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i want to pop my water cooling cherry, but can it be done under $200

I was going to suggest the Eisberg before I read all your post.. but anyways, what case do you have ?

but I doubt you will be satisfied with a 200$ loop..

I see the others are talking about the D5 pump.. its a really good and powerfull pump.. but as people say its preobably the most expensive pump out there.. :P but another option is its littlebrother MCP355 I think it is. should be a good pump as well.. its a little cheaper and doesnt take up as much room.. :)

well if i take out the hard drive cages. unscrew the midbar that they rest on, machine a few pieces of aluminum to mount it and cut a massive hole a can fit a 240mm with room to spare, a 280mm looks pretty cramped, ill have to measure when i can actually find a bloody ruler

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place the rad on top of your case, or mount 2 rads on that one 140mm spot.

you wont be so limited if you build outside your case ;)

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that starts to defeat the point of having a small case in the first place, portability

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I was going to suggest the Eisberg before I read all your post.. but anyways, what case do you have ?

but I doubt you will be satisfied with a 200$ loop..

I see the others are talking about the D5 pump.. its a really good and powerfull pump.. but as people say its preobably the most expensive pump out there.. :P but another option is its littlebrother MCP355 I think it is. should be a good pump as well.. its a little cheaper and doesnt take up as much room.. :)

ohh, I forgot about the drive bays in that case..

how wide is the case? its not wide enough a shroud like that 280mm koolance to be oriented from side to side, so to speak..?

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I've looked into it, it's going to vary between $250 and $350, depending on what you are getting and whether they are used or not.

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place the rad on top of your case, or mount 2 rads on that one 140mm spot.

you wont be so limited if you build outside your case ;)

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yeah thats true, but it isn´t that big as mine when you fit a slim radiator on top. its still portable.

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try selling your kuhler 620. it will give you a bit moor room in your budget.

and yes, second handed stuff isn't that bad and a D5 (mcp655) pump, would practicly never break. but those aren't cheap. even second handed.

I think you can get psychological help insured :P

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place the rad on top of your case, or mount 2 rads on that one 140mm spot.

you wont be so limited if you build outside your case ;)

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What res and pump is in that?

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place the rad on top of your case, or mount 2 rads on that one 140mm spot.

you wont be so limited if you build outside your case ;)

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Res: phobya balancer 150

Pump: laing mcp655

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Well, I'd advise you to wait and save up some more money, doing a decent loop for 200$ seems quite impossible. I spent about 4x that and it's not done yet. A 360x60mm rad and some compressionfittings and you are close to 200$... You'll need tubing, fans, blocks, res, a pump and so on. Shoot to about 500$ and get something that will last a while, so you can add in stuff in the future and don't have to start all over again ;)
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