Water cooling Newbie

Vector86 · 06-22-2002, 11:25 PM

i currently have 2 120mm fans blasting my case with air and am having cpu temps of 35-51. not bad i guess but with an AXP, i want it to run cooler for OC'ing and such. I was wondering if some one could give me a list of good water cooling parts for a beginner system. btw, all i'm cooling is my processor and possibly my vid card which is an ati radeon 8500.

thanks

Brad · 06-22-2002, 11:39 PM

as you are starting from scratch, I'd recommend you just buy a kit, cooltechnica.com sell some nice stuff

Vector86 · 06-23-2002, 12:04 AM

thank you good sir

jeff0628 · 06-24-2002, 10:48 AM

For my first setup I got everything from Danger Den. They are also very good about responding to emails if you have any tech questions. You can also email me if you have any questions. I would be glad to help out.

gmat · 06-24-2002, 11:14 AM

Try Dangerden, and D-Tek (dtekcustoms.com). They're both awesome.

Vector86 · 06-24-2002, 11:29 AM

thanks to everyone who replied, i think i can now go shopping

Vector86 · 06-25-2002, 09:46 AM

what about prices, what should my price range be for a newbie system??

dcrainman · 06-25-2002, 09:56 AM

Water block at danger den for uner 20$ i beleive (could be somewhere else) heater core is a junk yard job, you can build an airtrap for like 5$ with parts from home depot (i have a pic of one in another tread on this site) and the pump is the budget breaker at 55$ or so for a good one

zoson · 06-25-2002, 09:58 AM

Vector, you have to decide what kind of water cooling you want.
My starter system was a maze2, black ice xtreme, eheim 1250 pump, and some tubing. It ran me about $200 with all the fixins.
You could look at Una's last article here and see that you can get OK water cooling for around 50 bucks.
This is the kit I would reccomend.
maze2 or 3 (COPPER TOP MAZE3) -> $42
ViaAqua 1300 pump -> $22
Black Ice Xtreme -> $66
10ft Tygon Tubing -> $20
8 Screw-type Hose Clamps -> $6
DD Resivor -> ???
that would provide superior cooling for about $160 dollars.
-Zoson
EDiT: WB from DD, pump from link on front page of ProCooling, BI-X from link on front page of Procooling, Tygon from wherever, clamps from ace hardware.

Vector86 · 06-25-2002, 10:05 AM

thanks for all your help, i wanted a maze3 water black because i have heard very good reviews about it, dtek customs had good prices i think, but i didn't see a kit with the maze 3 in it, where can i get ALL the stuff that i need without having to buy stuff all over the web.

gmat · 06-25-2002, 10:20 AM

Both DDen and DTek have great kits.
The latest waterblock from DTek is a beauty.
If i had to start now I'd go with DTek because their kit include a heatercore (great and inexpensive).
On the other hand DDen blocks (CPU and GPU) are awesome. If you go that way get the blocks from DDen and buy your heater core at a local scrapyard. Get a Eheim at a pet shop or aquarium store.

Vector86 · 06-25-2002, 11:07 AM

guess i'll be shopping soon, expect to see pictures

06-22-2002, 11:25 PM	#1
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	Water cooling Newbie i currently have 2 120mm fans blasting my case with air and am having cpu temps of 35-51. not bad i guess but with an AXP, i want it to run cooler for OC'ing and such. I was wondering if some one could give me a list of good water cooling parts for a beginner system. btw, all i'm cooling is my processor and possibly my vid card which is an ati radeon 8500. thanks

06-22-2002, 11:39 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	as you are starting from scratch, I'd recommend you just buy a kit, cooltechnica.com sell some nice stuff __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

06-25-2002, 09:58 AM	#9
zoson Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: X Posts: 204	Vector, you have to decide what kind of water cooling you want. My starter system was a maze2, black ice xtreme, eheim 1250 pump, and some tubing. It ran me about $200 with all the fixins. You could look at Una's last article here and see that you can get OK water cooling for around 50 bucks. This is the kit I would reccomend. maze2 or 3 (COPPER TOP MAZE3) -> $42 ViaAqua 1300 pump -> $22 Black Ice Xtreme -> $66 10ft Tygon Tubing -> $20 8 Screw-type Hose Clamps -> $6 DD Resivor -> ??? that would provide superior cooling for about $160 dollars. -Zoson EDiT: WB from DD, pump from link on front page of ProCooling, BI-X from link on front page of Procooling, Tygon from wherever, clamps from ace hardware. __________________ Core i7 930 @ 4254Hz 22x193 \| ASUS R3E 901 BIOS \| 12GB Mushkin Blackline 3x4GB @ 1547MHz 7-8-7-24-1N \| Lian Li PC-A10B 2x EVGA GTX275 SLI @ 720/1266/1566 \| 2x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD Raid 0 \| 3x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7.2K Raid 5 \| Corsair 950TX H2O \| Enzotech Sapphire Rev.A \| EK-FB RE3 \| Swiftech - 2x MCW60/GTX275 Unisink, MCP655b, MCRes Micro.v2 \| 3x HWLabs SR1-120 あなたの神への弓 Time isn't wasted, when you're gettin' wasted. Last edited by zoson; 06-25-2002 at 10:02 AM.

06-23-2002, 12:04 AM	#3
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	thank you good sir

06-24-2002, 10:48 AM	#4
jeff0628 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OK Posts: 12	For my first setup I got everything from Danger Den. They are also very good about responding to emails if you have any tech questions. You can also email me if you have any questions. I would be glad to help out.

06-24-2002, 11:14 AM	#5
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Try Dangerden, and D-Tek (dtekcustoms.com). They're both awesome.

06-24-2002, 11:29 AM	#6
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	thanks to everyone who replied, i think i can now go shopping

06-25-2002, 09:46 AM	#7
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	what about prices, what should my price range be for a newbie system??

06-25-2002, 09:56 AM	#8
dcrainman Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ma, usa Posts: 50	Water block at danger den for uner 20$ i beleive (could be somewhere else) heater core is a junk yard job, you can build an airtrap for like 5$ with parts from home depot (i have a pic of one in another tread on this site) and the pump is the budget breaker at 55$ or so for a good one

06-25-2002, 10:05 AM	#10
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	thanks for all your help, i wanted a maze3 water black because i have heard very good reviews about it, dtek customs had good prices i think, but i didn't see a kit with the maze 3 in it, where can i get ALL the stuff that i need without having to buy stuff all over the web.

06-25-2002, 10:20 AM	#11
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Both DDen and DTek have great kits. The latest waterblock from DTek is a beauty. If i had to start now I'd go with DTek because their kit include a heatercore (great and inexpensive). On the other hand DDen blocks (CPU and GPU) are awesome. If you go that way get the blocks from DDen and buy your heater core at a local scrapyard. Get a Eheim at a pet shop or aquarium store.

06-25-2002, 11:07 AM	#12
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	guess i'll be shopping soon, expect to see pictures

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