Everything
Wheres the best place to buy stuff, whats the best CPU block radiator etc
Thought I might use water instead of air but depends if using water will quieten my computer more than using air.
places i have got stuff from
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=962
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/d/Watercooling_713.html
http://www.over-clock.co.uk/acatalog/watercooling.html
http://www.quietpc.com/home?gclid=clbpspaq35acfqeimaodhwntoq
it been 4 years since i last built my main machine (q6600 running at 3.8 (from it stock 2.4), 8 gb memory, started with a watercooled 280 gg but have swaped that out for a water cooled 580 a few years ago )
so i don't like to give out links as the only one i know that still running 100% is overclockers
cant really say which is the best waterblock as i dont know what chip you cooling but ive always like the EK waterblocks, and from what i read swifttech is still good
i build my current machine when my ex threw me out and i had to get my own place, i knew that the PC was going to be my main from of entertainment hence why i got a 30" screen, blu-ray and a mind blowing sound system, but one thing i knew was going to piss me off. the drone of a PC, now i knew from building all my PC, that i could only do so much with fans to cool and to keep the noise lvl down hence why water and it is so very quiet even thinking is enought to drown out the noise the system makes
, btw this is the 3rd watercool machine i build , so i half knew what i was doing. but enought rambling
would i do it today if i was in the same boat. i dont think so, a good I5 system will run every thing out today with easy, you dont need massive overclocks any more (it still fun to do) so you not making as much heat as before, also the newer chips should be running cooler that before so they not making as much heat to start with, with the newer range of 140 fans and HS + 160 and 240 case fans, you can run them slow enough so they make very little noise.
the biggest noise will be the graphics card but again the newer cards make i lot less noise than before, get a few case fans blowing air across the so the gpu fans dont have to work so hard and you should be ok.
so tips i would give for building a quiet pc
get agood soild case,viberation will make more noise that the fans will
put the case on rubber feet
mount your HD on rubber mounts (on less it a ssd)