Water cooled PC, 1337 roxorzzz!1!1!!!! Options

[Uppitycracker]

Well Im going to do it for christmas, Im going leet, Im sick of hearing my fans whining when Im playing games, and the fact that theres 8 in my box total it sounds like an airplane idleing beside me Also I wanna push my p4 2.8e up to atleast 3.5 and get my x800 around 600mhz.

This list of stuff for the most part is pretty generic, the pump is quite sufficient. I opted for the less atractive heater core since it cheaper and works better then the radiators made for pc's.

Because of the size of the rad it probably going to be mounted outside the computer which will be better for cooling anyways.

Double Heater Core Radiator, 11" x 6 1/8" x 2" - $34.99
Danger Den Fill port - $11.95
Hydo L25 Pump, 185gph - $37.95
Barbed Polypropylene T - $1.75
10ft Clearflex60 Tubing - $10.00
20x Adjustable Plastic Hose clamp - $15.00
Clear Cylindrical Reservior -$25.00
Maze4 CPU Block - $36.70
Maze4 GPU Block - $39.95
8x Ramsinks - $19.95
4oz Water Wetter - $3.50

Total - $236.74 + shipping

all 1/2 pipe size

Anyone here have experience with water cooling? any tips, tricks, pics? Ive read up quite a bit on the parts needed and am confident my list of parts will do very well. I also read up on kits that are available and for anyone insterested in water cooling the Kingwin Artic cooling kit has had nothing but good reviews and only cost 99USD, though its not great for OC applications it reduces noise to almost nothing.

This post has been edited by Uppitycracker: Nov 21, 2004 - 1:29 AM

[Hanyo]

hold on.. you plan to OC your computer from 2.8 to 3.5. that is a 25% increase. and you are leaving your mother board chip set heat sink stock? you do realize when you start over clocking that thing starts to get hot. plus the fact that you will no longer be air cooled, so airflow in your case will be near zero. if you plan to go this route i recomend you keep an eye on your mobo temp..

[Uppitycracker]

hold on.. you plan to OC your computer from 2.8 to 3.5. that is a 25% increase.  and you are leaving your mother board chip set heat sink stock? you do realize when you start over clocking that thing starts to get hot. plus the fact that you will no longer be air cooled, so airflow in your case will be near zero.  if you plan to go this route i recomend you keep an eye on your mobo temp..
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Im still going to have some air flow in the case, Ill leave a few fans in there, but you are right, Im going to look into cooling for my northbridge.

I decided to go with a slightly smaller heatercore, 7x6x2, that will save me a bit of money, and it may fit in my case with some customization. Anyways that way I can probably afford a northwood block. Im not going to be an idiot and overclock if its going to be damaging to anything. My computer is fine how it is, I would just like to be able to push it farther when it needs it.

I just really have no experience with how hot the northbridge will get, since mine sits around ambient case temp, I assumed it wouldnt be alot. Thanks for the enlightenment.