Cheap ways for water cooling

[JaxteR]

Hi there, I am thinking of adding water cooling to my system but i dont think the case is setup for water cooling. I haven't picked out any parts because well the truth is i have no idea what to get. I am a student so money is a little hard to get so im looking for a fairly cheap solution for water cooling. At the moment my case is a Sharkoon t28 case is that any good for water cooling? Ive got no clue. Also recommendations for all of the other water cooling parts will be greatly appreciated. Cheers lads and lasses. 

[squirrl]

If you're on a budget then the best thing to do is get the AIO solutions like the H100. Watercooling is expensive in nature unless you get some really good deals and are creative with resources but that takes luck and experience. Watercooling also needs a lot of planning. where will the tubing go, how you will mount the parts etc... Decent blocks themselves can be as expensive as a single AIO.

 

That case doesn't look very good to watercool in. Even a search on google yeilds next to no results for watercooled builds, it's just not that sort of case. You may be able to mount a H100 in the roof, but don't quote me on that. the fan spacings have to be right. If that's a 120mm fan in the back, you could mount a single rad, but they generally aren't really worth it since high end air coolers perform better/the same.

[airdeano]

Hi there, I am thinking of adding water cooling to my system but i dont think the case is setup for water cooling. I haven't picked out any parts because well the truth is i have no idea what to get. I am a student so money is a little hard to get so im looking for a fairly cheap solution for water cooling. At the moment my case is a Sharkoon t28 case is that any good for water cooling? Ive got no clue. Also recommendations for all of the other water cooling parts will be greatly appreciated. Cheers lads and lasses. 

 

welcome to the LinusTechTips water cooling forum.

nothing is cheap about proper water cooling. it isn't 100% necessary, just more

about over-the-edge tuning and aesthetics. so if cash is tight, water cooling is

not where you need to spend for better performance.

 

review these pinned threads:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1755-water-cooling-101-a-good-place-for-newbies-to-start/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/5435-watercooling-faq-some-basic-qa/

[JaxteR]

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If you're on a budget then the best thing to do is get the AIO solutions like the H100. Watercooling is expensive in nature unless you get some really good deals and are creative with resources but that takes luck and experience. Watercooling also needs a lot of planning. where will the tubing go, how you will mount the parts etc... Decent blocks themselves can be as expensive as a single AIO.

 

That case doesn't look very good to watercool in. Even a search on google yeilds next to no results for watercooled builds, it's just not that sort of case. You may be able to mount a H100 in the roof, but don't quote me on that. the fan spacings have to be right. If that's a 120mm fan in the back, you could mount a single rad, but they generally aren't really worth it since high end air coolers perform better/the same.

  

welcome to the LinusTechTips water cooling forum.

nothing is cheap about proper water cooling. it isn't 100% necessary, just more

about over-the-edge tuning and aesthetics. so if cash is tight, water cooling is

not where you need to spend for better performance.

 

review these pinned threads:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1755-water-cooling-101-a-good-place-for-newbies-to-start/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/5435-watercooling-faq-some-basic-qa/

Would it be best to just stick with air cooling then i am thinking of overclocking my cpu and ive heard that water cooling the cpu when its overclocked is good im not really going to overclock my gpu as its a bit crap to be honest so i was going to leave that alone until i get enough money to upgrade that then water cool from there

[Faa]

http://homstardware.com/nate/HomsLoopArticle.html

[Anthony10]

Don't watercool if you can't afford to watercool.