Cheap water cooling?

[Alf]

Whats a good, cheap Water cooling kit? im thinking $200 (104 pounds) 0r lower.

 

[floppybootstomp]

This setup is reasonably priced.

 

[Alf]

But it doesnt seem to Keep the CPU too cool... I know its your article, but do you recomend it? cause i would like to have a quite water cooled system and one that keeps the CPU around 50c.

 

[floppybootstomp]

But it doesnt seem to Keep the CPU too cool... I know its your article, but do you recomend it? cause i would like to have a quite water cooled system and one that keeps the CPU around 50c.

In short, - no.

For the money, the system's good, and it's quiet.

But I'd rather spend a little more and get quiet and cool.

My comments/views in the article were pretty much on the money

 

[betty02]

i was going to get that setup but some people said it wasnt that good at cooling?

 

[Alf]

But I'd rather spend a little more and get quiet and cool.

So what do you recommend? how much should i spend?

 

[floppybootstomp]

So what do you recommend? how much should i spend?

The system I reviewed costs £85.00.

From looking at other 'ready made' water cooling systems, start with a budget of £135.00 and typically spend £160.00.

Sorry I can't do it in dollars, but you get the idea.

 

[Alf]

Sorry I can't do it in dollars, but you get the idea.

Ah, no problem, i get the picture... so its really that expensive??

 

[floppybootstomp]

Ah, no problem, i get the picture... so its really that expensive??

Fraid so

I looked into water cooling systems a lot when my XP3200 was running at 60C with a Thermalright SLK-800. I got lots of advice, looked at what other people had used and finally decided on a combination of parts that cost around £150.00 but which I was assured would work well.

In the end I tried an air solution with a Gigabyte Pro 3D Rocket cooler and now have CPU at full load at 42C. It cost £29.00.

 

[Cache-man]

Has anyone here tried assembling their own water cooling setup, rather than one off the shelf?

 

[1nteger]

Fraid so

I looked into water cooling systems a lot when my XP3200 was running at 60C with a Thermalright SLK-800. I got lots of advice, looked at what other people had used and finally decided on a combination of parts that cost around £150.00 but which I was assured would work well.

In the end I tried an air solution with a Gigabyte Pro 3D Rocket cooler and now have CPU at full load at 42C. It cost £29.00.

I used a Rocket 3D and got very low temps - BIOS reported 18C at idle and 22c at load. I think the bios was reporting inaccurately, but I was able to do some excellent overclocking with no adverse heating issues.

I considered water cooling, but decided that the possibility of leaks, and the time and cost wasn't worth the cooling results.

 

[Becky]

I haven't, but there's a thread on here somewhere about the time when Ian made an air conditioner from a polystyrene box, a cooling fan, and lots of ice

 

[Alf]

i remeber that

 

[ChristopherP]

Haha i actually built one too!! Used an 80mm YS Tech fan for drawing air into a box full of ice, and a 92mm Vantec tornado for chucking it out. What a waste of ice, fans and 9v batteries that was. Did it work? No. Did my room get soaking we because the ice melted? Err yes.

 

[CSUnited14]

lmao i wanna try it muahh..

 

[Kenny]

I`m working on my own watercooling set up at the mo.

One hint... second hand. A lot of overclocking forums have a selling forum, thats where I bought my CPU block for around half the price. The reservoir I improvised on by using a coffee jar with 2 holes drilled in the top for tubing. The radiator (well, heatercore) and pump are coming from www.componentsuk.co.uk. They`re cheap, but I dont know about a U.S. equivalent. There has to be some... Americas big enough!

Tubing came from ebay, as did the pump relay. Pump relays are a con. £26 ($40?) for... whats basically a switch. I got mine off ebay as well, might make my own version and sell them for £10.

Kenny

Basically, try looking for second-hand stuff.

 

[Alf]

You sure its safe to use an ol coffee can?!

 

[1nteger]

You sure its safe to use an ol coffee can?!

...as long as it's Fair Trade coffee, there shouldn't be a problem

 

[Kenny]

Sorry... Nescafe

Think about it.. an "official" reservoir is... a plastic box, with the barbs for the tubing to be secured.. around. (like a plug) The tubing for the coffee jar idea goes through the lid and is a pretty tight fit. The coffee jar is fixed upright, and the lid is screwed on. its pretty safe ) untested tho. That will change

 

[Alf]

Best of luck Indeed, brave one.