Newbie help

[abrasiveone]

Hey. Hope to get some help on my watercooling issues.

My system is:

AMD Athlon64 3500+ (90nm)
BFG GeForce 6800GT O/C SLI
DFI Lanparty nForce4 SLI-DR
2x OCZ 512mb 3200 Platinum Rev.2
Antec Neopower 480 PS

Would this be a good choice for overclocking or is their better for the money?

Option #1

Swiftech H20-120-F Water Cooling Kit - Intel® Pentium® 4 (socket 478), and AMD® Athlon™ 64 & Opteron™ - Rev. 3a

Swiftech MCW20-R Universal Chipset Water Block - BLACK

Swiftech MCW50 Video Water Block - BLACK

Swiftech MCW50 nVidia 6800 and up VGA Adapter Kit MCW50-NV4045KIT)

Will be put in this:

Case

Let me know on this as soon as you can. I have the cash now but I have my eye on other parts that are as badly needed (cash burning a hole in my pocket)

or would the Kandalf w/ this be just as good?

Option#2

I'm looking to pick this stuff up ASAP.

Thanks for your help in advance. I hope
to learn a lot from the forum.

[jman1310]

i like swiftech cpu blocks and dangerden for video
because the 6002 is really good and dd has acetal tops on the vid blocks

i would recomend a case with 120mm fans to make rad installation easier

using swiftech's radbox is an another alternative

water cooling your chipset is likely unnecessary and will hurt flow rates
if that MB has a fan on the NB that is noisy replace it with swiftech's mc159

[abrasiveone]

So is Option#1 (Swiftech w/ the options) a good way to go?

[abrasiveone]

Originally Posted by abrasiveone

So is Option#1 (Swiftech w/ the options) a good way to go?

Would this be even better?

CPU Style: AMD64 754/939/940
CPU Water Block: Danger Den TDX
Top Style: Lucite - Clear
Video Card Water Block: *NEW* Acetal MAZE4 GPU for the Nvidia 6800 Series
Chipset Water Block: MAZE4 Chipset Block
Fitting Size: 1/2 OD Fitting for 1/2 ID Tubing
Radiator: Black Ice Xtreme - Black
Fans: Sunon 120mm Fan w/4-pin molex
Peltier/TEC: None
Pumps: Danger Den 12V D4 with 1/2 OD Fittings
Tubing: 10 Feet of Clearflex
Reservoir: Danger Den HDPE Reservoir
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver V
Water Additives: 4oz Zerex Super Coolant and Green Dye Light
Hold Down Style: Standard Stainless Steel Hold Down
Danger Den Fillport: Black Anodized Fillport
Misc: 12 Hose Clamps Y & T

[abrasiveone]

Just bought the above setup and recieved in the mail yesterday. Got a Thermaltake Kandalf to go with it.

Have a question:

Order for cooling. Decided not to cool chipset atm, just shooting for cpu and vid.

Reservoir, pump, Radiator, CPU, Video Card...what's next?

Also, should I Y or T split after the radiator to send different lines to the CPU and Vid so I am not sending hot water from the CPU to the Video Card?

Thanks.

[Etacovda]

dont worry about order, just plumb it how its cleanest/easiest with no kinks and shortest tubing runs.

[bobkoure]

Originally Posted by abrasiveone

Also, should I Y or T split after the radiator to send different lines to the CPU and Vid so I am not sending hot water from the CPU to the Video Card?

No.
BTW, it's not hot water, it's slightly warmed water.

[Tempus]

Agreed. The best route is the one that is easiest to plumb and has the least bends.

Flow rate is the greatest asset here. Hard bends, kinks, and too much crap in the loop just kills the flow.

The worst you are going to do by having the "wrong" order is a degree or 2 increased temp.

A kink in the line will have a more pronounced effect on your temps.