Best Water Cooler Setup For AMD/ATI

jjmd · Nov 11, 2003, 10:27 AM

Im going to be getting rid of the 8 Volcano fans,"to noisy" So being I have no idea what setup to buy for a Barton 2500 and Ati 9700 Pro. What I need to know is what Water cooling kit, for cpu and gpu. What water block to use for both. What liquid solution is best and so on. I do over clock alot if that helps.

Please any help is better than none.

I will be spending no more than say 250 to 300 bucks US.

Thanks guys.

~~DriveEuro~~ · Nov 11, 2003, 11:07 PM

BUWAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA, awesome sig. You're best off making a custom setup..... By that I mean buy your own heater core from a car and a couple 120mm fans. Then buy a seperate pump.

~~craig588~~ · Nov 11, 2003, 11:18 PM

with one of my watercooling setups, I had a radiotor out of a Ford Ranger, a swiftech waterblock (forgot which one) a 12 inch fan blowing on it, and a pump from a fishtank filtaration system that pushed ~7CFM. It worked great. (Then I moved to chilled water, so I didn't use it anymore)

I stopped using watercooling though. I wanted to be able to take my fast computer to lan parties easily.

jjmd · Nov 11, 2003, 11:53 PM

With these suggestions in mind. Please list names of pumps, water blocks and water solution, resivors, and what not that are the best. I have no problem building my own from scratch.

So if you guys have the time please post what parts or kits i should buy. I will then call it the DH pals watercooler.....

~~DriveEuro~~ · Nov 11, 2003, 11:57 PM

Eheim pump. Or it's spelled Ehiem.... I dunno. Those are great quality pumps that most people use for their water cooling setups.

dipstick · Nov 12, 2003, 12:04 AM

I've had great luck with Swiftech; They're easy to install, don't leak and cool way better than air. Check 'em out at http://www.swiftnets.com/
Some more kits available at http://www.xoxide.com/

scobywhru · Nov 12, 2003, 01:42 AM

The VERY best waterblock out there is the Dtek White Water, it doesn't have High flow but you don't need that in these set ups www.cooltechnica.com has some if I remeber. Atleast for blocks made commercially

P.S. You don't need High flow rates you need Head Pressure so you cna make the most turbulant water in the block and force the water to pick up more heat. No matter what happens the heat is transfered slowly to the water it takes several passes to heat it up more then a few degrees, so Flowrate isn't as important as you might think

**MIG-31** · Nov 12, 2003, 02:07 AM

wouldn't bother with this one.it looks crap.

http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG...ling_syst.html

jjmd · Nov 12, 2003, 08:39 AM

Thanks drive,craig, kakarot, scoby, johny, for your thoughts.

What do u guys think of these setups

http://www.xoxide.com/noname23.html

http://www.corsairmemory.com/main/hcv1.pdf

dipstick · Nov 12, 2003, 10:28 AM

I've heard good things about both of those. If you do a quick search on google you'll get tons of reviews which you should read thoroughly before purchasing. Here's a quick one I found testing both http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=115

jjmd · Nov 12, 2003, 11:10 AM

Thanks Kakarot, looks to be a great setup. My next question would be, would i be better off getting a different water block, and would this setup also be big enough to cool a 9700 pro also? What water block is best on the GPU of the 9700 pro. Would i have to get a bigger resivor?

Or should i just go down to the fish store and get a ehium pump, go to Frys and pick up a water block for both, along with the resivor.

I know i sound dumb but would rather get info on which way to go before i buy something im just going to have to up grade.

scobywhru · Nov 12, 2003, 12:40 PM

Swiftec has good video blocks, but if you go to here you can make a kit from many different parts and they will ship it to you, not the niciest when it comes to connecting everything but you would get better performance then any of the other kits you showed

I would suggest one of the 5 1/4 bay resevoirs they look sweet

P.S. There are other pumps that are cheaper then the Eheim pumps that still work great for PCs the hydor, I beleive. If you have seriuos questions like this there are people who test water blocks and cooling setups all day, they can be found at www.procooling.com i would suggest a stop by there to view the board

Its where I go and went before I bought my own setup, also you may want to get a northbridge block as well, it helps with overclocking on the newer boards

jjmd · Nov 12, 2003, 01:12 PM

Thanks Scoby. Will check both sites out.

jjmd · Nov 12, 2003, 01:20 PM

This looks like the way to go!!!

http://www.cooltechnica.com/Merchant...ategory_Code=C

But Damb are they pricy

scobywhru · Nov 12, 2003, 03:04 PM

Actually the Prometia one is better and they are expensive but you really need to be willing to solder parts on your board to really get the most out of it

jjmd · Nov 18, 2003, 10:51 AM

Well this weekend i will be jumping into buying some kind of water setup. Just dont know which one yet.