Watercooling Kits, OR Part's..

Hi There...

Im in the process of thinking of purchasing water cooling gear.. But I dont understand what I require.
Meaning what parts do I require..

Which is the Ultimate Make For Them Bits.. Please REPLY :)

Well there are cheap kits of decent quality like Corsairs H50 which runs about $80, but to get a top of the line kit you are going to have to build it yourself.

I spend around $250 on my kit, but you can spend more or less. Let me know your budget and what you would like to cool (CPU or CPU, GPU, Northbridge) and we can talk over parts and what not.

What you will need is

Radiator

Fans(For the radiator)

Waterblocks(For whatever you are cooling)

Pump

Reservoir or a T-Line

Tubing

Distilled water($2 at your grocery store)

Some type of additive (To keep alge from growing inside your lines)

Stores I use and recommend

Petrastechshop.com

jab-tech.com

dangerden.com/store/

I agree with Bob, your best bet is to get the parts yourself.  You need to supply us with specs of your current computer for us to help you out, as well as tell us what you want to cool.

Ok..

Well im in the process of a new machine im only gathering component's..

Money is not the problem, I want the Ultimate Product. As for what I want to cool it will be the most common components, CPU, VGA, CHIPSET.. What ever you guys think that need to be cooled..

I also want to know if a powerfull machine was created, With SLI Dual VGA Card's Like GTX 295
i7 Extreme CPU.. Could this be ran with fans not water cooled..

I really Love this tower :- http://www.ttlevel10.com/

The Level 10 is a cool case design, but it would probably be tight running tubing through it for watercooling.  When I watercooled my rig, I used mostly swiftech parts.  It's good to spend enough time planning it out...I left enough slack tubing running to my reservoir so I can pull it out through the front of my case.  It makes it easy to refill the system without taking out everything. 

btw, the Coolermaster Cosmos S is big enough to mount a triple 120mm radiator inside the top....it's also heavy lol 

Ok..

I have decided and changed my case, To Thermaltake VH600LBWS.. What you think?

Not a bad looking case. There is room in there to do some watercooling. But from the looks of it depending on what size tubing you would want to use it could get a lil overrun with tubing if you decide to run the cpu, video cards, and the chipsets. Now if you decide to do all them items I would go with a 3/8 tubing it is a lil restrictive from the 1/2" but not that much to notice. Also if you are goin to watercool the cpu and chipsets I would put them on one loop and the video card or cards on a seperate loop. The cpu and chipsets and video card could all be on one loop but you will have better temps on 2 seperate loops. For the cpu and chipsets you could use a 240 rad and depending on how many card you could use a 120 rad. Now if u just want cpu and video cards you can use just one loop and have a 240 or 360 rad depending on how many cards again you want to run. Hope this helps.

Are you suggesting a different case 3/8 tubing sound good.. Im new to water cooling

how i create seperate loops

Separate loops is have two watercooling systems.  One loop is complete with a water block, radiator, reservoir/T-line and a pump.  Which means you configure two systems.  The problem with it is that it requires more space and in total you will pay double for the system.  However, you will get lower temsp all around because your components don't share the same water.  This would theoretically lead to higher overclocks all around and a cooler computer.

Hey transam Have you ever tried 7/16 tubing with the 1/2 barbs. The tubing is surprisingly easier to work with than 1/2.

Hi mental disorder..

What case do you suggest for that, Or do I run cpu block, ram & chipset with internal cooling.
And run all VGA block on an external cooler.. If I go with having all internal then what case you recommend. As far I know the motherboard P6T7 WS SuperComputer has all copper heatsinks all covered. :)

I've got 7/16 tubing on 1/2 barbs.  It was relatively easy to push on, and no problems with leaks so far.

Take a look at this site...  Scroll to Darren9.  He has two loops in his case.  Just take a look on that site at the different gallerys showcasing watercooling computers.  You'll get an idea of how people try to get around using mid tower cases and what not.  I'm not going to tell you a case to buy, and I don't believe that I have done it before.  Cases are pure preference, however I can give you an idea if the case you decide on works efficiently.  Personally, I hate towers that have the drive bays facing you for "convenience."  They restrict airflow.  I'm an Antec guy and they have some fantastic case designs now.  I'd recommend checking them out, however, this region is strictly preference.

Hi there mental

Well looking at the Antecs website, they all seem to be Midi Towers.. I require a Full Tower.
With plenty 5.25 bays and 3.5 bays internal etc, Alot of space in tower for motherboard, as well as cable management, water cooling space, More room for my Enermax 1250w Power Supply. Etc..

The Antec Twelve Hundred is actually a full size case.  Another option is Lian Li.

What you think of the Thermaltake models..

Do you have your hardware picked out yet? Chipset and ram cooling really isn't necasssary unless your just itchin to do it for fun really. I completely understand if you do but if your struggling for room in a case and need to cut back somewhere then you could always do it there. I would start by figuring out the blocks you want for your components and then the rads to adequately cool them. From there you can figure out the best pump or pumps to circulate everything. If your running say a cpu and single vga loop then you can easily get by with 1 loop and a really good single or dual rad. Alot also depends on how much you plan to push this system. Do you plan to do some serious overclocking or are you going for quiet or maybe even just looks. For a single cpu loop a good single rad is just fine and for dual vga loop a double rad should be used. Sometimes a little mod work needs to be done to get a well layed out set up in many cases. As far as cases go I am very partial to Lian Li cases but pretty much everythiong that has been mentioned are decent too. You can also go over to performance pc's and check out their pre modded cases for watercooling and may even give you some ideas on how you might want to set yours up. There is a good variety to look from. Good luck to ya.

Bob- No I havent tried that size yet, but thanks the next one I do I will definately try the 7/16 tubi

Didn't you respond with more trans?  The email claimed you responded with a whole bit about cases.

Either way, I agree with nelson on you getting the components first and working from three seeing as how you can't do it any other way.  Although the cpu is most important in the loop, if you really want to try overclocking a lot then I would say a northbridge block is a good addition, but otherwise it's unnecessary, as well as mosfet cooling and ram cooling.  Have you decided on the components yet?