advice on best places/kits to buy in UK, or abroard?
 

advice for a newbie please.

if you want to get serious then dont make the mistake i made of buying innovatek.... you'll only end up changing it all. IMO innovatek kits are only good for someone who wants a simple setup that does a fair job and they can forget about it.

If i were you i woudl bite the bullet and get some stuff DHL'd over from Dtekcustoms... quite conveniently they are supplying the whitewater block in a few weeks time as well.

Failing that, have a look at http://www.wizarddesigns.co.uk/ The double rad there is a heavyweightr performer and the cuplex evo block is pretty decent as well although not up with the best.

Apart from that, sourcing insode teh uk you are pretty limited. Theres some real daft kits out there but the most accomplished seem to be the innovatke and danger den based systems. Whilst the Eheim pumps are as good as any, none of the DD or Innovake blocks (including GPU) are up with the best and the innovatek is also a slow flowing system which will never be super-high performance. As for rads, BIX appears reasonably good but again, not a patch on a heater core.

I had some chap grab the heater core from a Ford Sierra the other week... it was a big awkward shape for my liking but maybe you could consider that route for your rad ... it'll only cost you 10 quid or so.

if you want to buy then i recommend

www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk

www.overclockedpc.co.uk but they are offline at the moment

www.extremecooling.co.uk

if you want to diy then go to a vauxhall scrap yard and ask for a copper nova heater core or cavalier heater core.

nova core

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lee_smith/novacore.jpg

cav core

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lee_smith/cavcore.jpg

both of these will fit in the front of a cheiftec case if you remove the lower hard drives.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lee_smith/newcase1.jpg

if you have any good aquarium stores near buy you should be able to pickup a good pump. also garden centers might be good too. The overclocking store do good prices on the ehiem 1048 and 1250 pumps.

www.rswww.com are good for barbs and most fittings.

i agree about getting kits go for a good custom rig with 3/8 or 1/2 silicon tube , ehiem pump and a copper heater core. I made the mistake of getting a koolance exos and my home made rig takes 4C of the temps. Now i am struggeling to sell it.

As for a water block i cant comment as i made my own but depending on your budget go for the best which at the moment is the white water when you can get one in the uk.

otherwise a maze 3 is a good choice for a start.

hope this helps

Lee