Need Watercooling Build

Kuuwahi

Kuuwahi

Kuuwahi

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Alright all.

So I already have a pretty decent setup and was looking at going to watercooling as I already have a corsair H100 but I'm looking to go for a full open system.

I have never done it before however I am more than capable of giving it a shot.

First things first Parts.

What parts would I require as I have the following, I would also like Neon green liquid with UV lights.

Coolermaster Haf X Case
i7 3930k
2 x EVGA Nvidia GTX 680 4GB

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Today I got a new soundcard so I'm thinking watercooling would be a wise option as its a tight fit

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I also like this res

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1 x XSPC X2O 750 Dual Bayres/Pump (Acrylic) V4 £59.98
Total : £63.89 (includes shipping : £3.26).



Cheers guys
 
You might want a different case or be prepared to mod the crap out of the one you have :)

Also, I'd recommend UV reactive green tubing rather than fluid.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure that UV fluid loses a lot of it's UV reactivity after not too long.
 
Uncle Petey said:
You might want a different case or be prepared to mod the crap out of the one you have :)

Also, I'd recommend UV reactive green tubing rather than fluid.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure that UV fluid loses a lot of it's UV reactivity after not too long.
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I will look into the UV Tubing.

But whats wrong with the case I have for watercooling? From as far as I know its a very good case for it.
 
Look no further :)
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Just thought I'd add some better pics for sake of completion :)






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As for the case, tbh I haven't looked too much into it's capabilities beyond looking at the pics :o
I guess you could put a 200mm Phobya rad in the front though (and lose the hdd cages). What size rad can you fit up top?
 
You can fit a 360 in the top of the HAF X, but I doubt that is going to be enough for two cards and a high end cpu.
 
Quuwahi said:
Whats wrong with my SLI bridge I already have ?

I want to watercool my CPU and GPUs
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There is nothing wrong with the bridge! just about the optic...

I personally would go in different loops for CPU and GPUs because if you go from CPU to GPU to GPU at the last GPU the water might already arrive with 50 degree + so you would need the waterblocks, two radiator, a reservoir and one or two pumps and you might have to modify the case to fit everything inside
 
EVGAdominik said:
There is nothing wrong with the bridge! just about the optic...

I personally would go in different loops for CPU and GPUs because if you go from CPU to GPU to GPU at the last GPU the water might already arrive with 50 degree + so you would need the waterblocks, two radiator, a reservoir and one or two pumps and you might have to modify the case to fit everything inside
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I thought the pro-sli bridges were only compatible with the 700 series / titan's or am I wrong here?
 
They are compatible with every graphics card that do have a SLI connector. Only the LED is lighting and glowing on Titan/780/770. On all other models the bridge do work, just without the LED.
 
EVGAdominik said:
There is nothing wrong with the bridge! just about the optic...

I personally would go in different loops for CPU and GPUs because if you go from CPU to GPU to GPU at the last GPU the water might already arrive with 50 degree + so you would need the waterblocks, two radiator, a reservoir and one or two pumps and you might have to modify the case to fit everything inside
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Would you recommend modding the case or getting another smaller case just for the watercooling Rads etc. then having 2 seperate loops 1 for CPU and 1 for both GPU's?
 
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Change of Plan...

I will Modify my case :-) then It will have my personal touches :D.

I will also lose that CD Drive to clear up some room, Also what are these for again ? haha.
 
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Looking into it, Wouldn't a 3 fan Radiator (6 Fans / 3 each side) be good enough for CPU and 2 GPU's ?

I was looking at Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 with 6 BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Green LED - Black
 
They're good rads, but a 3930K and a couple of 680's are going to pump out a fair bit of heat.
You might be ok, but I wouldn't expect outstanding temps. Perhaps no better than air. Perhaps worse.
 
I think I may have to hunt you down and murder you in horrific fashion for putting spectre pro's on a high fpi rad :p :D

If you're going to use less rad than is recommended, you really don't want to skimp on fan performance. Scythe GT's/SP120's or nothing IMO :)

Spectre's look nice, but they're fairly loud and don't really push much air - especially through dense rads, push/pull or not.
 
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Uncle Petey said:
I think I may have to hunt you down and murder you in horrific fashion for putting spectre pro's on a high fpi rad :p :D

If you're going to use less rad than is recommended, you really don't want to skimp on fan performance. Scythe GT's/SP120's or nothing IMO :)

Spectre's look nice, but they're fairly loud and don't really push much air - especially through dense rads, push/pull or not.
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