First Water-Cooling Experience

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I have never touched any sort of water cooling and would like to know if these will all work together. Underneath is the specification of the computer I want to buy. Will the case be ok. And underneath that is the water-cooling gear. Are these water-cooling parts compatible.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x BitFenix Optical Drive Bay Stealth Cover - White £3.98
Total : £517.80 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Now for the water cooling


YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Supreme LTX CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £32.99
1 x EK CoolStream Radiator XT 120 (120.1) £26.99
1 x EK Reservoir Combo DCP 2.2 £19.99
1 x EK-DDC X-TOP Rev.2 Acetal Pump Top £15.98
Total : £106.45 (includes shipping : £8.75).



What else would I need?
What coolent is best?
What dye?
Which fittings?
Also for the GPU?
EDIT: Was meant to put a 670.
Also which case would be good?
 
Why do you have a pump top? That reservoir does not come with a pump.

You need a pump + tubing. (G1/4) compression fittings to match the size of tubing.
 
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Yep those kits have everything, its pretty much the same as the items you were listing above but cpu block is slightly different. I don't know about cooling the 670 but if you do that you will need to buy extra tubing + fittings.

I'm not sure about how good the pump is that comes with the kit though, you could put together a better loop yourself depending on your budget.
 
spixelspixel said:
Yep those kits have everything, its pretty much the same as the items you were listing above but cpu block is slightly different. I don't know about cooling the 670 but if you do that you will need to buy extra tubing + fittings.

I'm not sure about how good the pump is that comes with the kit though, you could put together a better loop yourself depending on your budget.
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I think that I will spend £100-£150??? Is that ok, or should I just get a phanteks air cooler?

jamesfreddie said:
Its pointless watercooling with a single 120mm rad.

The case is also not geared for watercooling.

Unless you cut out all the front but then you can't mount any HDD's.
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Ok thanks, which case do you recommend?? Also what type of radiator??? 240 360 480 etc???
 
As a rule of thumb you want 120mm for each component + another 120mm.

So for just a CPU 240mm.

But i would get a D14 as its cheaper and cools better than a single 120mm rad.

I'm not really sure about the case but you could get a shinobi XL as it takes a 360mm.

But i would not go with a watercooling kit unless you have quite abit of money.
 
Ok thanks for your help guys. I will probably go for water-cooling in the future. For now I will get a good air cooler. Also if a custom loop has all of these things then how does a closed loop have no res or anything??
Thanks
Bakht
 
Wow, how much was that water cooling kit???
Also I have seen oil cooling? I don't want to do it but find it interesting
 
spixelspixel said:
Those closed loops have the res in the rad and the pump in the block. I suggest an antec 620 over the air cooler. I changed from a high end aircooler to a swiftech h20-120 compact with my 775 system and it was muccch better, and cooler looking ;)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/19892988.png/

Try getting that temperature on air :P
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It says your CPU is at only 7*c.

Which is impossible unless you use DICE etc.

Or live in a ice cube.
 
My brothers computer is ice cold. 3 degrees c stock cooler amd llano a6?
On all the temp programmes and even bios it says that?
 
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