Suggestions for watercooling?

[imported_Briareos]

Well, I'll be putting together a new rig soon (next couple months) and thought I'd like to have a bit of fun with my new setup. So I'll be modding a case, doing the flashy lighting thing, and I was considering adding a watercooling setup.

So I was wondering what other anandtech members used for their watercooling needs.

I'm planning on getting a AMD 4400 X2 and 7800gt (possibly 7800 gtx) and I'm mostly interested in reliability for the watercooling system (though I'd like it to look nice, or at least be unobstrusive). I don't really intend to do heavy overclocking, I'm just a technophile who messes with computers as a hobby.

Any suggestions?

 

[spookynutz]

If you're looking for something unobtrusive (i.e. you don't want hoses and water pumps on your desk) you might want to look into koolance cases.

http://www.koolance.com/shop/default.php?cPath=28_43

 

[Unkno]

why not just get a good air cooler that looks GOOD, since you not doing any HEAVY overclocks. I would suggest looking at the Zalman CNPS9500, it has a blue led and it looks GREAT and cools as one of the best air cooler or a crappy basic water cooler.

 

[Dragoon42]

if you're not planning on doing overclocking then I wouldn't plan on setting up a WC. I got a koolance right now, and it works well. Watercooling kits like koolance generally perform a little bit better then your top of the line air cooling. If you want to get a decent watercooling kit, go for the Swiftech - Apex kit. I think that's what it's called. If i was going to buy a new wc i'd get:

Storm CPU waterblock
DangerDen Maze4 GPU waterblock
Thermochill PA120.2 Rad
Iwaki MD20 Pump

 

[imported_Briareos]

Thanks for all the suggestions!

The koolance stuff looks interesting and relatively easy to setup, and the cases aren't bad.

The swiftech setup looks good too and I think I can hide the radiator.

why not just get a good air cooler that looks GOOD, since you not doing any HEAVY overclocks. I would suggest looking at the Zalman CNPS9500, it has a blue led and it looks GREAT and cools as one of the best air cooler or a crappy basic water cooler.

and yes the zalman looks good too, but to answer your question I just like messing with new tech so I thought I'd try watercooling this time even if I don't need it. Hell, I'd probably try phase change but its a bit more than I want to spend.

I haven't decided how I want my final case to look, but I'm leaning towards the koolance stuff so far.

Thanks for the posts.