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05-07-2006, 04:30 PM
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Cheap water cooling?
Is there such thing as cheap water cooling? I mean, im not broke, but im not able to dish out 3 or $400 for a water cooling system.
Thanks for looking, Louis |
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05-07-2006, 05:21 PM
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Hi inquiring novice,
Welcome to PC Mechanic !!  I don't watercool, but Maximum PC just gave the $200 Swiftech H20-120 Premium setup a very high 9 Kickass award. Street price should be less. TwoRails |
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05-07-2006, 05:58 PM
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thanks!
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05-08-2006, 07:23 PM
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Just like powersupplies, do not go with the cheapest watercooling because both can take out other parts when they fail. You are much safer with the best fan powered heatsinks than the worse watercooling units...even though they can be close to the same price.
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05-12-2006, 10:25 PM
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Sibak
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Welcome aboard!
I wanted water so that I could get rid of a loud air cooling solution that worked great. I tried to go with a cheap water cooling solution. It got quiet but it did NOT cool the PC!!! It didn't work for me because of the hardware I have running. Here's what I have: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Processor Creative Labs Sound Blaster AUDIGY Gamer! eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra nVidia (256MB) 2.5GB (2560MB) DDR PC3200 Memory Hard drive - Maxtor 200GB (SATA150, 7200rpm, 8MB) I ended up spending a lot more money to modify my cheaper water setup to effectively cool my system. I $pent the equivalent of a GOOD water cooling solution in the end. I wish I would have gotten a better water solution from the begining. I finally got it quiet and cool but it was AFTER a ton of frustration and a lot more money than I wanted to spend. Why do you want to get water cooling?
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05-24-2006, 10:53 PM
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Zalman has really nice air cooling suggestions that are really quiet. and water cooling, like me whose a n00b at this i'd prolly like spill sumthing or pop or crack sumthing which may lead to leak... so careful on the qaulity since cheap plastic can break easy on the comp cases...
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