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So I might be looking into liquid cooling as an option and was woindering which setup to looka at for my needs. My system is as follows:
-Cooler Master RC-690 case
-EVGA LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
-Intel Q9450 CPU
-EVGA GeForce GTX 280 SuperClocked Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
-CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
-SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
-Thermaltake W0106RU 700W Complies with ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS 12V version Power Supply
Its already a little cramped with the GPU but not to bad so I figure with a smaller unit I can get water cooling to work, let me know what you think would be a good fit
Oh!! And a drive bay cooling system would be preferable 
No water cooling is necessary for this build IMO. Other than the GTX 280 (which I doubt VERY seriously has a water block at this point), everything is on newer, smaller, and cooler processes. I would either not worry about it or wait till someone releases a GTX 280 water block. What temp is your CPU running at anyways? 25 degrees?
well its not running yet, but i will be over clocking the ram, cpu, and gpu
I’m going to oc the cpu as far as i can push it with out it being like WTF OMG WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!!!!, I’m going to oc the ram to lower the timings a good bit, and oc the gpu to be somewhat moar win ^.^EDIT: kuros: GTX 280 cooling block and moar win even though its madd money
Looks like you answered your own question. Just remember that if you put too many components on your watercooling, you can actually run hotter than with air cooling. Just ask Kip.
tis true, but if/when i do water it would only be cpu and gpu and I’d probably get this
Why not wait and see how hot it all runs together on air then decide if water cooling is even necessary? MasterP has water cooling on his GPU only (8800GTX) and that is only because its built into his case; I would think the hassle and price would outweigh any advantage of the setup.
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Why not wait and see how hot it all runs together on air then decide if water cooling is even necessary? MasterP has water cooling on his GPU only (8800GTX) and that is only because its built into his case; I would think the hassle and price would outweigh any advantage of the setup.I actually have watercooling on the CPU and GPU. As Kuros pointed out the system really can’t handle both but the GPU is still far below air cooled and the CPU is at normal air cooled temperature. All this under heavy load (IE Cod4, Supreme Commander, Hellgate) for 6+ hour runs. If I installed another radiator it would drop another 15-20°F on the GPU and 5-10°F on the CPU but it’s not worth the hassle until I flush and clean the system later this month.
The only reason I continue to run watercooling is because it stays the same temperature no matter how long I play, whereas the 8800 GTX continually gets hotter on air cooling until you start losing performance. This was the problem I was having the month before I changed over but with the newer 65nm and future 55nm video cards I would definately wait and see if you even need it. The Intel Core2 chips run like insanely cool on stock cooling so you may only want one for your video.
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