Water Cooling

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-06-12, 03:46 PM

$405
Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 997046
Good timings for 1600MHz. Gaming RAM to boot.

Board I've recommended a lot recently. 4 Sata III ports. Decent audio. Can SLI, and is ready for when you decide to jump to 6xx or 7xx.
Newegg.com - ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Let's you run PCIe 3.0, not that you'll need it. Will run hotter than Sandy, but that shouldn't be a problem for a WC system.
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-06-12, 03:55 PM

To keep away the nasties. Put it in and forget. Follow directions to know when to reapply.
IandH Silver KillCoils - Antimicrobial .999 Fine Silver Tubing / Reservoir Strip - FrozenCPU.com

For the rest, I'll let Heavy do that.

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-06-12, 04:03 PM

Looks like the only one I can confirm that is compatible with a 560ti. Checked Ebay, too.
Danger Den DD-GTX560 VGA Full Card Liquid Cooling Block - Smoke Top / Copper Base (GPU-6960-SA) - FrozenCPU.com

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-06-12, 04:12 PM

EK Supreme LTX CPU Liquid Cooling Block - Acetal + Electroless Nickel Plated (EK-Supreme LTX - Acetal+EN (Nickel)) - FrozenCPU.com

**gehn** · 07-06-12, 06:17 PM

Can I ask why you want to water cool?

**enf** · 07-07-12, 12:41 PM

Case fans just arent cutting it in my new home. My office gets pretty hot when Ive been gaming for some time, so I figured water cooling would be a better option.

**gehn** · 07-07-12, 08:31 PM

Well just so you know, the water cooling should be better on getting the computer cooler if it is overheating itself currently, but I wouldn't think it would solve your office getting hot issue. All the water cooling does is heat the water and move the heated water outside the case to a radiator. The radiator then will let off the heat.... into your office. No matter what the heat is still gonna end up in your office, it will just get there more efficiently.

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-07-12, 08:33 PM

That, and if the office doesn't itself get cooled down, the computer won't get cooled down enough.

**gehn** · 07-07-12, 08:36 PM

Exactly, so really the best solution is to spend the money on that water cooling system for say a portable air conditioner

**HeavyG** · 07-08-12, 08:48 PM

Well... there is something to be said for controlling ambient temps. Your overall system temp should be cooler if the ambient room temp is lower. While colder air being brought into the case should help overall temps, it would likely only be a few degrees at most.

The varying room temps of 23C (73F) and 28C (83F) is negligible when you are trying to keep CPU load temps between 60-70C. The interesting thing to note is that the ambient temps impact air cooling just as much as water cooling.