Putting together a liquid cooling system requires some careful planning and the right selection of components which will properly cool your hardware…a maddening array of choices await!

Or you can go with the Larkooler Liquid Cooling Kit which supplies processor, GPU, northbridge, and mosfet cooling blocks and all the necessary gear to get it going. MADSHRIMPS has the review:

Performance wise the CPU only block setup could keep in touch with my daily air setup. The IOH and GPU block also lowered temps drastically once installed. I haven’t tested this kit with the CPU any higher than 3.8Ghz, this to keep it in touch with the other I7 water blocks tested. Even though its performance isn’t stellar compared to a normal WC setup. You still have to keep in mind the price of this kit. Weighing in at 180 dollars and providing a full thermal solution for the vital hot components, it’s quite affordable. A normal WC solution will set you back sometimes at least twice the price. Of course cooling performance will be better, but it might require case modding or other craftsmanship to get it working.

A nice entry solution for complete system cooling with solid performance

Cooling off your computer’s processor provides plenty of benefits, namely extending the chip’s life and, for the enthusiast, a bit of extra headroom before a processor overheats during yet another overclocking session. Years ago, most people struggled with massive air-cooled heatsinks but, increasingly, water cooling is entering as a solid cooling alternative that is nearly free of the fear of liquids mingling near expensive electronics.

CoolIT Systems specializes in creating pre-assembled water cooling kits. The company’s Domino A.L.C. is an entry level kit designed to cool off your system’s processor and represents an interesting and inexpensive introduction into the water cooling world. We’ll be taking a look at the cooler and what it can do for your PC.

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What you see before you is Asetek’s custom made liquid cooling kit doing its job on Dell’s new Alienware Aurora PC. That should go a long way to cooling off their gaming rigs without all of that extra fan noise needed to keep those Intel Core i7 processors running cool.

Then again their northbridge seems to be sporting a 40mm fan which just about kills off any benefits.

Processor heatsinks are reaching the point where they’re taking up an immense amount of space in order to cool off smaller and smaller chips. The top air coolers cost quite a bit and require two large fans to perform optimally leaving users with some tricky mounting problems.

In comes the CoolIT Domino ALC water cooler which is already assembled and prepped for installation into your system and provides a nifty display for your information needs. PC Perspective has a look:

We found the Domino to be an incredibly effective cooler. The stock cooler kept the chip cool (35 degrees idle, 50 degrees with a full Prime95 stress test running on all four cores) at spec, but when we overclocked the chip from its native 2.66GHz to a relatively safe frequency of 3.00GHz, it quickly heated up to 41 degrees idle and a worrisome 64 degrees running Prime95.

A nice choice for cooling off your next build’s processor and quiet to boot for those that enjoy the silence aspect.

It used to be that liquid cooling your computer’s processor was a complicated, if daunting, and expensive process. Choosing the right components and making it all work together isn’t what most people would call a good time so CoolIT has come up with their Domino A.l.C watercooling kit. techPowerUp has the details:

The radiator is the main part of the Domino A.L.C. The front side of the radiator, which will be seen through any case with a side panel window, features an LCD display. This LCD has a blue backlight and text is coloured black. Moving to the inside of the radiator, you will be able to see the pump, tubing and the section which the 120mm fan blows air through. Also on the side of the cooler is “CoolIT Systems” inscribed within the plastic as well as the barcode of the product.

On the side of the radiator is a small plastic switch. This switch is firm and a click is heard when it is pressed. The switch does one of two things when the unit has been powered up. It either changes the fan speed of the fan (when pressed down) or changes the temperature scale from Celsius to Fahrenheit (when held down for more than three seconds). As in the sticker on the unit, there are three different fan modes. When the button is pressed, the LCD provides feedback on what mode you are on and the speaker beeps accordingly.

A nice kit for the price and it can perform just as well, if not better, than the top air coolers.

Watercooling has been the domain of the fanatic PC enthusiast attempting to keep their newly overclocked chip’s heat output under control. AMA attempts to simplify the rather convoluted process with their Serac 770 Watercooling Kit. DriverHeaven has a look:

The
770 has been incredibly easy to use and is perfect for those who have
never attempted to install a watercooling system before. During the
whole assembly we didn’t run into any problems or difficulties. In
addition, everything looks top notch and it is practically silent. With
all the fans in the system turned off and the side panel replaced your
ear would need to be almost within touching distance to hear anything.

Many hardcore enthusiasts frown upon kits such as these and prefer to
construct their own setups but there is still a large market for water
cooling and products such as the Serac 770 will ultimately appeal to a
wider audience due to the ease of setup and use. We will have to wait
and see retail prices to assess the value for money, but if it is
priced competitively then it will definitely be worth consideration.
All in all it is a very impressive product from a new company and
combines good build quality with solid performance.

It’s bound to keep your quad-core running cool.