Full Water Cooling Build parts needed. First timer

GoogalyMoogaly · 18 Nov 2017 at 17:18

Yes, tubing size only depends on fitting size. While the size of the tubing they fit is different they all use 1/4" connectors to blocks and rads, etc.

D1craig · 18 Nov 2017 at 17:19

1 radiator of 360mm will be fine. my itz case has 1 240mm radiator and its fine. temps dont go over 60 with a decent fan curve. with bigger rad comes lower temps.

shankly1985 · 18 Nov 2017 at 17:21

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Yes, tubing size only depends on fitting size. While the size of the tubing they fit is different they all use 1/4" connectors to blocks and rads, etc.

Thanks
So is 10/13 tubing and fitting a good starting point? Am going all out here

Bought i7 8700k comes monday, just need to wait for the case I want to come in stock. So motherboard, case and Ram and storage will be bought first followed by all the water cooling stuff.

shankly1985 · 18 Nov 2017 at 17:22

D1craig said:
1 radiator of 360mm will be fine. my itz case has 1 240mm radiator and its fine. temps dont go over 60 with a decent fan curve. with bigger rad comes lower temps.

Thanks
seeing the 420mm Rad isn't that much a jump in price the case I buying supports it I think why not just buy that.

tyler_jrb · 18 Nov 2017 at 17:35

shankly1985 said:
Thanks
So is 10/13 tubing and fitting a good starting point? Am going all out here Bought i7 8700k comes monday, just need to wait for the case I want to come in stock. So motherboard, case and Ram and storage will be bought first followed by all the water cooling stuff.

Yeah 13/10 will be perfect for that case setup. I wouldn't go 16/10 as it will just look too big.

shankly1985 said:
Thanks
seeing the 420mm Rad isn't that much a jump in price the case I buying supports it I think why not just buy that.

I cant see why you shouldn't if the case supports it. That space would very likely be left unoccupied anyway. plus you have the added bonus of 140mm width vs 120mm.

GoogalyMoogaly · 18 Nov 2017 at 18:04

shankly1985 said:
Thanks
So is 10/13 tubing and fitting a good starting point? Am going all out here Bought i7 8700k comes monday, just need to wait for the case I want to come in stock. So motherboard, case and Ram and storage will be bought first followed by all the water cooling stuff.

Yeah, that's what I'd do. My understanding is that 16/10 is a little harder to bend due to it having 3mm thick walls instead of 1.5mm thick walls.

Also, I plan to order a 8700K soon (hoping the prices go down a bit as stock goes up).
I'm struggling to pick a motherboard, what one are you going for?

shankly1985 · 18 Nov 2017 at 18:29

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Yeah, that's what I'd do. My understanding is that 16/10 is a little harder to bend due to it having 3mm thick walls instead of 1.5mm thick walls.

Also, I plan to order a 8700K soon (hoping the prices go down a bit as stock goes up).
I'm struggling to pick a motherboard, what one are you going for?

Got my 8700k for £395, going to get Asus strix E

GoogalyMoogaly · 18 Nov 2017 at 18:32

shankly1985 said:
Got my 8700k for £395, going to get Asus strix E

Is that the one with or without WiFi? I was looking at the non-WiFi one of those.

Yeah, I'm hoping they'll get a bit cheaper. I realise OcUK seem particularly expensive, so I hope they'll drop their prices a decent amount when lots of places have stock.

Be nice to finally upgrade my 3930K.

shankly1985 · 18 Nov 2017 at 18:35

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Is that the one with or without WiFi? I was looking at the non-WiFi one of those.

Yeah, I'm hoping they'll get a bit cheaper. I realise OcUK seem particularly expensive, so I hope they'll drop their prices a decent amount when lots of places have stock.

Be nice to finally upgrade my 3930K.

