Putting together the somewhat ultimate system, and asking every bit of tips through the way, I’m a computer hardware designer, I draw up blueprint for everything from a super wind tunnel cooled hard drive enclosure to a new PSU board design, with my time I barely ever get any of these prints developed but put them forth for others to achieve. But with the small time I do have I plant to make the ultimate cooling for any one computer that’s affordable o under a grand for the cooling system only, which is affordable considering the word ultimate, this all is a DIY system of water-cooling that anyone with a half decent modding skill and a either full tower, U2-UFO, or a lot of space in a mid-tower can do. Its a peltier based CPU cooler with a dual water pump, and a 120.3 Rad.

Well to give an idea on a mid-tower case (mines a RAIDMAX A288) I put a cheap paint blueprint together on where and how it would fit. the meanwells have about 60-70mm clearance of the mainboard, and take up three cd-rom bays, not bad but well worth it, I might develop an external cooled enclosure for them to reduce heat they might add to the inside of the case. Either or enjoy mspaint blueprint #1, once draw up some pretty ones ill scan them up but for the time being. another thing the thermochill rad is big, ill have to cut out the whole lower half of my door including some window, turning my X window into a V window, it will be well worth it, it goes clear across the door, and with the pumps across the back of the case instead of beside each other, the way I have the paint print. The deltas are loud, IÂ’ll need a cheap fan controller for them, and they push around 59 dba which with three could hurt some ears.

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For a grand you could go phase change...possibly cascade if you go DIY. Just not worth the effort with pelts in that pricerange IMO.

Didn't Wintsch Labs go under?

Quote: Originally Posted by lAnonymousl For a grand you could go phase change...possibly cascade if you go DIY. Just not worth the effort with pelts in that pricerange IMO. Didn't Wintsch Labs go under?

A lot is optional the second meanwell, heat xchanger, hard drive and ram watercooling, the fans are in the top end where you could put some 12 buck 40cfm ones and without all the optional stuff i like or prefer its only around $450, but for me phase change and cascade has too much work and the size is a bit large for me.

Actually the one arctic web i ordered hasnt comeyet i haven't began to worry i bought it on ebay. But adding a 437W would cost less the cold plate the peltier and a zalman cpu block runs around $95. Putting that optional price down around $390