So I am getting a bit tired of my apire X cruiser, hard cable manage ment its gets scratched easily and not enoguh room. So I saw the Tai Chi http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133171 so i was wondering would the liquid cooling be better than the zalman 9700? I was going to use this water block is it compatible? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118122 I'm goign to get 2 for my video card as well? would that work? I gota admit im not a n00b at most things but when it comes to water cooling well I am :(.
Oh and if the cooling is not good can some1 reccomend me something? I hope its good cooler, but from sorting by helpfullness someone didnt like it. Oh and do I need anything else for the water cooling? Or is everything already ready.
Any good guides preferabbly with pics to install water cooling? I'm good at air, also do I need distilled water? OR can I just dump in coolant?Â
The tai chi is a nice case, but you are better to get a Armor and save the money to put towards a custom h2o setup. The zalman is an okay CPU cooler and will work too, becuase of the gauge of tubing. The Zalman 9700 would be close to the cooling in that case. IT uses small gauge hosing, okay pumps and decent radiators.
The thermaltake idea is a good one, but I don't like the front of that case its too plain I dunno. Everything else about it is is relaly nice. Would I need to read any guides If I got the Tai Chi, Or would common sense and the instructions do it for me? Since I take my zalman 9700 out, and put the water block, I read some guides and they tell you to do so many things like, put some anti leak glue is all of that precautions nesceary?
i have never built with a case that came pre installed H2O setup. I know you will have to fill it up with the coolant and you will have to attatch the block to the CPU ofcourse. As for having to attatch the TT block to the tubing, I am not sure about. But if youre doing a Zalman block, you are going to have to anyways.
One thing that is nice about the Armor is look at my sig. See the 3 fans there, well you could have a double or triple radiator in there and face it out like that with the fans. If you do a double rad, then you have 3 extra slots for extra DVD, maybe a LCD monitor in there etc. I love my kandalf, because of teh front door, btu its not for everyone. Its an Armor with a door on it, thats all.
You might want to give the "Shark" a look:   http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133143.  It has plenty of room & made with water cooling in mind.                                                                                                  Â
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