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1364148 2014-01-02 21:28:00 Recommend me a water-cooling system under $200, please.

Thanks
bk T (215)
1364149 2014-01-02 22:56:00 With the way its raining here at the moment, chuck it out side :D that would flood it LOL wainuitech (129)
1364150 2014-01-02 23:16:00 Perhaps you should add some more information.. do you want a cooler that does CPU? Video card? The entire system? Agent_24 (57)
1364151 2014-01-02 23:39:00 For the CPU. bk T (215)
1364152 2014-01-03 00:19:00 Having never owned one I can't say much but a friend of mine has one of the Antec Kühler series CPU coolers and likes it. Agent_24 (57)
1364153 2014-01-03 00:43:00 corsair h100i is $220 and is considered to be pretty good. Slankydudl (16687)
1364154 2014-01-03 01:45:00 Having never owned one I can't say much but a friend of mine has one of the Antec Kühler series CPU coolers and likes it.

I have one of these and it works as advertised. Fairly easy to install check out the youtube videos on it.
CliveM (6007)
1364155 2014-01-03 06:26:00 As a farm girl my instant reaction is - water + computer = fail (BIG)
But I am always happy to learn new stuff.
My desktop replacement gamer (MSI GT680) has heat issues - I went to the local hospice sale and bought one of those invalid bed tray things. It lives on that and never overheats, is easily moved and easy to use when reclining ;}
EFFIGY (12530)
1364156 2014-01-03 21:55:00 Are you after maximum cooling for an overclock or just want quiet cooling? Helps to know the goals.
Antec and Corsair make similar closed loop systems (some models use the same parts) and both are good, any of the single fan 12cm radiators are better than stock cooling and fairly quiet. They only perform at about the level of air coolers that cost half as much though. The large dual fan models are where the cooling gets serious.

this one www.computerlounge.co.nz just hits $199 but is not quite as good as the H100i according to reviews
or this one www.computerlounge.co.nz is cheaper, smaller (but deeper) and is close to the same performance as well

Here's an interesting review of 4 models www.tomshardware.com they conclude the Noctua NH-D14 air cooler is better value than any of them......
dugimodo (138)
1364157 2014-01-03 22:22:00 Thanks, dugimodo for those useful and interesting links. bk T (215)
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