Advice on first time GFX & CPU loop, please.

nick-fury

nick-fury

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I'm after some advice on creating my first watercooled loop please.

I guess my main query is, would a single radiator be enough to cool an i9 9900K and a 2080ti?
I should note nothing is overclocked, hell, I can't even put the side of my case on at the moment because the graphics card runs so hot.

I'm looking at these components so far:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £290.39 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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GFX Card Waterblock: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-HC-1389-B1
That's the only one I could find that lists compatibility with my card which is the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC BLACK EDITION.

My case is a Corsair Carbide Air 240 and motherboard is MSI MPG Z390M.

Any advice is greatly appreciated as this will be my first time.

Cheers.
 
Really appreciate the insight guys, thanks a lot.

Looks like I'm going to have the change the case as I'm going to struggle to fit multiple rads into it.
 
Hey guys, could you cast your eye over this basket please to see if there are any glaring errors...

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £541.06 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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I'd use 2x 120mm EK Vardar and 2x 140mm EK Vardar fans on the rads.

Is the pump "big" enough?

Thanks.
 
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My initial thoughts are to mount the EK-CoolStream CE 280 on the front and the EK-CoolStream SE 240 on the top.

I'd probably mount the pump at the rear, where you can see the fan in the little picture above.

In terms of flow, I was thinking Pump -> GPU -> CE 280 -> SE 240 -> CPU -> Pump. Is that ok?
Pull air in through the front, push it out the top.

The t-splitter and ball valve, would they go at the bottom of the case before the CE 280 for drainage? Is that the thinking?

I haven't sourced the GPU block yet, I did look on the EK website but they didn't list compatibility for my card.

Thanks again for the help guys.
 
I originally thought to put it where the rear case fan is, but I guess it would work better as shown in that picture as it would be easier to fill?

How would you introduce an opening at the top of a setup like that to let air in?
 
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