost). You will need to get under the mobo so the mobo and cpu, pretty much everything, have to come out with the exception of PSU, and drives. Good luck! __________________ Follow These Steps First! CPU-Z \| SensorView \| WinXP Clean Boot \| Latest DirectX \| ATI Catalyst \| Nvidia ForceWare Posting System Specifications

02-17-2006, 09:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
95five-0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 1,339 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008	http://www.xoxide.com/ is a great site for finding everything you need to mod you comp. for water cooling. __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>

02-20-2006, 10:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
manofsorrow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 89 OS: winxp	The big water se is a great kit. I have almost no complaints with it BUT this site has some of the best water cooling products hands down http://www.dangerdenstore.com/home.php I highley recommend you check it out. Also with water cooling make sure you understand the risks you are taking. It is definatly possible to spring a leak wich will commonly fry your video card. So id reccoment checking out some non-conductive fluids to run in your system. Pc ice sells a product that is non-conductive to the point that it shouldn't ruin your hardware under normal conditions. Even with non-conductive fluids you need to minimize the dust in your case. dust can contain electrolytes wich will cause fluid to conduct electricity when dissolved. also it is possible for the pump to fail causing your system to overheat and wreck itself. But all and all most kits should get youwhat your looking for. If your looking for the best quality parts definatly go to that danger den site. If your looking for a great kit at a decent price that should fit inside your case without any modification check out the bigwater se kit. __________________ Asus A8N-E mobo Benq light scribe dvd-rw Amd athlon x2 4400+ @ 2.8 ghz 2x 160 gig hard drives in RAID 0 array water cooled 4x 80mm case fans controlled by a Vantec controller 42" LG plasma monitor Idle temp. 28C load temp. 34C (on average) Fully sleeved etc.

02-21-2006, 05:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
jgulick48 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 46 OS: xp	just e sure not to get any of the water blocks that are made with plastic, they tend to crack and leak all over

02-24-2006, 12:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
timk9 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Lockport, NY, USA Posts: 58 OS: XPPro, XPPro X64, 98, DOS, MacOSX, various Linuxes	You'll definitely get the best performance from the ones mentioned above, or others you can find at www.xoxide.com, www.directron.com. MaximumPC did a lengthy article comparing watercoolers, and I'll try to dig up a URL later. I myself went the cheap route and it seems to be working well so far. I got the CoolerMaster Aquagate Mini. It is a "Mini" model in that instead of having a waterblock, radiator, pump, and reservoir - all requiring precious space and drive bay(s) - there are only two units in my system. The Pump and CPU block are all one unit, and there's a radiator. No reservoir; it was prefilled at the factory and not modifiable. So, adding VGA blocks or hard drive blocks is out of the question, but I'm not that hardcore yet ;) CoolerMaster says evaporation shouldn't be a problem and you shouldn't have to fill it for a couple years, but it's not user-serviceable. Easy to install if you read the directions, but yes you will have to disassemble most of the PC and remove the mobo. Tim