Liquid Cooling System?

[mmaenpaa]

Are we talking about real water cooling or one of those all in one coolers like Corsair H-series coolers ?

 

[Detosx]

What do you want to cool (just the CPU? If you're using the relatively cool running when-overclocked Sandybridge 2500k or 2600K, you might want to consider saving money and going for an easy to fit Noctua NHD14 or a Corsair H100; the advantage of decent water cooling loop would be a little less noise under load; even when you change the H100 fans for something better in push-pull config, under load you can apparently still hear its pump) what sized radiator can your case take, etc. If going for a water cooling loop to cool your CPU to a level that might prolong its life a little a bit, I would go for something like the XSPC Rasa 750 RX360 WaterCooling Kit at around £200. The cheaper RS version at around £140 uses a thinner radiator equals higher fan revolutions equals more noise under load. The RX version is a good upgrade point at a later date because the radiator is a keeper. Again, you have to determine whether your case can fit the 360 radiator, though the RX240 at around £170 could be a good cost/performance/size compromise if you just want to cool your CPU alone. If you want to use water cooling to cool your graphics card and possibly even other parts, the price rises very sharply and there are a lot of overclockers forums you could check out.

Edit - a quick look around and it looks as though the XSPC Raystorm EX kit series has superseded the Rasa RX kit series. For instance, the XSPC Raystorm 750 EX360 WaterCooling Kit is around £200.

If it's me, I want to get a quiet case and parts that review as being quiet, from the get go, so that the need for water cooling isn't necessarily there. A stock H100 and a sensible 24/7 overclock level on Sandybridge might be enough for you - you can check out the relative noise via youtube videos - and you can make it quieter at a later date, though unfortunately not necessarily better performing, by changing out the fans for quieter models at the same rpm.

 

[the_gael]

as mentioned in one of the other replies there are different solutions - I usually start with where I want to go with a build. If I am going to do some serious overclocking I would go with a proper liquid cooled setup if on the other hand It is relatively mild overclocking I would use a good quality fan.

On my current build I use an all-in-one water cooling setup Corsair H50 with additional fan in push pull configuration. My overclock is not that high 4.7ghz on a 2600k I use this as I prefer it to a fan solution when ambient temps are already high. I live in a warm climate for instance today air temp was 38C.

 

[s3v]

I assume it's the i5 2500k you are talking about... Anyways, that board you have is notorious for it's bad overclocking capabilities. You can increases the multiplies, but that is about the extent of it. With that being said... I think you could push your CPU around 4ghz. Since you want something easy to install and cheap, I recommend the corsair h60. It's around $60 and has fairly good cooling for an all-in-one unit. It's a tried and tested unit with a good warranty, so you can't go wrong. But if you don't really need water cooling, spend that $60 somewhere else. Something such as the Cooler Master Hyper EVO is going to get you better temps than the h60 AND costs half the price. Just something to keep in mind.

 

[pwalth21]

First off did you change your build again? I thought you were going with this:

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And second is this still for a minecraft server? If it is I seriously advise against OC it. It can reduce the life of the CPU and frankly you don't need it.

 

[Gordo74]

It can reduce the life of the CPU and frankly you don't need it.

Phoo-Hockey. Maybe back in the old days, sure, but nowadays, unless you're pushing the voltages WAY past the spec set out by Intel, you won't do any damage to the processor. Heck, they even make the K series CPUs to BE good overclockers specifically. They even have a program that IF you blow out your processor by pulsing WAY more voltage through it than normal, they will replace it once for free for only $30 per year!

Although, all that being said, if it is a server, I would leave it stock as well, as OCing CAN cause instability and you want a server to be rock solid.

 

[pwalth21]

Well what Gordo said is definitely correct, but in my opinion running it as a server changes things. Like Gordo said it may cause instability and you're running that thing constantly. I personally have my i7 2600k at 4 ghz, which is a very moderate OC with the H60 cooler P/P. It runs as cool as it did with the stock fan with stock settings.

 

[subaro0o]

Lots of good watercooling info on YouTube. That's where I've been learning about reservoirs, pumps, loops etc.

 

[Gordo74]

sooo...can you make my life easier and give me a handy-dandy link?

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Seriously, this is like the 8th time I've done this for you. This forum is not your google bot. It's simple to type something into google and figure out some stuff for yourself.