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Post Date: 2008-11-11
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    Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 5:16pm
I am thinking about buying a liquid cooling kit and installing it myself in my haf case any suggestions on which kit to choose or avoid.
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I've had experience with installing one of the swiftech cooling kits.  I've heard they are one of the better ones as well.  You can mount the radiator out of the back of the case fairly easily with the rad box.  Check out the swiftech h20 120 or h2o 220

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108105

 
Works great but its NOT very fun to install...but worth the effort for the cooling results.  I just wish it was on my computer.  My brother OC'd his q6600 with it from 2.66 to 3.6ish.  Very stable and running idle at 49C and never going above 60C under heavy load.  Oh, also its in a haf case.


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Mezzeron that is one of the kits ive been looking at what was hard about the installation and do you have any pics of the one you installed?
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Thank you harleyman  Thumbs%20Up
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does doing that change your warranty with DS in anyway?

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thats a good question. but to send it in and have them work on it would be 250 for cooling shipping around 130$ plus whatever they charge for work. Just buying this kit would run only 140$ campared to over 370$

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If you want liquid cooling, just let DS do it, if you want a different system, tell them which and they install that for you.

this way your warranty is intact and on the LC also

but honestly I would tell you not to LC this system at this time.

you are right about the shipping, but the hassle of installing LC properly is a pain.

Its like my cars break pads, I can change them myself but who wants the hassle.

if its not worth the money to do it now, then that is a sign that its not the right time to do it period.

just my 2 cents

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Im just thinking about what I want my next upgrade to be either a v-raptor or liquid cooling im thinking more likley I will go with the hard drive.
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Another vote for the veloci Raptor.

now installing that takes 2 seconds

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Sorry Xp, I don't have pics of it cause its about 200miles away at my bros house.  But if your savy enuff to build a comp with relative ease, it wont be sooo bad installing it.  Im a so-so builer, always have to read all the manuals and such when i build cause i always plug something up wrong it seems.  Takes me several days to put it together properly on a good build :)
 
But getting it to not leak, and not over tightening can be a real hassle.  And we did it for CPU only.  I hear its alot worse doing it on a vid card, but trust me when I say I;ll never find that out firsthand..hehehe. 
 
On an unrelated note:
There is UV paint out there for modding your rig, trust me when i say dont put any of it on your fans.  It doesen't weigh much, but its enuff to overbalance those said fans and totally obliterate them in your case, and can/will cause damage to the expensive components within.
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