Liquid Cooling parts, halp!

[willtron]

I'm tempted to liquid cool my pc, been looking into it for a while, but not really sure on parts. I'm currently running an i5 2500k at 4.7ghz but the temps are in the mid 70's on load with LC will that get down to around mid to high 60's?


Would anybody be able to help me chose parts? I'm only going to do CPU in the loop for now, unless there is a general consensus for me to include other bits to cool, ideally i'd like to spend around £150/ $230 and keep it to a black/blue theme.

[Electroso]

there's this nice kit that i got while back for $399 now its like $260 http://www.coolerguys.com/8405560209...hannelid=FROOG check it out, works fine for me. It works for all intels Core2 duo, i5, i7 also its good for AMD

[willtron]

Is it worth getting a Rasa kit?

[Adappy]

A good starting place to look at for a simple CPU-only loop would be an XSPC Rasa kit. Comes with everything you'd need to assemble a loop, but it's not a prefilled/enclosed system like the Corsair Hydro series. One thing to consider is how large of a radiator your case can handle (if you're keeping it internal, if you want to/can mount it externally, does it have holes to route the tubing?) I'd recommend looking at a 240 (2x120mm) radiator, a single 120mm might cut it, but since you're overclocking the temperatures might not be as low as you'd like.

If you want to get more in depth: http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/ has some guides for picking parts, some get fairly complex depending on how much you want to add to your system.

[ispano]

Why do you want to make it cooler? It will still be just as warm in the room and the CPU is safe to higher temps than that.

[willtron]

I want to push it to a higher 24/7 stable oc, because you know.... I can.

I've been looking at the Rasa kits, are they any good? Will I notice a considerable difference over my current Noctua NH-D14, or will the difference be hard to justify the price tag?

[ispano]

From everything i've seen Sandy Bridge doesn't benefit much from WC, if you can only get 4.7 with good air, you likely won't get much more if any with WC.