my first liquid cooling kit @_@

hi guys,

since u've helped me out with other parts u might as well help me with liquid cooling XD
(and no i still haven't made my comp. i'm still a broke student lmfho out of sarcasm)


which of these liquid cooling kits is better the gigabyte galaxy II
GIGABYTE - Product - PC Components - Thermal Solution - Liquid Cooling - Products - 3D Galaxy II

or the coolermaster aquamax(seagate?) <----[it's all the same]
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i'm plannin to use it in the antec 1200 case so space shouldn't be an issue. and i'm gonna change the LED fans depending on the colour of the liquid cooling kit so no problems there either XD

 

u mean powerful fans and heatspreaders?

 

A good CPU heatsink would be better than those. You don't really need that powerful of a fan to get good cooling. I'm a bit outdated for aircooling. But you can't go wrong with the high end Thermalright heatsinks.

 

Proper air cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme or HR-01 Plus

Those Thermaltake, Gigabyte, Coolermaster watercooling kits are crap. Plus, they are mixing copper and aluminum in the loop, which means these watercooling systems are at risk of galvanic corrosion.

If you really want a proper watercooling system, we can help you on selecting the right parts to build a full watercooling system.

 

i heard the term 'galvanic corrosion' in college but cant remeber what it meant.


wow the thermal right ultra looks really cool. but is just cooling the CPU enough? i mean, doesn't the graphics and ram need cooling too. i know there were add on parts for the water cooling systems, there must be some sort of air cooling counterparts...@_@

 

Galvanic corrosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For graphics card, you can choose either the Thermalright HR-03 or T-Rad2. As for RAM, it's a waste of money until you are pumping insane voltages to them.

 

hmm thanks.

i guess that closes the book on liquid cooling.

but i thought liquid cooling was supposed to be the 'next step', so howcome its more inefficient than air cooling?

 

Actually the proper setups are way better than air cooling. Just those kits are a waste of money as heatsinks beat them.

 

how about zalman reserator xt as liquid cooling system system?

as for air based heat sinks, the asus triton 81 looks like a beast? would that be recommended?

 

Nope, another waste of money.

Not recommended. If you want alternatives, consider Xigmatek HDT-S1283.

 

i'd stick to the thermal right. it looks much better.

i know when i ask this i will get something above the price i'm willing to pay, but which liquid cooling system will actually be good?

 

lol forget about those. A proper WCing kit would set you back 200-300 USD easy.

Thermalright is best, forget the rest...

 

*gasp* guess so.

but man those glowing liquid coolers were f'in attractive though.

well thanks anyway XD

 

I don't know about you, but those watercooling kits don't look nice to me at all, especially their butt ugly waterblocks.

Here's some of the waterblocks that I recommend, they are much better when it comes to bling and not to mention, performance.

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Plus, you can easily get that UV glowing bling by just adding UV reactive additives to distilled water.

 

woah. i really like the first one.

i thought the waterblocks looked okay

 

Watercooling kits usually aren't that good, they're cheaper than buying separate components but they don't perform too well. Although I did have heard some good stories about the XSPC X2O Delta V3, google it.

 

Get LED fans, and some cathodes instead

 

Not really. Those watercooling kits can easily exceed 200-300USD. The Zalman Reserator XT for example costs up to 400USD.