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xLastShotx · 07-January-06, 11:35 PM

Hi, I want to buy an inexpensive watercooling system for my pc. I found 6 different systems for $139.99 and under. The 6 watercooling systems are:

KINGWIN AWC-1
KINGWIN Aquastar AS-3000
Cooler Master Aquagate ALC-U01
Thermaltake Big Water SE
GIGABYTE GH-WIU01
Titan NIKITA TWC-A04

Which one of these systems is the best performer? Is there any that I am missing? Noise is not an issue for me. Also some of these come with VGA Chipset Waterblocks, I am not really shure if I need it or not. Would a waterblock perform better than the fan I have on my Graphics card? My graphics card is a Radeon X800GTO Fireblade Edition. It has a pretty good cooling system, but it does get very hot when I overclock it and run games that need alot of performance from the card, with a very heavy load it runs around 54c OC'ed, Wich isn't to bad for now but Im worried when summer comes it gets very hot in my house so I think it will run way to hot with the cooling it has now.

MasterP · 08-January-06, 02:01 PM

From what I've read (and from some other members testimonials), the Thermaltake kit isn't as good as a high end air cooler.

All the others use 80 or 92mm ones except for the Gigabyte cooler - not the best at exchanging heat - if you are determined to have water - I'd say go for the gigabyte one as it has a decent rad and fan size as well as the mosfet cooling fan and pump that shuts down the PC when the water level gets too low

xLastShotx · 08-January-06, 02:41 PM

To me it seems like the best one is the GIGABYTE GH-WIU01 it is the only one of the 6 to have 1/2" tubing, but it only has a CPU waterblock. Followed by the KINGWIN AWC-1 which has 1/3" tubing which is the 3rd largest tubing of the 6, and it has a GPU and CPU waterblock. The pump on the Gigabyte pumps at 1.76 Gallons Per Minute, I cant find the gallons per minute for the Kingwin AWC-1 so I can't comapre that. Do you think that the Gigabyte kit could handle me adding a GPU waterblock? and Should I even get a GPU water block? Whatever kit I get I will probobly upgrade the fans for the radiator with 2 of the most powerfull ones.

07-January-06, 11:35 PM		#1 (permalink)
xLastShotx Apex Techie I	Many Choices Hi, I want to buy an inexpensive watercooling system for my pc. I found 6 different systems for $139.99 and under. The 6 watercooling systems are: KINGWIN AWC-1 KINGWIN Aquastar AS-3000 Cooler Master Aquagate ALC-U01 Thermaltake Big Water SE GIGABYTE GH-WIU01 Titan NIKITA TWC-A04 Which one of these systems is the best performer? Is there any that I am missing? Noise is not an issue for me. Also some of these come with VGA Chipset Waterblocks, I am not really shure if I need it or not. Would a waterblock perform better than the fan I have on my Graphics card? My graphics card is a Radeon X800GTO Fireblade Edition. It has a pretty good cooling system, but it does get very hot when I overclock it and run games that need alot of performance from the card, with a very heavy load it runs around 54c OC'ed, Wich isn't to bad for now but Im worried when summer comes it gets very hot in my house so I think it will run way to hot with the cooling it has now.

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08-January-06, 02:01 PM		#2 (permalink)
MasterP Da' Thunda' From Down Unda'	From what I've read (and from some other members testimonials), the Thermaltake kit isn't as good as a high end air cooler. All the others use 80 or 92mm ones except for the Gigabyte cooler - not the best at exchanging heat - if you are determined to have water - I'd say go for the gigabyte one as it has a decent rad and fan size as well as the mosfet cooling fan and pump that shuts down the PC when the water level gets too low

08-January-06, 02:41 PM		#3 (permalink)
xLastShotx Apex Techie I	To me it seems like the best one is the GIGABYTE GH-WIU01 it is the only one of the 6 to have 1/2" tubing, but it only has a CPU waterblock. Followed by the KINGWIN AWC-1 which has 1/3" tubing which is the 3rd largest tubing of the 6, and it has a GPU and CPU waterblock. The pump on the Gigabyte pumps at 1.76 Gallons Per Minute, I cant find the gallons per minute for the Kingwin AWC-1 so I can't comapre that. Do you think that the Gigabyte kit could handle me adding a GPU waterblock? and Should I even get a GPU water block? Whatever kit I get I will probobly upgrade the fans for the radiator with 2 of the most powerfull ones.