New WC help please... [UPDATE]

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 09:41

I'm looking to go watercooling with a budget of about R2000...

and i need to get it as soon as possible...

tvm2all...

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 23 May 2008, 09:49

Contact cyberorange and see if they can hook you up with a Swiftech Apex Ultra kit. If they can't, you'll be wasting your money by buying anything else.

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 23 May 2008, 09:50

Well good luck with that man.

The only kit which was available for that money and was any decent, no longer seems to be available locally

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 09:53

can't find stock of it... that's why i asked... what about importing?

does Wik still import from PPC?

edit: what about the Koolance Exos EXT-A03? any good? i could get 2nd hand from SS...

and what about putting together custom WC? how much would that cost for a decent setup for cpu, gpu & chipset(maybe not chipset(..

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 23 May 2008, 09:59

Putting together your own kit (which is really what you SHOULD do when going WC) will cost you closer to 3.5K.

Importing a kit will also work out to something like that. And just stay away from Koolance. While their kits don't SUCK, they're nothing to write home about.

Unfortunately you're screwed for now. For 2K you won't find anything

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 10:05

why does koolance suck? is it the waterblock or the pump or the rad or ??

Mow · Post by **Mow** » 23 May 2008, 10:11

Well , i rate its a kombination of those factors. Most likely the fittings support a thinnier than 7/16 pipe. Which reduces flow .

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 23 May 2008, 10:12

douglash wrote:why does koolance suck? is it the waterblock or the pump or the rad or ??

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:While their kits don't SUCK,

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 10:21

Oops - soz DJV - didn't read properly... 8O

so if i got a Koolance Exos EXT-A03 it wouldn't be too bad for my budget...?

@Mow - do you think you could get thicker pipes for flow increase?

MadMike · Post by **MadMike** » 23 May 2008, 10:24

Try get a Swiftech kit from cyberorange, they had stock about 1 month ago.

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 10:32

Ok, and if i can't get a swiftech??

what is next best?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 23 May 2008, 10:33

Nothing in SA. (without wasting your money)

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 10:40

DJV wrote:Nothing in SA. (without wasting your money)

ok, that's slightly helpful... what about outside of SA?

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 23 May 2008, 10:42

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Nothing in SA. (without wasting your money)

Mow · Post by **Mow** » 23 May 2008, 10:44

Deppens if the fittings would allow it, but im no pro . dae is the man here.
See , you can up the size only if the fitting is big enough so as not to leak.

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 10:47

Dae - on that Koolance - would you be able to fit bigger barbs and bigger pipes to increase flow?

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 10:49

ok, next question:

where in SA is about the best to get Rads, Res's, piping, barbs, blocks, etc. from?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 23 May 2008, 10:51

Well, all the fittings on the koolance setups match. They're usually 1/4" or 3/8". Changing all the fittings won't be possible. Also, it's not the tubing that's the issue, the pumps are low flow rate pumps.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 23 May 2008, 10:52

douglash wrote:ok, next question:

where in SA is about the best to get Rads, Res's, piping, barbs, blocks, etc. from?

Nowhere. You can't get stuff like that in SA

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 23 May 2008, 10:56

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:
douglash wrote:ok, next question:

where in SA is about the best to get Rads, Res's, piping, barbs, blocks, etc. from?
Nowhere. You can't get stuff like that in SA

unless it's second hand, and at the moment, all (or most of) the 2nd hand stuff that is decent is being used

I actually have some stuff...but with the R/$ rate and importing etc, I'm not gonna let it go easily

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 11:08

so basically the Koolance is not good enough... i should rather get a pump, res, rad, separately or wait for a kit...?

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 11:11

Viceroy - YGPM?

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 23 May 2008, 11:11

I've got a cpu block :\

douglash · Post by **douglash** » 23 May 2008, 11:14

which one? and how much?

I34z1k · Post by **I34z1k** » 23 May 2008, 11:22

Swiftech Apogee. R300.