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Budget WC or TEC cooling?

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Processor FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s) Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
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Case AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s) Built-in Realtek
Power Supply Corsair HX1000 Modular
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I have this kit with me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106078

I know its crap, but can I use any of the parts may the radiator, pump, fan etc and buy a better CPU block, tubing, liquid, reservoir and flow indicator? Is it worth it?

I found a good Abit board that clocks easily to 270 HTT. I thought of pulling out my 5600 (from Jetway board that does not clock more than 250HTT) and pump some more volts thru it to see if I can achieve 3.7Ghz (I wish:rolleyes:).

Should I go with Het's http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=66527 - Thermaltake ProWater 850i Liquid Cooler - instead?

Or Should I go TEC?
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=66361

Worth the pain?

Please advice.

Thanks,

:toast:
 

Odin Eidolon

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stay away from tt water coolers! never and never buy them! they will probably destroy your system... and that tec isn't that good, i'd say go for an HDT cooler, such as a sunbeam core contact.
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