New computer

[scottish]

ok i should be getting a new computer soon so yeh, i need a pump and reservoir. All watercooling stuff is from WaterCooling UK and all other stuff is from Ebuyer

So yeh, just making sure everything is compatible and need recommendations on reservoir and pump.

[N!ck]

Some recommendations:

Change graphics card to http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167324 (better performing and cheaper)
Tip two: go i5. Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173451 CPU http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172755 or http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172754
Therefore you need dual channel DDR3 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173122 or buy 2 for 8GB
Get this PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173104 (same price but it's modular. You don't need the extra 100W from the other, 650 is easily enough and it's Corsair's 'premium' HX range)
What are you buying that DVD-RW for? Save £10 and get one of these http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169683 or http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164449

Your motherboard should come with enough SATA cables so ditch them extras.

[scottish]

I've always preferred nvidia over ati when it comes to graphics cards, god knows why i just do

Any reason for going with i5 rather than i7?

yeh i seen the 650w corsair one i currently have that but decided to stick in the 750w just to be different

As last time i bought a cheaper sony DVD-RW a few days after working it runs horribly and loud so figured may aswell spend an extra tenner on 'better' one, it's only a tenner at the end of the day

I'm getting sata cables as in my current computers i have 2 500GB hard drives and a cd drive but only 2 sata drives so have to switch about alot for backups or watching a dvd etc as the ones that XFX supplied with the motherboard didn't work so i ordered 3 just to have a few spare in case i ever needed them.

any ideas on pump/res?

[N!ck]

I've always preferred nvidia over ati when it comes to graphics cards, god knows why i just do

So do I, but it's the numbers that are important and ATi's are better.

Any reason for going with i5 rather than i7?

Cheaper and performs as good as the same clock for clock. People have got the 2.66GHz i5s overclocked at like 4GHz on air as well :S.

yeh i seen the 650w corsair one i currently have that but decided to stick in the 750w just to be different

So you're getting the HX 650 then?

As last time i bought a cheaper sony DVD-RW a few days after working it runs horribly and loud so figured may aswell spend an extra tenner on 'better' one, it's only a tenner at the end of the day

Well ditch Sony and get the LG one I linked. I have a similar one and it's great. £27 for a DVD-RW drive is a rip off.

I'm getting sata cables as in my current computers i have 2 500GB hard drives and a cd drive but only 2 sata drives so have to switch about alot for backups or watching a dvd etc as the ones that XFX supplied with the motherboard didn't work so i ordered 3 just to have a few spare in case i ever needed them.

Ok, why expensive Belkin ones though. Save a few quid on these http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151963 or http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151962 depending on the length you need (18" is generally plenty)

any ideas on pump/res?

No, I don't know about liquid cooling. I'd just get a decent air cooler TBH.

[scottish]

Yeh i'll stick wit the nvidia

i cant really be bothered overclocking so gonna stick with the i7 the second processor you linked was an i7 btw

i think i'll stick with the 750 aswell ^^

whats dif between modular and the other one? o.0

yeh i want a nice watercooled system with uv, cause it looks cool and all.

[N!ck]

Yeh i'll stick wit the nvidia

Ok.

i cant really be bothered overclocking so gonna stick with the i7 the second processor you linked was an i7 btw

Why are you buying watercooling? Generally the whole point of watercooling is better cooling enabling larger overclocks :S.

i think i'll stick with the 750 aswell ^^

You should get the 650. It's modular so you don't have the wires you're not using hanging about - Much neater and tidier.

whats dif between modular and the other one? o.0

See above for description. Pictures modular of here:
Modular looks like this - you plug in just the cables you need


Non modular just have all the cables already there sprouting out.

yeh i want a nice watercooled system with uv, cause it looks cool and all.

Spend the money you save on not buying watercooling on higher performance parts .

[scottish]

simply because it looks cool.

and oh i might go with the 650 modular then as i hate having loads of cables about doing nothing

[Recursion]

If you're getting watercooling then overclock a lot.

If you aren't getting watercooling then overclock by quite a bit!

Can also vouch for the Corsair HX series, I have a HX650w and it's been brilliant.

[N!ck]

If you're getting watercooling then overclock a lot.

If you aren't getting watercooling then overclock by quite a bit!

Can also vouch for the Corsair HX series, I have a HX650w and it's been brilliant.

I thought you had the 620?

[Recursion]

I thought you had the 620?

Same difference, I forget