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WaterCooling Expensive Or Not?

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So im thinking of watercooling. Budget is around £200 is this enough? Can you tell me all I need to know about watercooling annmd whats the chance of doing a poor job and everything breaks like a ahit storm. What parts do I need aswell.

 

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there's already a section for watercooling! it's right here: http://linustechtips.com/main/forum/36-water-cooling/

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Fan cooling for the win. If i was water cooling i dont think i would ever spend more the price of a h100i.

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Custom waterloop is imho useless if you aren't running sli/CF and a high overclocked cpu...

CPU only would be somewhat okay if you aren't spending over 100£ for a closed loop system (like Water 2.0 Extreme from ThermalTake, which is better than the h100i from Corsair).

Or a (what I call it) Semi-Closed loop system like the H220 from Swifttech and expand it with a GPU-block and a nice reservoir :-)

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I honestly have no experience with watercooling so take the following with a grain of salt.

 

Considered doing a custom loop for myself and I ran around $300 and that didn't even include fans. Be ready to put down some serious money if you want a nice setup.

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I spent $1k (AUD) on my loop and its nothing crazy :S

 

I think a Corsair H100 or Swiftech H220 is a good investment though as a good all in one cooler.

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Well, the loop I have planned is going to be costing me ~ $2300... 

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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xD I cant help but make it better, Fluffy. it's so hard to remove stuff from your cart instead of adding more stuff! 

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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xD I cant help but make it better, Fluffy. it's so hard to remove stuff from your cart instead of adding more stuff! 

I never remove anything from my cart. If I didn't run out of money I still would have bought more. Buying the Caselabs SM8 really murdered me financially since I was planning on buying a Switch 810 but I just couldn't do it. 

 

Good thing is, I think I'm finally done messing with the damn thing. I want to do acrylic tubing but I have to remind myself that I don't really need it and it doesn't really add any performance gains. However, that means very little in the end since I'll probably still end up doing it just because I feel like it. I really need a cheaper hobby   :unsure:

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I never remove anything from my cart. If I didn't run out of money I still would have bought more. Buying the Caselabs SM8 really murdered me financially since I was planning on buying a Switch 810 but I just couldn't do it. 

 

Good thing is, I think I'm finally done messing with the damn thing. I want to do acrylic tubing but I have to remind myself that I don't really need it and it doesn't really add any performance gains. However, that means very little in the end since I'll probably still end up doing it just because I feel like it. I really need a cheaper hobby   :unsure:

Watercooling is NOT a cheap hobby... At ALL!

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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Water cooling is not necessary but more like a hobby or project so you can be proud of your computer. I spent $700 and am very happy when I look at my rig. Plus my rig is MUCH quieter.

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