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    Default Water Cooling for beginners

    Come on then...how easy/hard is it?

    I've wanted to try water cooling but never had the guts, always believe that i will start the PC up and see liquid gushing out of the PC lol

    What would you guys recommend? Here is my system details:

    AMD Phenom II 940 3Ghz
    4GB DDR2 Corsair Dominator
    MSI DKA790GX Platinum
    2 x 160Gb WD Raptor 10k - Raid 0
    Ati Radeon HD 4870x2
    Corsair 750watt
    X-Fi - Fatal1ty Series PCI
    Antec Nine Hundred Case

    Basically i want to get rid of the cooler on the CPU (can't remember the name but it's quite big!!) and maybe look at cooling the GPU with liquid.

    I believe i will need to change the case but not too bothered about that (don't tell the mrs!!!)

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    CPU block has to be a EK Supreme HF
    GFX block, I had a EK one for the 4870X2, that was good.
    Radiator an EK again
    I would get a DDC 3.2 pump. with this reservoir top
    You will be limited on where you fit a rad in that case though.
    As for leaks you can use some feser F1 inert coolant.
    In 8 years I haven't had a leak and that's due to doing things carefully and properly the first time and triple checking everything
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    Thanks mate,

    Stupid question but do these parts come with instructions? Or would it best to search for tutorials? I don't believe i will have any issues but i think it's always better to double check everything

    What case would you recommend?

    Looking at some of those prices i will probably have to wait until i upgrade everything, unless you can use the same CPU cooler on AM2 and AM3 chips?

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    Yeah pretty much everything comes with fitting instructions, if you have any issues let us know.
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