First time water cooling

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Hello All,

Iv been thinking about water cooling my main PC.

What is the "budget" system that would be recommended to cool a R9 290 and a piledriver FX 8350.

The case I have is the cooler master HAF+


This is a picture (sorry for the quality) for reference for space

2014+-+1
 
Check your case documentation - What sort of radiator mounting will it support?

Thje NZXT product you listed is only an adapter that will allow you to use a Closed Loop/All-In-One cooler on your GPU, I would not recommend this.

From what I can see in the picture you do not have many, if any, radiator mounting options. The top fan looks like a non standard design or perhaps 200mm or above. That's not suitable for a rad.

Front is hard to see, but unless the HDD cage is removable/moveable it's going to limit your options. On the rear you have a single space for a 120/140mm depending on what size it is.

The case does not look the most ideal for a custom loop and even an Closed Loop/AIO cooler will be limited to a single 120/140mm rad.

In short, I think you either need to stick with air cooling and go with an after market cooler on the GPU or change cases to support a custom loop. Your other option is an external radiator but I'm not a fan of that either. Outside of Closed Loops/AIOs there is nothing really 'budget' about Water Cooling. Quite frankly 'budget' Water Cooling is just not worth it, do it properly or not at all.

We have a dedicated Water Cooling section (link below). Pop in, have a read around, look at some builds and do some research. Get a feel for what you want to do.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=133
 
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i presume you meant the `HAF X`

Front:230x30 mm red LED fan x 1
Top:200x30mm fan x 2 (one is optional)
Side:200x30mm fan x 1
Rear:140x25mm fan x 1
VGA card fan duct:120x25 mm or 120x38mm fan x 1 (optional)
VGA card holder:80x15mm fan x 1 (optional)
 
OPs case does not look like the above spec/model you posted.

There is clearly only 1 up top fan in that case, I don't see room for an optional second?
 
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