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hi
im looking for a water cooling set for under 130 (150 is the max) i have seen the aria ones but they dont have graphic card or hdd thingys
any ideas ????
Without sounding patronising or condescending, I'd just like to make sure you're aware of what you're getting into with watercooling.
1) Watercooling does not equate to silence. Generally it'll be similar noise levels but with lower temperatures.
2) Watercooling is only useful if you are overclocking. Today, computer components can be made to run very quietly without running terribly hot or opting for watercooling.
3) Even if you're overclocking, you'll find that the increase in clock speed that you'll acheive with water won't necessarily be worth the excessive expense.
4) It also requires more maintenence than air cooling.
5) No good kit is as easy as plug and play. You will need to put it together, fill it up with water, leak test it and only then fit it.
For a respectable watercooling kit, you'll need to max out your budget of £150 and opt for the Swiftech H2O Apex Extreme 120.2. It's probably the best you'll get as far as a watercooling kit is concerned.
im not overclocking now but parents :twisted: say that the compters got to last at least 5 years so im doing everyhting now so then i can overclock in the future and erm how much is the Swiftech thing
Around the £150 mark if you google. Also, don't bother with their compact kits.
If you ask me, it's a waste of your parent's money. If you have no intention of overclocking until the future, you've basically bought something for £150 that'll sit around depreciating for nothing extra in return.
As the years have passed, air cooling solutions have greatly improved and the heat output of CPU's have also become more sensible. Watercooling made sense for a lot of people in the past but now it can only apply to a small proportion of people that want to squeeze every MHz out of their CPU.
Value for money will always lie with air cooling. If you have another £150 to spend, it's best spending £50 on quiet fans and a quality heatpipe aircooler for the CPU and the other £100 on buying a faster CPU or graphics card in the first place!
I'd be careful when trying to make a computer last 5 years. It'll last 5 years alright, but there's no way you can avoid the fact that it won't play the latest game in 2013 without struggling. You'll get to that point in 2.5-3 years quite easily and there are games that have been around for months and only now there is hardware that can run them properly. Buy what is best for your money and what's best for your uses at this point in time.
just throwing ideas about would it not be more ecomical to build it from seperate parts u know choose each piece indivisually
so erm which air cooler will it be then and how many fans as i currently (shamefully:redface:) only have 1 (not including gpu etc)
It'll depend greatly on your budget. It makes a small difference with cheaper machines but the difference in price becomes a lot larger as you look at more expensive equipment. Building your own system doesn't take a lot of intelligence. Anyone can do it. The only thing is that you won't have much in the way of dedicated technical support if and when things go wrong, other than forums and other free help sources.
Number of fans will also depend on what CPU, Graphics card etc you'll be using. Often the case that you buy will come with what you need. General requirement for sensible temperatures is a case from a known brand with one front 120mm intake fan and a rear 120mm exhaust fan.
how about the asus silent knight
and 2 of these #19866 by the way my specs intel e6750 @3.00ghz 8800gt and 4gb patriot c4
Not great for the money.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+754%2C+939%2C+775/Thermaltake+CL-P0114+Big+Typhoon+?productId=26167
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+754%2C+939%2C+775/Nexus+HOC-9000+Universal+CPU+cooler+?productId=30430
If you check outside Aria, google the Noctua NH-U12, Thermalright Ultra 120, Tuniq Tower 120.
These are performance coolers but have the ability to run with their fans at low speed with respectable temperatures in most situations.
Is that the spec of the system you have now?
yes it is the spec i have now and sorry but do u have any good case fans
Looks like a great machine to me. I wouldn't bother upgrading anything as such.
Are temperatures actually a problem?
PeterStoba
30-07-08, 21:18
Get a big case with good airflow and replace the fans with Noctuas/Yate Loons for silence.
As Mul said, get a better cooler too, like the ones he mentioned, and you could run passive/silent fan
mul:my temps usualy go opto 60 celcius 50 idle it may not be bad now but in the long run my cpu may die by the way thanks for the info
peter: thanks for the fans i am getting a thermaltake soprano as my current case is all mesh my first build my dad thought it would be better to get the cheaper one incase i messed up i will post a pic
60c loaded isn't dangerous by any stretch of the imagination. Your CPU isn't going to lose any lifespan due to this.
You won't need any more case fans now if you're getting a new case. There are unlikely to be any more mounts in that mesh case for more fans.
erm maybe not cant quite do it
no the mesh case itself only has one fan and its noisy problay not that much but u can here it through the mesh bad for gaming at night when you parents catch u due to noise
Mesh case? As in made by chieftec or what?
www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=1201060 (http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=1201060) im not sure where he got it from but it is this one doesnt even have manufacturer name not that im aware of threw the packaging away a long time ago
my dad bought it cheap but as i have said getting thermaltake sporano
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