First steps towards watercooling

los · 30 Sep 2013 at 21:27

I've always liked the thought of watercooling, it's just so expensive, but gives some very nice results.
Im not sure it would fit in my case anyway, I have a coolermaster elite 430 ( http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tower/elite-430-black.html ).
At present I have a FX6300 but will upgrade in the future to either a FX83*0 or a steamroller of some sort if they fit in an AM3+ socket, I'm looking to buy a sabertooth 990FX so would like to think it would last me a while.
I also have a MSI 7970 TF 3 BE OC.
I would only do the CPU to start with but possibly the GPU at a later date, depending on the setup and costing.
So what would people recommend?
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-020-TL
How do these compare to a proper watercooling setup and an H100i? Providing any of these would fit in my case. I'm guessing you cant expand on these at a later date?
Sorry for all the newbie questions

NoobCannon · 30 Sep 2013 at 22:32

look at the overclockers kit, the v12 is a great place to start from espically if you plan to watercool your gpus. one 360rad was enough to cool my i7 and 1 x 7970 both overclocked

mx0range · 30 Sep 2013 at 22:35

it wouldnt fit in an elite 430. i had that case prior to my chaser a31 and theres not much clearance between the top of the motherboard and top of case

will keep an eye on this thread though as i was about to ask the same question

los · 30 Sep 2013 at 23:32

Well at least that makes my choices a bit easier then lol

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 1 Oct 2013 at 08:16

What about a slim 120.2 Rad in the roof and perhaps another 120.2 Rad at the front of the case, you'd have to remove the HDD cage but it might fit with some modifications.
Or maybe a 120.2 in the roof and a 120.1 at the rear of the case.
I don't have a Elite 430 to hand so can't do any measurements but just thought these ideas might be helpful.

los · 1 Oct 2013 at 17:27

Ok Cheers I will have to measure up at some point

red eye · 1 Oct 2013 at 19:25

los said:
I've always liked the thought of watercooling, it's just so expensive, but gives some very nice results.
Im not sure it would fit in my case anyway, I have a coolermaster elite 430 ( http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/mid-tower/elite-430-black.html ).
At present I have a FX6300 but will upgrade in the future to either a FX83*0 or a steamroller of some sort if they fit in an AM3+ socket, I'm looking to buy a sabertooth 990FX so would like to think it would last me a while.
I also have a MSI 7970 TF 3 BE OC.
I would only do the CPU to start with but possibly the GPU at a later date, depending on the setup and costing.
So what would people recommend?
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-020-TL
How do these compare to a proper watercooling setup and an H100i? Providing any of these would fit in my case. I'm guessing you cant expand on these at a later date?
Sorry for all the newbie questions

I'm new to watercooling, I started off with the ek 120 kit its roughly the same price as the fathom.