Simple Water Cooling

[Dice]

I have an retail cooled AMD64 '939 3200+ and it's running inbetween 40 and 50C at absolute peak. I'm considering water cooling, mostly because of noise but also for system overclocking. My cpu cooler now is fairly noisy, as is the factory cooler for the x800 pro. Everything else is pretty quiet (PSU, 120mm fan,) so I was wondering about the possiblity of a simple water cooling rig for the cpu and maybe the graphics card. Is it possible to build up a system from parts, eg, rad pump blocks and tubing that will do what I need or is it better to try and find a kit that matches my requirements? How easy are they to install, etc etc. I've never done water cooling before so I was just after some pointers.
Thanks!

[Rchiileea]

a custom kit would be better as it enables you to by the right size and type of rad block tubing ect... there are plenty of people to advise you on what to get,

[Stocky]

If you feel confident, go for a custom build. Choose all your own bits, then stick em together! As you get more into it, you could upgrade the parts.

There are plenty of people to guide you along the way, and watercooling looks great and is good fun! :D

[jellybeard999]

just cpu ? add gpu later maybe ?

this spec is designed to be quiet and simple

black ice pro 2 rad
eheim 1048
swiftech 6000 (3/8") or 6002 (1/2")
bay res or t-line

go for either all 1/2" OD barbs or all 3/8" OD barbs with the relevant id tubing (ie 3/8" OD barbs need 3/8" ID tubing) and the relevant jubilee clips.

swiftech hydrex and zerex are the best additives.

the radiator will require a little case modding, but with 2 120mm akasa ultra quiet fans, it will do the trick, with another one as intake and one for exhuast from the case.

[Sgoaty]

Well I recently bought a waterchill kit with CPU, VGA and northbridge blocks. Not using the VGA block at the moment because my graphics card is passively cooled (and poo). I have got to say for a first timer this kit is great as it gives you an idea of what your doing and I had a maximum temp of 42C after running toast for 1.5 hours with my fans at 7v. However I am customising bits of the system slowly. I have replaced the reservior with a bay type one from DD and I have an Eheim 1048 on the way to replace the noisey and very unreliable Hydor l30 that came with the kit. I would recommend sticking with your plan of adding a vga cooler as I bet the fan on the graphics card is a noisey wee bugger

[Dice]

Yeah, custom was the way I was thinking of going. I got a friend (who's very into this sort of thing) to tote me up a simple (decent) setup and it clocked in at around 140. It's a maybe, but it would be v.v.v. cool.
Boring alternative is just a simple zalman cpu cooler, for temps.