Help with Spec - Water Cooling

Peter_HMR · 19 Apr 2013 at 13:32

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £407.99
3 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95 (£839.85)
1 x Lian Li PC-C33B HTPC Case - Black £159.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £119.99
2 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM HDD £109.99 (£219.98)
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Backplate £19.99
Total : £1,781.84 (includes shipping : £11.75).

I'm planning the above build and looking for some help with watercooling. Would someone be able to spec required watercooling components. Comments on a motherboard would be also welcome.

Main thing I'm looking for is performance of the system. I want it to run as cool and quiet as possible. Not interest in what it looks like once it is tidy.

Avenged7Fold · 19 Apr 2013 at 13:50

What is your budget, what do you want watercooled?

Performance and noise wise, it is only worth cooling the CPU and GPU. Will you be overclocking?

You will need to reconsider your case if you want to watercool. What is the largest case you will go for?

All in one loops tend to be noisier and not as good in terms of performance, if you don't plan on over clocking, i would just grab a quiet air cooler.

I take it you have accidentally forgot to put RAM in your basket and instead put 2 more CPUs than you needed.

stuie · 19 Apr 2013 at 15:16

That back plate might not work if you are going to use watercooling and i suspect your going to need a bigger case

Peter_HMR · 20 Apr 2013 at 00:23

The computer will be used as a HTPC so would like to leave the case if possible. I've no problem customising the case to suit or externally mounting a radiator on a bracket or I'm think of removing the hrs into a separate case or possibly put all the water cooling into a separate case.

In terms of components I'm looking for a very quiet setup which will achieve good temps and possibly allow me tomoverclock. Budget 200-300

Avenged7Fold · 20 Apr 2013 at 13:17

If you want both your GPU and your CPU cooled, it will cost you a little more. 360mm of decent radiator is what you should be aiming at. The backplate cant be used with any of the EK waterblocks but they have their own backplates (which personally i think look much better)

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £205.85
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC680 GTX+ CSQ Full Cover Waterblock - Acetal £79.99
2 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £360.79 (includes shipping : £10.00).

If you want just the CPU cooled, get the V8 kit. You will need to monitor the SP120 fans with either software or a fan controller because at full blast, they are pretty loud.