First Watercooling Build! What have I got wrong?

You'd need a 980Ti or Titan X block.

I recommended the EVGA over reference cards because
A) EVGA are sweet as you like when it comes to removing coolers.
B) They have a transferable warranty, which covers anyone you may sell the card to.
C) The aircooler is way better than a ref card, should you ever need to use it
D) All that only costs an extra £30-40 for the privilege and will result in higher resale value vs a ref card

The other non-ref cards that are priced slightly lower don't offer any of these benefits - apart from having decent coolers.

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If you do stick with the Poseidon, then you should probably grab a couple of 90° rotaries, as those side mounted fittings may become a bit too wide with added fittings and bent tube. It'll look better too.
 
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Ace, that sorts that then :-) I'm just not exactly sure how the fitting work, seems like you can potentially connect them on any side. I may get a few right angle connectors anyway (I need to work out the exact layout in my head). At the moment it's going to be pump front middle, bay res above that, top mounted radiator. So I'm thinking right angle from res to pump, not sure if I'd need any anywhere else?

I'm having another look at screens too, sorta defaulted to the asus based on reviews but they were several months ago now!
 
For the GPU, it's basically one in, one out as usual.
If IN is the left, then OUT is right for example. Just follow that rule and choose whether it's using the top and/or bottom ports (Example: IN top left - OUT bottom right) and plug the remaining two ports with the provided fittings.

Just carry on doing what you're doing with visualising and planning your ideal layout and it'll all come together nicely and you'll have a very good idea of what you'll need.
All I will say regarding bends vs angled fittings is that sometimes you may find that you can't get as tight a bend as you might like and have to use fittings instead.

For example, in the pic below, I had to use two 90's on the bottom of the GPU bridge instead of just bending the tube, as there wasn't enough room between it and the side panel. Actually, scratch that... It simply couldn't make it to the panel fitting, due to the radius of the bend.

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If it was my first custom loop build l would go for ordinary tubing > Primoflex Advanced Tubing.

A bit cheaper and easier to do.

Using the Poseidon+90° rotaries myself can't fault it very easy to install, as l usually put the blocks on my self.


Poseidon is a cracking bit of kit.:D
 
Petey that looks fantastic! What 90s are you using there? I can't seem to find them, probably looking in the wrong place.

I've just seen I can get Sunday delivery as well, so I think I'll take a little more time and order tomorrow - hard doing all this on a smartphone!
 
Right, much easier looking into all of this on the laptop! Here is the new basket (I am still looking at the screens, and will decide on connectors etc once I sort the rest). My current decision is around the loop order - I have seen much arguing about whether it does or doesn't matter. As I'm using a bay res and planning to mount my pump front and centre the most direct order would be Res > Pump > GPU > CPU > Rad > Res. That feels wrong to me though, with the coolest liquid being pushed straight into the res. I could potentially run a long pipe from the pump on the floor to the rad on the roof and then cascade down through the components back to the res, but I worry on the pressure impact of having to push the fluid straight up the height of the PC. I'm also contemplating adding another small 120.1 rad on the back, which could help? I;d be grateful for any opinions or examples :) once again, thank you everyone so much for your help.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £2,515.16
(includes shipping: £28.02)
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ED: Although that said, this, if I am reading correctly, means I can mount fans on top of the 60mm rad and still have nearly 10mm clearance before I hit the mobo... pretty much restricting me to a pull-only config. Does anyone else concur? :)
 
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Looks good, though you'll need another 2 fittings.
The loop order you listed is fine, though it doesn't really matter as long as the res feeds the pump.
Don't worry about push/pull, we're talking a couple of degrees difference.

Considered a 240 rad in the front? Not super necessary tbh, but I'm a fan of the moar rad, the better :D Don't know if you'll be using the HDD bays though.

How about using one of these? If you ditch the revo top and the EK res, it only works out as £5 more and looks prettier. Another £20 odd and there's the premium version if you're feeling fancy.
You could also deduct the extra two fittings by going with the integrated pump/bay res route too.

Just suggestions :)
 
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I think the link failed Petey? I'm not too worried about push pull really, as long as I can get the rad and one set of fans in I think I'll be happy. I'll almost certainly be using too many bays to put a rad up front, as I say, I could put a small one at the back but that would be at the expense of case airflow for the MB mainly.

Aesthetically I love the idea of the pump feeding straight up to the rad at the top, are my concerns about the pressure valid though?
 
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Like others have said I'd change the power supply. No need for 850W unless you want multiple graphics cards. 500-600W should be plenty.
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Thanks, as a few people have mentioned it I'll definitely review it :). The reason for the 850 is to give me the opportunity to SLI when I need to in the future without the need to replace the PSU...
 
Oooo yes that looks good! Not sure how the LEDs would react with the dyed fluid though? I'm pretty happy I could make that work, I guess the pump mounts straight into the back of the res in the drive bay? I like! :)
 
I'm not entirely sure tbh, and I don't know if the RGB lighting includes white light.
One of the premium versions does have a white interior though. That would help with brightening things up if you colour matched the lighting to your fluid.

Yeah, the pump just goes into the back of it.
 
Excellent! Now for fans and aesthetics, I think I'll get and additional Phantek lighting strip to go inside. It'll be a purple ambience/green fluid build so I may add a UV light inside as well. I think a two fan arrangement should take care of the air cooling requirements. I'm guessing the fans should be configured to push through the rad from the outside?

ED: Although, with a bay res and hard tubing, where will I fill from...? Hmm.
 
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Heh, sounds a bit like my old build. You have to be careful that it doesn't end up looking like Joker's fun house :D

If you put the res in the bottom bay, you should have a couple of bays worth of clearance above it. A bit of bent tubing should sort it out, unless you buy a short length of flexi tubing just for filling. Just remove it when it's filled and plug it up.
 
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