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Actually... It's safer to move a waterblock system around than a system with one of those huge heatsinks!!!
WC gear adds around 10lbs filled.
looks like something I would do... let us know how much better it cools your CPU compared to your air setup (with 7v and 12v) and if you could oc the cpu a bit more with water. Should keep your vid card cooler since you dont have hot air inside the case anymore from the CPU (if you setup the fan to exhaust from radiator).
Just like the title says, how mobile is a water cooled pc? I am off to college and I plan to take my computer home every now and then. If I switch from air to water, will I be able to easily transport my computer?
Temps are going to be pretty 'blah' with a single 120mm radiator on a modern CPU. Idle is lower than good air, but load tends to be the same or a little higher, at least in my experience. Granted the Swiftech blocks are doubtlessly better than the POS I have from Thermaltake, but I think the size and thusly, ability to dissipate heat of the radiator is the bigger problem with this sort of setup.
I think I might do a custom setup similar to the kit. If I used a Apogee GTX block with a Black Ice GT Stealth radiator and a Yate Loon fan, I should be able to cool a quad at least.
A quad at stock sure. A quad OC'd considerably, probably not. Without a very high flow and thusly, loud, fan (Delta, Panaflow) you're not going to get enough cooling performance from a single 120mm radiator.
Though, that would bring back the mobility problem...
If you put some fan grills over the top you should be fine. As long as you're not smacking the fins, at the top they tend not to be in the way. Mine's on the back though and it IS a pain to move.
I think the OP would be happy just getting the CPU cooled near or better then ultra 120. There is a sacrifice you have to make in not having a super overclockable computer with 3X120mm radiators to have more mobility instead. Also its just the CPU and not chipset, GPU, etc included. I'm just wondering why there are claims it can't cool CPU only with 120 mm radiator while many reviews show it does that job well. I mean people have 2X120 mm rads cooling a GPU, chipset, and CPU. Having the 120 mm fit inside the case and pump attached to CPU block should make it fairly mobile and possibly less risky then having an ultra 120 extreme.
The thing about swiftech compact WC that may be a concern is leaking, malfunctions, etc. I saw one case where the pump failed, but seems like he just had a bad apple.