hardware opinions

[X'tyfe]

heyas

i need some expert opinions on some hardware

first, a water cooling kit

im looking for something cheap and that does the job, i dont care how quiet it is, just as long as its not loud
my computer is over heating by about 25c, this is the third time this year. and iv just about had enough of it
so im willing to invest in something that will hopfully put an end to it once and for all

keep in mind thought that i know nothing about installing these, and kinda paranoid about it destroying my computer
so needs to be easy to install


second, im looking for a decent mid tower case, something light and with good ventilation/cooling
hopfully something that works with a water cooling system
so i dont have to mod it 

www.tigerdirect.ca is where ill be ordering from, its the only place that ships to canada
so try and see if these parts are here first

[jägermonsta]

What is your current computer specs? Can't see how you're over heating that badly? Get some canned air and dust that puppy out!

[X'tyfe]

i swear, the first time it was at 90c, than 70c, and now 70c again
the fan is a piece of shit, stock one from when i got the cpu almost 3 years ago

i cleaned it out tones of times, did it last night and still nothing

had a talk with deathstalker, who runs his own computer type shop
he says to go with a better fan and some paste so thats will think ill do instead

would certinly help the price

also found a case thanks to him

[jägermonsta]

Was going to suggest that myself.

dude this thing rocks my PC at a solid 32-35c

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106061

it's massive!

[PANTONE 7717C]

Cheap and safe watercooling? Most kits are quite expensive and homemade stuff is pretty risky business. Before spending money on such kits I would look into the airflow of the case to see what can be done to optimize it. There are some cool tips on overclockers.com, even about 'airducting' your vidcard. Of course that would require some serious modding:/

I had heat problems last summer and within minutes the cpu (amd) temperature would jump to ~70c even in bios, even when I had opened the case and had an external ventilator. After reading lots of reviews and user opinions on coolers I'd suggest a ThermalTake fan (with copper core) + artic silver paste. Since I installed this fan and paste the cpu hardly ever exceeds 50c. (Of course it will take a few days for the paste to 'settle' and make optimal contact). I got one of the ThermaleTake SilentBoost fans myself.
A simple PSU-"chimney"
PSU-"chimney" can also do wonders. It prevents the warm exhaust air from being sucked straight back into the case.

[X'tyfe]

some good ideas pan 

i think my case is also to blame TBA, it just so happends i was gunna get one anyway
iv upgraded my computer so much, that iv replaced everything except the case, HDDs and floppy drive

im gunna transfer all my old parts into this old case, and my new parts + old hard drive in the new
so needed a new hard drive and floopy as well.  will use this as a server of some sort i suppose, just aslong as they dont go to waste sitting collecting dust

[console]

Maybe the thermal tape, or thermal grease, isn't making good contact between your CPU and its heatsink?

[X'tyfe]

thats the issue im sure of it, cus everytime i had this problem
adding more paste fixed the problem for a few months before it started again

crappy fan crappy paste, although my gpu is using the same stuff and is around 50c on idle

[Mr._X]

xtife your never going to get help if you keep acting like a jerk, if your OS supported water cooling maybe you could have it but no, you decide to use a popular OS.

[X'tyfe]

it just doesnt work the other way