[jman1310]

first, kudos to Etacovda for great advice, love my new machine

asus a8n-e
AMD64-3700
2gb corsair
eVGA 7800GT

upgraded from:
abit ic7-g
P4 3.2
1gb geil
ati 9800pro

unfortunately all my old water blocks are incompatible w/ the current sys

i have:
1/2" DD TDX (p4 mount)
1/2" DD maze4 GPU (2 hole mount)
3/8" swiftech MCW6000 (socket A (clips) mount)

ideas:

new tops for the tdx (brass) and maze4 (Acetal)
$53+shipping

or

MCW6000 w/ new mounting kit and new top 3/8" maze4 (Acetal)
$35+shipping

or

MCW60-B and Apogee
$80+shipping

in all scenarios i will need to get some ramsinks $10-20
thoughts:
never liked the maze4, i always thought it looked overly restrictive
i don't like that neoprene gasket for the nozzle in the tdx - i'm always afraid it will shift and kill my temps

so:

other than the copper filings in the Apogee what do people think of it?
is it worth watercooling the 7800gt?
what about the NB? damn thing has a fan, i hate fans
don't know how loud it is yet because there are 14 fans in the system - once i've watercooled the system, the case fans will be run at min voltage as will the fans on the rads

thanks for reading

jman