Best Pump/Res combo for beginner

Hi All,

I am looking to get a pump/res combo for my first open loop system. I am very new to it all.

What is the best pump/res combo I can get for $100 or less? I only have 1 free 5.25" bay so it cant be a double bay res.

 

What case and what kind of loop?

 

as above - how long is a piece of string kind of question...

If you can stretch your budget, you could get something like this as a bayres combo thing...

Or if you are still stretching the budget, and you have room in your case for a cylinder res, get something like this


but depending on your set up, both of those might not work

 

I have a Fractal R4.

At the moment my loop is just going to be for my CPU to a 240 radiator, but later on down the track I plan to include my graphics card.

I will most likely upgrade the pump then though as I will have a bit more money when I WC my gpu.

 

Fractal R4's aren't great for watercooling if you aren't ready to do some modding as far as I can tell...

I had one a while back, but I was using an external RAD

 

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=1090711

Check out my old R4,

I would suggest http://www.ekwb.com/shop/pumps-and-...p-series-pumps/ek-xres-dcp-2-2-incl-pump.html or anything with a D5

 

Have checked out a few other r4s as well and it seems to fit alright. Any idea where I can get that pump/res in Australia?

 

Been there, done that, and I will say save your money and fork out for the pump you want NOW, not later.

 

You can do a lot with an R4 I used a dual bayres with D5 pump but you could do very well with a single bayres and DDC pump combo

http://i.imgur.com/Rzn97d4.jpg