Extreme watercooling build, help!

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Hey guys.
I need some serious compatibility and tips help on my new extreme performance and watercooling build.

I have the following components:

CPU: Intel Skylake, Core i7 6700K 4.0GHz box
Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO
RAM: Avexir Core Series 64 GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15 Venom Green Led
GPU: 1x Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN X Pascal 12GB DDR5X
SSD: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SATA-III - Raid 0
HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA-III
HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB+5TB 5900RPM 64MB SATA-III
PSU: Corsair AXi Digital AX1200i
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar D2X
CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Primo Special Edition Black White

Monitor LED ASUS Gaming ROG Swift PG348Q Curved 34 inch G-sync 100hz
TV LED LG Smart 4k 3D curved 55UC970V

Fan controller Reeven SIX EYES II
FANS: 8x NoiseBlocker NB-eLoop B12-P
FANS: 8x NoiseBlocker NB-eLoop B14-PS
Cooler CPU Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige
FAN Splitter Nanoxia 3-pi n Fan Female - 3x3-pin Fan Male
Radiator 480 Hardware Labs Black Ice GTX
Reservoir Phonya Ballancer 250

(Wall of text edited for reduced damage :D )

So i have a reservoir and a push pull 480 rad.

Could please you advise me on the loop, what other components i should buy for maximum performance, compatibility, and also relative price/performance.

I need fittings, tubing, another 480 rad (need a recommendation), 8x static pressure fans, a pump, pump top/adapter for my reservoir,please pay attention, cpu block , titan x pascal block.

Also, assist if in the near future i should go for a dual loop, and please draw a logical scheme on where everything should be.

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VKleita

Thanks, I've just returned from Turkey safe and sound, no bombing but quite tense atmosphere there.

Now. I've got all I've mentioned in the first post, just bought my PG348Q monitor today.

I'm thinking of ordering titan x block and backplate really soon... still need the whole pump/top/res thing, although I've got that 250mm reservoir.

You actually think it might be too big for this case, to fit it all in front near the ram and gpu?

Now:

I didn't decide on 10/13 size, but I supposed it woul;d be the most popular size and best to find fitings and tubing and everything.
If you guys have a better recommendation, please assist with soft tubing and compression fittings. either black or green, preferably.
drain valve, would be a good addition, just never implemented it in my past watercooling build which was only cpu watercooling.
temperature monitoring? I've got the reveen six eyes with 6x temperature sensors, per se, just not really familiar with where to put them and how to "stick them so they remain at the desired places to monitor temps....
maybe you have a different thing in mind with temperature monitoring?
I'm watercooling both cpu and gpu, ram is too sexy and doesn't require watercooling, first will be both 6700k 4.8ghz and titan x oc'ed past 2ghz on a single 480mm reservoir
in the future will add another 480mm rad on bottom, just don't know what kind of rad will fit there, had an identical HWlabs 480 GTX ice and it was too thick and it didnt fit in the space between the psu shroud and the margin of the case
I've already bought it before christmas (the Titan X Pascal, wanted to remove screen tearing issues so bought the best gaming monitor worldwide, and wanted to remove microstuttering and heat and everything and bought the most poweful single gpu on the planet to go along with the monitor at 100fps
6700k , have had it for almost an year now, and yes, i've had i7's since 2011, can't see myself going back to i5's.

And quite importantly, I'm a green /nature lover kind of guy, so I'd love a change from the black or red builds, it's a pity i'll have to give up the GTX green logo from titan x, just the ram will be green then. but maybe with fittings and the extensions and maybe some green liquid or led's.. we'll see.

PS my Eisberg 240L prestige pump in the block/res just died after I've come back, no wonder I was seeing 80C on my cpu, water wouldn't move, so I got a 120k maelstorm cooler temporarely, till i sort CPU/GPU block, pump+top+cilinder reservooir that all fit together. I want specifics please, need them all to go along together, and fittings as well.

FOOP:
Thanks a lot for the input, mate, You've got a 480 rad, same case, and eloops!

