Budget Water Cooling

[Vital]

I want to water cool these components http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...ad.php?t=16933 for the cheapest possible but still effective. Oh yeah, it's going in a scratch build, so I will most likely build it around the watercooling system.

[Vital]

Anyone?

[nevermind1534]

I don't have any experience in water cooling. I've heard that Thermaltake is pretty bad.

[markkleb]

For your parts water cooling is a bit of overkill. It add more complexity than necessary.

This is a good start for you if you just have to go water cooling though
http://www.petrastechshop.com/swh2cocpulic.html

[Vital]

Alright. I don't think I will bother if it isn't needed.

[markkleb]

With a cool running GPU,CPU (not OCd to the max) the extra money is wasted. Most water cooling is a "macho" kind of thing (just looks cool)

[nevermind1534]

Water cooling usually isn't needed, unless you are doing some serious overclocking.

[Vital]

I really just wanted a quiet system.

[markkleb]

water cooling isant quieter than air cooling.. you still need fans to cool the rad.
(there are a couple of fanless rads tough but they arent cheap and quite big)

what water cooling is good for is "Looking Cool" or if you push your comp by Ocing or use very hot GPUs like the ATI 4XXX series or the X2s

[jdbnsn]

I don't entirely agree with the sound statement. While I agree that fans are still necessary (typically that its), it requires much less. When I switched over to WC, my PC became considerably quieter. The main factor was the removal of both of the GPU fan-driven coolers which were very loud. After replacing them, my PC is near silent as I use a single 120mm fan which makes minimal noise to cool the rad.