Buying pre-built liquid cooled computers?

[Joker]

Looked around and the kits seems pretty specific, and not much of selection locally:
http://www.zapsonline.com/397-complete-liquid-cool
http://www.prophecy.co.za/bwater-coolingb-water-cooling-systems-c-1_135_146.html

Also don't really have any experience in building liquid cooled pcs, especially one from scratch not really knowing what components I should buy to match the kit (cpu, gfx, mb etc.)

Anyone know somewhere in cpt that could give me a few quotes? Ideally I wouldn't want to spend more than 5k - it doesn't need to be fast, just silent.

 

[Archer]

The ones from zaps sucks, everything at prophecy also sucks except the Corsair ones. If you want proper liquid cooling you gotta get all the seperate pieces, prebuilt ones suck 99% of the time

What all do you want to cool? And what case do you have?

 

[LoneWolf]

go and check out the reviews of the kits available which you are intressted in before you buy... its best to buy these things online cause the pricing online is quite competitive.

 

[Joker]

What all do you want to cool? And what case do you have?

I don't have anything yet, hence asking for something pre-built.

If I build it myself it'll be from scratch.

 

[Archer]

I don't have anything yet, hence asking for something pre-built.

If I build it myself it'll be from scratch.

Ok I'm confused... You dont have a PC at all yet, or you just dont have a case, or you just dont have cooling stuff yet? If its the last one, what components do you want to cool, or should I just aim for as may as possible? And I assume silence is the biggest concern for you?

 

[Joker]

Ok I'm confused... You dont have a PC at all yet, or you just dont have a case, or you just dont have cooling stuff yet? If its the last one, what components do you want to cool, or should I just aim for as may as possible? And I assume silence is the biggest concern for you?

Sorry I'll re-phrase: I don't have anything yet - no components, no case, no cooling kit.

I'm after a complete liquid cooled pc, with an emphasis of it being on 24/7 for downloads, extremely silent, and primarily for watching HD(1080p) content.

So in fact I'll need these 6 things:

• A Chassis: Small as possible, even micro/mini ATX. Something like this would be ideal: http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?product_id=6623
• MB: Something that would work well with the kit (no left-over fans) 802.11n would be great.
• CPU: Depends on the motherboard, fast as possible - Would need to work with the cooling kit.
• GFX: Would need to work with the cooling kit. Won't be playing games, but needs hdmi output. Otherwise if the MB has a decent on-board card then this can be left out.
• PSU: Fanless if possible, else very silent.
• The actual liquid cooling kit - an emphasis on noise levels more than temperatures. (this pc isn't for overclocking)

All that with best specs as possible for 5k. Don't even know if its possible?

 

[Archer]

Ok I get what you are after - a media center that can do downloads. No need to water cool that to get it silent. One question - does this machine need to store all the HDDs as well? Heading home now, will update later

 

[Joker]

Ok I get what you are after - a media center that can do downloads. No need to water cool that to get it silent. One question - does this machine need to store all the HDDs as well? Heading home now, will update later

Nope, I have another PC with all the drives - this just needs space for one.

Edit: Forgot to add ram to the list, 4gb's would be ideal.

 

[Archer]

Mobo - R950
CPU - Anything thats dual core and up, R1000 max, struggling to find one right now
Chassis (incl PSU, but you could probably get something even smaller) - R1200
RAM - If its a media center 2GB RAM is plenty, take your pick, really doesnt matter
HDD - Up to you
Total - ±R4000 max
Then you just need a low profile CPU cooler (R500 tops) and set the fan speed to its lowest.

Someone else needs to pop in with a LGA1156 i3 build, will be very similar in price. Both systems will use the onboard GPU, have HDMI out and will play 1080p content just fine. If you find that you need some more grunt, a passive cooled HD5450 will sort you out.