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I've decided instead of going with a thermaltake bigwater im going to go with something i can put a bit more faith in. Hence ill be buing a Cooler Master ALC-U01 Aquagate (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835103147) instead. Why you might ask? Because i dont plan on doing any kind of hardcore overclocking and i need a small watercooling solution thats within reason of cost.



Hexus News (http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD05NDUmdXJsX3BhZ2U9MQ= =) had some good things to say about it and its looks like a good bang-for-the-buck solution.





Pros

Flexible internal/external installation

Stunning looks

Effective CPU cooling

Emergency shutdown via temperature monitoring

Simple to install



Cons

Very loud at higher fan speeds

Couple of omissions from the instruction manual





I can live with it being a little loud, my air cooler is probably louder than that thing will get. When it arrives ill let everybody know how it worked out and some tempreture differences.It will go into the following setup:



Lian-Li PC 60 Aluminum Case|AMD 64 3000+ 260x9 2340 |DFI UT Lanparty NF3-250GB|Gainward Geforce 6800NU Golden Sample 400/850 (16x1 flawless)|1.5 Gigs Mushkin PC3200|Windows XP64 Build 3790|Klipsch 4.1 Surround w/ 12" Infiniti Reserve Subwoofer.

why are you going with liquid cooling when you aren't overclocking? i'm overclocking my amd64 3200 venice from 2ghz to 2.5ghz with air cooling and it has been running great.

Why you might ask? Because i dont plan on doing any kind of hardcore overclocking and i need a small watercooling solution thats within reason of cost.





Didnt say i wasnt going to be overclocking, just not hard core overclocking, im going to try and push 2.4 out of my 3000+ Newcastle. Besides, i dont have A/C so water cooling will help out a great deal.

I ALSO plan on adding one of these beautiful Antex 480w Neopower PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103924) as well the cable management system is absolutly great. I already installed one for a customer and its awsome.