Hey everyone, ive just registered and will hopefully be spending some time here learning about watercooling. Im in the process off selecting components for my first setup, and would therefore appreciate some feedback/tips or any other constructive comment that would help me along the way. Ill be cooling my processor, a p4 2.8c, the northbridge on my ic7-max3 and my radeon 9700 for now. Ill start by writing down the components im considering:
Blocks:
I live in Norway, and norwegian webshops aren't all that big on watercooling..yet
Ive found resellers of polarflo-, ac-, mist-, and swiftech-blocks
here and
here, but isnt quite shure what to get. The polarflo-series is tempting, but how do these perform?
Radiator:
Im almost positive ill go with a HW labs black ice extreme 2, but i might go with a double procore aswell. Any opinions on this? Feel free to make other suggestions.
Pump:
The eheim 1250 is my primary choice, but
this this has also been suggested.
Microplex , wich i linked to earlier in this thread, sells a few other pumps aswell.
Tank:
ive looked into both the typhoon dual bay reservoir and an AC Aquatube. It all depends on wich size of tubing and the size of the inlets/outlets on the components i end up with. Im not even shure of the advantages and disadvantages of the different sizings....
Im looking for pretty high performance here, but i dont want to use more money then i need for a high-performing set. It'll all be mounted in a lian li pc-71, and i'd also like suggestions on how to install it (what to place where) if you've got any ideas.
Thanks for even reading this post, im looking forward to joining this community and enjoying my 1st watercooling-setup!
Regards,
Caliber