TITAN X PASCAL IS one long mofo. GTX 970 fit in there just perfect without the need to remove the black plate over the reservoir place, so ... please tell me more before buying unnecesary and more obsolete things for my system. please look at the pictures in the links I think i've given a photo of the reservoir i have, do i need to try to sell or throw that?
Reservoir back of the case? I can't really imagine what you mean by adapter and fitting a reservoir on (Which) 120mm fan spaced holes).

Yeah might just go with single loop, dual loop will mean quite a mess in terms of tubing, dual pump dual res, indeed dual loop meant having dual pumps and res in the 5.25 bays... I actually wanted to put a cilinder reservoir to make it aesthetic and eye pleasing.
Ok, please help me with links, and why do you suggest two, and where? I'd love a drain port! last time i had to remove everything in one piece in order not to spill everything on my computer.
You're sooo right! even empty it kills you, not to mention I could barely lift it with everything mounted + push pull 480mm 60mm rad... I'll need your help on that matter as well. I really want to do this right from the first time, I don't have any more finances tbh, cards are topped out, so want a quality, pretty eye pleasing in terms of aesthetics and relatively affordable, but don't want to cheap out on pump combo things, and ofc minimum cpu block will be ek supreme hf.

FOOP! By GOD, it works! haha.
So I've got that reservoir which I think I will be able to mount eventually just as you did, right? do I need to drill (i don't have the tools to do it) some other holes in order to mount it? so instead of putting pump/top/reservoir cilinder 250mm in the front just as you did, i might be able to put the pump in the back and leave the reservoir if i can mount it for that matter. need links with examples on what to buy please. and as you bought the 45degrees rotary, maybe I can get the green monsoon ones, and some green compression fittings. what tubing would be best for performance etc, and for finding affordable compression fittings?

What do you mean coolant on the outlet side doesn't come back oh. i saw some pictures and I guess you either get water off the reservoir port (but i don't have any on the top... so please tell me if my reservoir is good or i need to buy soemthing else, and if I can just buy a d5 pump and some cheapo top to put in the back, and what should my loop be? PS: I've got a 240mm radiator from eisberg 240l Prestige , so i can use that temporarely if it helps dissipate moar heat and make pc less noisy :)

You guys are quite pro's in here and I'd love some proper feedback, really want this project to be successful.
 
OK so i took a few pictures... need pump/pump top suggestion, fittings , and loop order and 2 blocks.
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Cheers! in the future I'm planning to buy another 480mm radiator that fits in the bottom, so would a d5 pump suffice for those two? and as for the pump top, i need one that will fit a different reservoir in the future so that I have the whole setup out front. I'm still waiting for my titan x P block so there's a bit of time.. i know 90 degree fittings affect performance, restrict flow, but do the 45 ones restrict at all? is there a limit as to how many 90 i should use and how many 45?
 
Amazing job DWTech! I would love to go your way, but I'm trying to stick with 2x 480 MM RADS , tho yours look really clean, neat n tidy! plus you've got a 240 rad vertically which is quite unique!
Can you tell me where can i get that combo, can you give me some links? I was thinking about d5 + green rez but dunno the top, and that combo might proove really expensive!

Hey guys!

Some items on offsale and not only. do you reckopn any of those fittings might be good for my rig/loop? and should i get the green rez and get a d5 pump for it (ps what top will i need for that, because I'd like to stick to my green setup :)
Green fittings seem expensive, I can go for white/black/green fittings if need be, still don't know what fittings size to get.



My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £91.40
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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I can't go hard tubing due to not having the req tools and experience + if I want to add an extra card in the loop or borrow some 32gigs ram for my mini rig, or change gpus between titan x pascal and 1080 etc... I want to have some freedom.
So for soft tubing , 10/13 would do more kinks? how about aspect? what is the best tube size to use especially if you have some curves and stuff? I cannot force the radiator down, which is why i'm stuck on what 2nd 60mm 480mm rad to get.
DDC or D5 for pump, would love to attach it where it should belong near the gpu and ram.

Should I go for full eloop bionic fans (16x? I only have 6x now) or should i get 2 more eloops and get 8x EK vardar F3?

can anyone draw me a circuit (an idea of what should go from what to where, and besides, if i get 2 rads, in what position should i turn them/each so I don't have a big mess of tubing visible?
 
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