Watercooling newbie.

Kronos

Kronos

Kronos

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As my first (possible) foray into watercooling, would you advise a custom loop, if that is the correct term or a kit? Such as these.

I am likely to try it in my Parvum build.
 
Kronos said:
As my first (possible) foray into watercooling, would you advise a custom loop, if that is the correct term or a kit? Such as these.

I am likely to try it in my Parvum build.
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You haven't linked to any kit?

An AIO is good, but a decent air cooler will be just as good. A custom loop has the advantage of being...

  • Fun to build
  • Better at cooling your kit
  • Adaptable should you add or remove kit
  • Awesome looking when built with patience and forethought

A custom loop has the following disadvantages...

  • Much more expensive than an AIO or air cooler
  • Requires maintenance every 6 months to a year
  • May leak and cause damage if you don't build with care (unlikely, but not impossible)

HTH
 
String said:
You haven't linked to any kit?

An AIO is good, but a decent air cooler will be just as good. A custom loop has the advantage of being...

  • Fun to build
  • Better at cooling your kit
  • Adaptable should you add or remove kit
  • Awesome looking when built with patience and forethought

A custom loop has the following disadvantages...

  • Much more expensive than an AIO or air cooler
  • Requires maintenance every 6 months to a year
  • May leak and cause damage if you don't build with care (unlikely, but not impossible)

HTH
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Sorry mate I was weary of linking to kits as I did not want to fall foul of the rules.

But I was thinking about this sort of thing. The EK Water Blocks Watercooling Set EK-KIT L120 or perhaps something like a XSPC RayStorm 750 EX120 Starter though I would be looking to cool two 670's along with the CPU.
 
You can link to OCUK kits.

I'd say if you're cooling 2 GPU's and a CPU then you'd want at least 480mm of combined rad space. Are the kits going to supply enough hose, fittings or a decent pump? You'd want quiet edition fans on your rads or else the noise might be annoying with 4 fans running 100%. Probably fan controller would be a good shout if your budget allows.

I think you're looking at a custom loop for all that.
 
I had one of the corsair H60, and recently moved to CPU loop using EK-Supremacy block, 280mm SR1 radiator CPU load temps were about 40-45c. Whilst maintaining 600rpm fans. Just added waterblock for my evga 780 and updated rad to XSPC 360mm just doing the leak test in the garage.

Cant wait for the quietness of gaming to occur. The cost is a lot more than the H60 but as String mentioned it is fun to build and scary too. Ruined one cpu block with cross threading the compression fitting.

Even with the issues I have encountered, I would strongly recommend custom loop. I will post the idle and load temps later.
 
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