lazer_viking
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I'm thinking about getting some water cooling. I've been interested in this for a long time and I need something that will do better than my stock AMD thing. I almost got a zalman 9500, which by the reviews I read is SIIIIIICCCCKKK, but then I was like, hey wait, i REALLY want some water cooling...
So I looked at the new reserator 2 from zalman. I always shyed away from watercooling because it looked to complicated, but after I watched the installation movie I kind of understand it now.
So now I'm intrigued.
The reserator 2 is a fan-less system but I read from a review that it doesn't cool as well as a fan system. Is this true?
My budget is $300-$400. The reserator 2 was something like $315. I have $301 in my account, and after my FX-57 and my 7800 gt sells, I should have enough. Although, I'm going to need a new CPU after the fx-57 sells... so thats like $235 for the CPU I want... 301-235= $66 + $~300 estimated for the sale of my fx-57, and + $165 for the sale of my 7800 gt = $531 to play with. Okay so I have more to spend on water cooling than I thought. But I also need to consider that I may not get what I want for my hardware I'm trying to sell. So lets say I have 450$ to spend for good measure.
So anyway yea what watercooling system do you think I could get for 350-450? I need something that..... basically cools the system real good. I'm going to have a 4400+, I have a 7800 gt at the moment, although I'm planning on upgrading to an 8800gtx or 8900gtx when they come out. I have some money saved up for that one already that im not touching regardless what comes up.
do you think a water cooling system I get now thats compatible with a 7800gt will be compatible with the DX10 cards as well?
So I looked at the new reserator 2 from zalman. I always shyed away from watercooling because it looked to complicated, but after I watched the installation movie I kind of understand it now.
So now I'm intrigued.
The reserator 2 is a fan-less system but I read from a review that it doesn't cool as well as a fan system. Is this true?
My budget is $300-$400. The reserator 2 was something like $315. I have $301 in my account, and after my FX-57 and my 7800 gt sells, I should have enough. Although, I'm going to need a new CPU after the fx-57 sells... so thats like $235 for the CPU I want... 301-235= $66 + $~300 estimated for the sale of my fx-57, and + $165 for the sale of my 7800 gt = $531 to play with. Okay so I have more to spend on water cooling than I thought. But I also need to consider that I may not get what I want for my hardware I'm trying to sell. So lets say I have 450$ to spend for good measure.
So anyway yea what watercooling system do you think I could get for 350-450? I need something that..... basically cools the system real good. I'm going to have a 4400+, I have a 7800 gt at the moment, although I'm planning on upgrading to an 8800gtx or 8900gtx when they come out. I have some money saved up for that one already that im not touching regardless what comes up.
do you think a water cooling system I get now thats compatible with a 7800gt will be compatible with the DX10 cards as well?