You can check out my build thread L=herehttp://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1988938&enterthread=y[/L] for the skinny on it.
Basically my question is should I water cool or air cool my new build? I understand that water cooling is more expensive, but can run quieter and is more effective. So if I'm building a E6600 system with a 8800GTX (possibly 2 in SLI in the future) could air get the job done? I've never had a water cooled system before so another concern of mine is the ease of putting it all together for a newbie.
I've been looking around at some different water systems trying to get an understanding. There are systems like CoolIT's Freezone or the various Koolance EXOs which seem fairly easy and straight foward to put together. They seem to garner some positive reviews, but I see on various forums people saying that they aren't any good and you're better off building the whole thing yourself. So who's right? Is there any truth to it?
Basically my question is should I water cool or air cool my new build? I understand that water cooling is more expensive, but can run quieter and is more effective. So if I'm building a E6600 system with a 8800GTX (possibly 2 in SLI in the future) could air get the job done? I've never had a water cooled system before so another concern of mine is the ease of putting it all together for a newbie.
I've been looking around at some different water systems trying to get an understanding. There are systems like CoolIT's Freezone or the various Koolance EXOs which seem fairly easy and straight foward to put together. They seem to garner some positive reviews, but I see on various forums people saying that they aren't any good and you're better off building the whole thing yourself. So who's right? Is there any truth to it?