Water Cooling

**saszeus** · 10-05-09, 07:44 PM

I am thinking about putting together a water cooling system for my rig. I have two questions that I am not sure about.

1. When I buy a pump do I have to have one that is variable speed or can I get one that is a fixed speed, do you think that I would really need to regulate the amount of water?
In my system I have right now everything is air cooled and I always tend to leave the fans turned all the way up with my Zalman speed control.

2. The Radiator, do I need to get one of those really thick Rad's that have several passes through them or can I get by with the thinner ones that only pass once?

I am looking at piecing together a Danger Den system rather than buying one of the kits.

Let me know what you think.

Steve

**Jambi** · 10-06-09, 12:24 PM

I personally use the Swiftech MCR320 triple rad with the D5/MCP655 vario pump and an Enzotech Sapphire Rev. A

CPU blocks to look at...
Heatkiller 3.0
Enzotech Sapphire Rev. A
Swiftech Apogee GTZ
D-Tek Fuzion v2

Radiators...
Swiftech MCR320
Thermochill PA120.3
XSPC RX360
Feser X-Changer 360

Pump...
Laing D5 vario/Swiftech MCP 655
Swiftech MCP355 (you would need to buy a pump top)

You may also want to consider getting a small reservoir instead of a T-line/fill port.

For more info on radiators I would check out...
http://www.skinneelabs.com/Radiators/Triples.html

**jason_jinx** · 10-06-09, 10:49 PM

You planning on doing some major overclocking?

**saszeus** · 10-07-09, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by jason_jinx

You planning on doing some major overclocking?

Not really, I just think it really looks nice. And I can't think of anything else to kill this dying itch to spend more money on my rig.

I think I am addicted to this PC right now.

Steve