first ever build.

[scottmorley]

Fair enough would you not fancy watercooling your current system and rebuilding it? Although would be a shame as would void the system warranty with Ocuk. Maybe just get a cheap system spec as above and then get some used watercooling parts or the kit that you mentioned and then maybe you could just use that on your system one day. One good thing with watercooling parts is that they last and you only need to update the blocks.

i was thinking it, but i'd rather not. plus like you said, it would void the warranty and when i first got this pc it was nothing but problems lol so the warranty is certainly needed.

 

[cypto]

What a perplexing build, not come to terms yet that "watercooling" and "cheep and cheerful" were used in the same sentence.

However for practice if you are that worried, get down to a hardware store like B&Q/Homebase pick up some 1/2inch tubing and some brass compressing fittings. Connect two pieces together run some water down them and test your connection. If it leaks get in some more practice. It will be much cheaper and you will still get to practice using compression fittings.

If you really want to break the bank get some XSPC tubing and try the same with some tubing and a compression fitting.

Watercooling really doesn't require practice as long as you are methodical about doing it and don't force anything as well as leak testing with plenty of kitchen roll nothing should go wrong. If it does you just drain the loop and try again. Good coolant is also non conductive, not saying I would pour it over a motherboard but I have had a leak on a system and nothing came of it just wipe it off and try again.

However spending close to £200 on watercooling for a £400 system to browse the internet is just crazy.

 

[Audigex]

I can see where you're coming from - I sure as hell wouldn't be watercooling an expensive build without practising on some junk hardware. I intend to wait until my brother replaces his PC and then half-inch his machine for my practice.

Get on the Member's Market or a well known auction site. Pick yourself up a pre-loved gaming machine from 5 or 6 years ago for a couple of hundred quid. Practice your watercooling on it and then overclock the pants off it.

It'll be faster than an equivalent priced new build, and you won't be as bothered if you blow it up.

If you can, get good, generic watercooling parts for the practice system - you might not be able to use everything, but buy good quality stuff with the aim of using it once you do a proper WC build. You can do it with the money you'd saved by buying second hand on the PC, and it'll mean you aren't spending £200 on practice WC parts just to have to replace them later.

As cypto said, spending £200 on watercooling a cheap PC is crazy - but if you then re-use £150 worth of those parts in a proper WC setup for a more expensive PC, you've only actually "wasted" £50 worth of parts...which you can then sell on

 

[scottmorley]

I can see where you're coming from - I sure as hell wouldn't be watercooling an expensive build without practising on some junk hardware. I intend to wait until my brother replaces his PC and then half-inch his machine for my practice.

Get on the Member's Market or a well known auction site. Pick yourself up a pre-loved gaming machine from 5 or 6 years ago for a couple of hundred quid. Practice your watercooling on it and then overclock the pants off it.

It'll be faster than an equivalent priced new build, and you won't be as bothered if you blow it up.

If you can, get good, generic watercooling parts for the practice system - you might not be able to use everything, but buy good quality stuff with the aim of using it once you do a proper WC build. You can do it with the money you'd saved by buying second hand on the PC, and it'll mean you aren't spending £200 on practice WC parts just to have to replace them later.

As cypto said, spending £200 on watercooling a cheap PC is crazy - but if you then re-use £150 worth of those parts in a proper WC setup for a more expensive PC, you've only actually "wasted" £50 worth of parts...which you can then sell on

finally someone that can see where i'm coming from lol.
and i agree, buying a pre-owned is a very good idea and does seem like the right thing to do.

 

[rjk]

This is how I did it.

Buy a cheap second hand gaming PC. Take it apart. Put it back together again.

That is how you learn to build a computer.I rebuilt a computer about 5times in various configurations to gain experience.

Once you know your stuff and importantly are comfortable with the hardware you have, then look at water cooling.

Watervooling is not a quick job. Rush it and you will mess up. Our tech labs kits are a nice starter point and a basic v6 kit is not far off what I started out with. Two years after that, I was building the stuff you see in my SIG links and on OCUK showcase systems.

Water cooling demands you to do your own research. Get a kit. Experiment with the basics. Once you are familiar there, then you should have the skills to add things like graphics cards.

The beauty of water cooling is that you can upgrade your gear over time,. Once your system is water cooled and you have got some newer more expensive hardware, you could buy more rads and a bigger case and some VGA blocks and....

You get the idea.

Build the computer first. A first PC is a great step. Rebuild it until you are confident you could make the system identical on each rebuild'

Then its research time.

 

[scottmorley]

This is how I did it.

Buy a cheap second hand gaming PC. Take it apart. Put it back together again.

That is how you learn to build a computer.I rebuilt a computer about 5times in various configurations to gain experience.

Once you know your stuff and importantly are comfortable with the hardware you have, then look at water cooling.

Watervooling is not a quick job. Rush it and you will mess up. Our tech labs kits are a nice starter point and a basic v6 kit is not far off what I started out with. Two years after that, I was building the stuff you see in my SIG links and on OCUK showcase systems.

Water cooling demands you to do your own research. Get a kit. Experiment with the basics. Once you are familiar there, then you should have the skills to add things like graphics cards.

The beauty of water cooling is that you can upgrade your gear over time,. Once your system is water cooled and you have got some newer more expensive hardware, you could buy more rads and a bigger case and some VGA blocks and....

You get the idea.

Build the computer first. A first PC is a great step. Rebuild it until you are confident you could make the system identical on each rebuild'

Then its research time.

Sound advice, greatly appreciated thank you
All I need to do now if find a half decent preowned system.