new watercooling advice

davegt3

davegt3

davegt3

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hi all

i now have a new corsair 760t and am looking to start sorting out water cooling it. current pc spec

- i5 2500k over clocked
- 2 x gtx 670 with heatkiller cooling blocks
- evga supernova psu
msi gd65 motherboard

so i already have the gpu water blocks sorted. although im not sure how to do the pipe work to two gpu's and make it look good.
ideally i would like a bay res purely because i like the way they look. any recommendations? what pump should i be looking for?
what size radiators will i need? and which brand do you recomend
and will i need to do two loops or with one loop for the whole system be ok?
ive been looking at xpsc cpu blocks are they any good? or can you recommend something different?

im hoping that i can pick up some of the parts ie. res and pump second hand. apologies for all the questions this will be my first watercooled build
 
1. Mutli-card Bridges :http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=962&catid=1529&subid=2267

2. Not a fan of bay rez so I can't really give u a recommendation lol

3. Radiator size: About 480mm - EK PE series will be good for its price.

4. 1 loop will be fine, 2 loop can get your GPU and CPU separately cooled but you will need more pump

5. XSPC make quite decent blocks, EK and Koolance are also nice.. TBH just grab the one you like the look of :D
 
2 loops is almost always purely aesthetic, 480 is the right amount of rad space, you can split that up if you need or have one big one.
I have an EK CPU block, love it, always thought xspc looked tacky. :/
Koolance have great CPU blocks.

Bay res-any EK/xspc one, they're all good.

Pump, I have a D5, much discussing about them but I hear good things about the DCP 4.0 from EK about it's quietness-power ratio.
 
Yeah the 4.0 will be enough to expand even more anymore 480 is right and the EK PE rads are fine and work amazingly a nice EK Supremacy and a few EK GPU blocks and then fittings to your choice, youll be grand.
 
So I think I'll be going for a single loop as suggested. Few more questions I'm afraid. What size pipe do I use. I was thinking 1/2" I'd. And fancy coolant or water? Has anyone used car antifreeze are there any advantages?
 
davegt3 said:
So I think I'll be going for a single loop as suggested. Few more questions I'm afraid. What size pipe do I use. I was thinking 1/2" I'd. And fancy coolant or water? Has anyone used car antifreeze are there any advantages?
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Tubing size doesn't make much difference to the loop, just looks and ease of use.

I'd always say use mayhems coolant, I think the cost is fully justified, plus it looks cool and that's 99% of why you watercool ;)

never heard of using antifreeze, though toyota engine coolant did come up in a survey I did :p
 
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