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SlipoftheKnife · 03-01-2008, 02:12 PM

Ok so I'm new to liquid cooling but have read loads of information about it. I'm in the middle of building a gaming machine.

A8N32-SLI
AMD Opteron 180
ATI HD 3870 w/ 512 starting off with one but eventually going dual
4 gig PC3200
360gig Seagate SATA HDD 32mb buffer

I'm going with a D-Tek Fuzion waterblock 1/2" barbs. I was going to get a chipset waterblock thinking of both north bridge and a south bridge, overkill? On crazypc's website I noticed a nozzle kit for the waterblock, does this really help or not really? Keep in mind this was going to be an overtime build starting with the essentials first. For my GPU's I was going to go with the Swiftech MCW60-R waterblocks buying them as I purchase each video card. Do they make memory waterblocks for the ATI HD 3870? Next on the list is a Aquabay M4 HDD Waterblock for the hard drive, again is this worth getting or an unecessary purchase? After that is the Thermaltake Aqua RX Series-R1 Memory Liquid Cooling Heatsink eventually 4 for each stick of memory. As for the pump I was thinking the Swiftech MCP655 and a Thermaltake AquaBay M3 for the reservoir. Any input on reservoirs? Does it really matter which kind you use? Should I run two loops or even three for all the cooling blocks? Any ideas on how to set this system up? Anything I should take out that is not really needed or not going to help me that much? Thank you for all your help

03-01-2008, 02:12 PM	#1
SlipoftheKnife Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bridgewater, MA Posts: 16	Newbie with a system plan but requesting input Ok so I'm new to liquid cooling but have read loads of information about it. I'm in the middle of building a gaming machine. A8N32-SLI AMD Opteron 180 ATI HD 3870 w/ 512 starting off with one but eventually going dual 4 gig PC3200 360gig Seagate SATA HDD 32mb buffer I'm going with a D-Tek Fuzion waterblock 1/2" barbs. I was going to get a chipset waterblock thinking of both north bridge and a south bridge, overkill? On crazypc's website I noticed a nozzle kit for the waterblock, does this really help or not really? Keep in mind this was going to be an overtime build starting with the essentials first. For my GPU's I was going to go with the Swiftech MCW60-R waterblocks buying them as I purchase each video card. Do they make memory waterblocks for the ATI HD 3870? Next on the list is a Aquabay M4 HDD Waterblock for the hard drive, again is this worth getting or an unecessary purchase? After that is the Thermaltake Aqua RX Series-R1 Memory Liquid Cooling Heatsink eventually 4 for each stick of memory. As for the pump I was thinking the Swiftech MCP655 and a Thermaltake AquaBay M3 for the reservoir. Any input on reservoirs? Does it really matter which kind you use? Should I run two loops or even three for all the cooling blocks? Any ideas on how to set this system up? Anything I should take out that is not really needed or not going to help me that much? Thank you for all your help Last edited by SlipoftheKnife; 03-01-2008 at 03:31 PM.