With WiFi and Bluetooth. It's the highest end of strix series. Up from that is maximus line up

GoogalyMoogaly · 18 Nov 2017 at 19:06

shankly1985 said:
With WiFi and Bluetooth. It's the highest end of strix series. Up from that is maximus line up

Oh no it was the H that I was looking at. Would love the Apex too.
Also a few nice looking Gigabyte boards.

shankly1985 · 20 Nov 2017 at 10:02

Hello guys sorry if this is a stupid question, expect more from me leading up to doing the build lol

On rads, blocks etc they is a in and out am I correct I should match all in and out? For example in from GPU should go to In on Cpu

Doobedoo · 20 Nov 2017 at 12:59

Rads shouldn’t matter but the blocks will have a in and out optimal flow. With the gpu I used the ports that made the best route for my tubing and blocked off the other 2.

D1craig · 20 Nov 2017 at 14:57

if there are in and outs it will say so on the blocks or rads. my rads dont have in or out on them. only my pump/res combo and cpu block have in and out on them.

facboy · 20 Nov 2017 at 19:17

shankly1985 said:
Hello guys sorry if this is a stupid question, expect more from me leading up to doing the build lol

On rads, blocks etc they is a in and out am I correct I should match all in and out? For example in from GPU should go to In on Cpu

No, you don't match In to In. Water always flows into In and out of Out. So if your loop goes Res > Pump > CPU > GPU > Rad > Res, then Pump Out goes to CPU In, and CPU out goes to GPU In, and GPU Out goes to Rad. I'll add that for bleeding purposes if your rad will have one port higher than the other, that should be the Out port.

shankly1985 · 20 Nov 2017 at 19:47

facboy said:
No, you don't match In to In. Water always flows into In and out of Out. So if your loop goes Res > Pump > CPU > GPU > Rad > Res, then Pump Out goes to CPU In, and CPU out goes to GPU In, and GPU Out goes to Rad. I'll add that for bleeding purposes if your rad will have one port higher than the other, that should be the Out port.

Thanks So how about if I was to do something like this "please dont Laugh" lol
is it ok to Y-split the tubes?

Or am I just over thinking things here?

shankly1985 · 20 Nov 2017 at 19:49

Please ignore its a stupid idea Loll

Doobedoo · 20 Nov 2017 at 22:13

Just route the tubing in what ever way looks the best, make sure that you use the correct port into the cpu and the correct port out. Same as the pump/res.

The gpu and the rads do not matter.

Looking at your pic the easiest way to me would be from your gpu exit as in the top port straight into the cpu inlet, then from the outlet to your rad, then from the other port on the rad to your pump inlet and then pump outlet to your t-piece and back into the gpu block.

D1craig · 20 Nov 2017 at 22:40

go from reservoir/pump > Rad > CPU > GPU >Res/pump. that is the easiest layout to think about. i have been told you can split the flow so it goes into both gpu and cpu with a Y splitter and have them meet up after the blocks. but it just makes it more likely to result in a mistake.

you will definitely want a drain port in there. between gpu and res/pump is a good idea.

shankly1985 · 20 Nov 2017 at 23:02

Doobedoo said:
Just route the tubing in what ever way looks the best, make sure that you use the correct port into the cpu and the correct port out. Same as the pump/res.

The gpu and the rads do not matter.

Looking at your pic the easiest way to me would be from your gpu exit as in the top port straight into the cpu inlet, then from the outlet to your rad, then from the other port on the rad to your pump inlet and then pump outlet to your t-piece and back into the gpu block.

D1craig said:
go from reservoir/pump > Rad > CPU > GPU >Res/pump. that is the easiest layout to think about. i have been told you can split the flow so it goes into both gpu and cpu with a Y splitter and have them meet up after the blocks. but it just makes it more likely to result in a mistake.

you will definitely want a drain port in there. between gpu and res/pump is a good idea.

Thanks guys I going to keep in simple, don't need extra confusion. From all the videos I seen people seem to just go from the GPU to the CPU. Also been told so long you have cool water from the rad going back into the pump I doing it correct.

Doobedoo · 20 Nov 2017 at 23:04

The water temp will equalize regardless of loop configuration. I have a 0.2 degree difference from my cpu water temp sensor and my rad outlet temp sensor.