All right, I have just begun to think about water cooling and I'm trying to stay on the middle ground as far as price vs. performance goes. My first thoughts are:
Inline system contained in my Inwin Q500 case....
Pump - I'm looking at
this one. It's the one in the Procooling frontpage deals and it's like 25 dollars after shipping with the deal. It seems powerful enough, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the Eheims everyone seems to be getting. Do you think it is good enough?
Radiator - I'm looking for a heatercore, which one I get will depend on where i put the radiator. I have room for something in the 6.5" x 6.5" range at the bottom front of the case and something like 8" x 6.5" at the top. Trying to find something with 5/8" barbs. Problems here are how to go about mounting the thing? and making/buying a shroud for the fan?
Waterblocks - I want one for the CPU (Socket A) and the GPU (Geforce 3). Both fans I have presently are driving me nuts and quietness is the driving force behind this project.
Any suggestions for a cheap water block that can handle an Athlon XP? I am willing to spring for a Maze 2/3 but wouldn't mind finding a cheaper alternative. The cheapest I have seen the Maze's for is 40 bucks... And they seem to be priced about the same as each other.
And for the GPU I may just pick up whatever I can find at a site where I buy some of my other stuff. I haven't seen many differences between different GPU blocks. Anyone have any recomendations?
Airtrap - possibly make my own? I'd like to do something more advanced than a T junction. Maybe using an acrylic tube and a couple barbs... I have seen similar ones built around here. I'd like it to be in the case though and still keep it above the radiator if I decided to mount it at the top.
I would appreciate anybody's thoughts on this.... I'm not going for looks or the absolute best performance just something decent that is QUIET.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.