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Can somebody recommend me a good Water Cooling Setup?

From_Nowhere

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It is not often I ask questions regarding tech, but I am curious as to what is a good water cooling system. I've never used or dealt with a WC setup so... I'm clueless.


Any suggestions on what I should get?

My budget for one is $250 USD
 
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Processor Q9550 @3.8
Motherboard Asus Maximus Extreme
Cooling Custom water cooling
Memory 4GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1600MHz
Video Card(s) 2x HD4870 512MB
Storage 2x 500GB
Display(s) 3x LG L226WTQ 22" Widescreen LCD
Case Modded TJ07
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System Name Dark Aurora
Processor Intel e6600 @ 4.09ghz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus Formula x38
Cooling Custom Water Cooling on Cpu and Gpu
Memory 4gb Corsair DDR-2 800mhz/ 2gb Patriot DDR-2 1066mhz
Video Card(s) XFX 8800gt 512mb
Storage 160gb Maxtor, 250gb Western Digital, 320gb Maxtor
Display(s) Dell 22" LCD
Case Gigabyte Aurora 570 (Black)
Audio Device(s) Audigy SE
Power Supply PC Power and Cooling 750W
Software Dual boot Windows XP/Fedora 8
Benchmark Scores AM3 201,045 Super Pi 12.453s @ 4.09ghz
Which of your rigs is it for?

Here's a pretty universal build.

MCR320 radiator
Swiftech GTZ cpu block
D-tek fuzion GFX 2 gpu block
Ransinks, or heatsink for the memory and vr's
Laing DDC 3.2 pump with an XSPC restop.
Tubing
Clamps
distilled water
PT-Nuke PHN additive.
 

J-Man

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System Name Watercooled beast
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.02GHz
Motherboard ASUS Rampage Formula X48
Cooling Swiftech Apogee GTZ, Black Ice GTX Xtreme 480, EK 250 Rev 2, EK 4870 X2, MCP655, 1/2" Tygon Tubing
Memory 4GB DDR2 OCZ @ 1066MHz 2.1V
Video Card(s) HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 800 on core, 1000 on memory (overclocked in CCC)
Storage 500GB Maxtor Diamondmax 22 SATA II 32MB Cache
Display(s) Samsung 24" SM245B
Case SilverStone TJ07 black/windowed version
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty + Logitech Z-5500
Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Modular
Software Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Retail
I thank oily 17 for helping me with my watercooling. He is a real helper to me. He is my little helper along with my watercooling in about 2 weeks. oily, I will take pictures of my watercooling setup and send them to you specially for helping me :)
 
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