Add watercooling loop to this please

MrSimpleSkill

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Is Some one able to spec me water cooling loop for the CPU and GPU.
Also could you check over the build im sure there is lots people would change
 
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Posted the wrong thing please spec me water cooling and suggestions thanks
 
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lee32uk said:
I can't spec watercooling (Not my thing) but I can suggest a couple of changes to the spec.

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The Samsung Evo SSD's are one of the best around (Not including the 850 Pro) A single 500GB works out slightly cheaper than 2 x 250GB.

Superflower 1000W psu is plenty and is a lot cheaper than the Seasonic.

ASRock boards are a bit meh. I am not a fan of their quality. You can't go wrong with gigabyte.

You could go for an external drive if you don't want to ruin the look of the case.
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I thought I may get added performance having 2 x 250GB SSD over one if I put them in RAID 0. I don't know if this works on SSD haven't built a PC since SSD came out
 
Doomedspeed said:
Ill give it a go, shame not many people feel up to specing WC Loops. :)

Anyway im surprised no-one has tackles the GPU issue yet.

GPU waterblock are designed for the reference card Nvidia produce and then OEM (like MSI and Asus) are allowed to either keep the card and add their own cooler or redesign the card using Nvidia's technologies.

This is how we get reference Cards (Nvidia designed) and Non-Reference cards (OEM designed).

If the Waterblock you are looking at just says for GTX 780ti, it will be a reference block. Some waterblocks say (for example) 780ti DCUII.. this is for the variant of 780ti only, the DCUII in this case..

So you can get a block for (mostly) any card, though obviously the factor is then price. The reference blocks are around £20-£30 cheaper than a specialist ones.

Normally reference cards are cheaper to buy too, so if you are going straight to WC it may be best to get a cheaper card to start with.

Though that brings up the issue of warranty, there are only a few brands that will cover a card WC'ed (you will need to research this). Though you can buy (from OCUK) a pre-blocked card, though they are around £100+ more than doing it yourself.

For a top of the range WC loop:

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Thanks I have no clue on this but thanks I be read all there is on here about water cooling but it's confusing a he'll. How hard is it to do water cooling?

I get confused by the different size hosing and fittings etc how do you know what fits with what?

Also how do you know what is a reference model card?

And last but not least will say a XPSC (think this is another make) water cooling product work with say EK water cooling?
 
Doomedspeed said:
Watercooling is daunting and (from the outset) may look confusing, though it's really as simple as an electrical diagram.

I haven't done one myself (by my own hand) but I have watched (and helped) a friend do his loop..

Its not hard to explain but this picture (tells a 1000 words)...

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Thats basically how a loop works.



This is a fair question, as I didn't really explain. The components in the loop (not the tubing and fittings) all have G1/4" threads on them. The compression fittings have the same thread (male) on them to attach. Then the sizes come into play (16/11 in this case). The size of the compression side (on the fitting) needs to match the tubing size..

That is basically it for fitting sizes. :)



Good question, you can either tell by if the card has a reference GPU cooler or if you are unsure you can use the EK cooling configurator.

http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/



Yeah XPSC parts can be used with EK parts, its just they each have their own style. So I like to go either one side or the other. :)
The Radiator makes can be changed too.

(I am not trying to put you off here but...) The hardest thing about WCing is (appearently) fitting the GPU waterblock, as you need to ensure certain bits are covered.

Im sure there are thousands of videos out there covering this..

There was also rumours of RJK running a WC masterclass at OCUK which would be interesting. :)

I hope this helps..
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I thanks for loop diagram! The pump and the res look fitted. Do they come with those fittings? Are there holes pre drilled for them?

Could you spec me a build with this watercooling you spec'ed above in.
I will need a monitor and an OS. No keyboard or mouse.

The rest is upto you £1500 (in another post i think i said £2000 but I think that's a bit over kill) is my budget which I feel won't be enough for this build with water cooling etc. But please build one as close to that budget as possible. Since you think it's hard to do the GPU side of things I don't mind you selecting pre built water cooled cards.

Another thing is don't care for 4k
 
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