water coolin

If you go with water-cooling, just be sure you know exactly what you're getting into. Remember -- it's water and electronics -- something's just bound to go wrong...

Keep in mind also the modern 'blower' style heatpipe ridden air coolers also do a great job, with no fuss involved.

But if you want to tread down this path, just be sure to be as careful as possible or you're bound to have disaster. Make sure you get only quality components, down to every nipple and tube. Also, make sure you o/c the cpu enough to at least get ambient temperature (preferably around 36deg C), so condensation doesn't occur. More important than anything, you have to be sure to check over all your hookups and tubing weekly, to spot any possible problems before they sprout into leaks (overall danger isn't too much, provide you don't run too much pressure -- but better safe than sorry). Those pre-built kits, like the one you chose, are pretty nice because you don't have to worry much about messing up -- just that they don't mess up...
 
and you mess up lol I build my own water cooler for my pc and my amd 3000+x2 I got overclock to 4000+ on each of the 2 cores and I didn't even hit 30c. I love thermal chip to cool the water in the tank
 
I'd personally recommend that you get one of those Thermaltake cases with built in liquid cooling :P
 
A Q9550 can EASILY be cooled to near room temperature with:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134&Tpk=Arctic+Cooling

and a little

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020

... With a lot less maintenance. Also, if you go water cooling, there's several non-conductive water cooling liquids out there that will avoid the problem of shorting and electrocution, such as:

http://www.xoxide.com/primoice-nonconductive-fluid-clear.html

Just don't confuse it with mouthwash. And never order multiple things from Xoxide at a time, they've got HORRIBLE customer service and are prone to shipping delays with large orders (I waited 45 days for a few parts, and still didn't get half of them--got a refund though) but for some things (especially the rare and unique items they have) you can't beat the prices. =/
 

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