I'm new to the whole overclocking scene, but once I started, I was hooked. After reading all of your posts, I decided to take the plunge and get a watercooling set up, just becuase you make it sound so fun. I decided on a pretty basic set up, Innovatek CPU and GeForce 4 blocks and resevoir, a Black Ice Extreme rev 2 (my case is cramped as it is) and a Eheim 1048. I've been waiting to get some 1/2 fittings, but have been running 1/2" ID tubing anyway. I'm not handy at all, but I finally fashioned a great shroud for the BIX out of aluminum siding and metal tape, and squeezed it into my case after cutting a bunch of 3.5 bays out of the chassis. I've still got tons too much air and foam in my lines, and the resevoir doesn't work for crap, but man, does this thing work.....compared to your rigs, probably no where close, but I'm still around 3-5 Degrees Celcius above ambient at idle, and only 7 or so over at load. That's so much better than my old heatsink and cooling combinations. My wife still thinks I'm going to burn the house down, and I can't say that I don't blame her....but heck, I've o'cd my 1600+ XP to 1828 without much tinkering.
Anyway, just wanted to share... I'm sure I'll have questions for all of you soon, when a tube busts and the house catches on fire....
Bottom line, it was fun, not overly hard, and great results!
