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Azza666

Azza666

Azza666

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Hey guys,

I'm looking to put together the following build in the next month. I've went for a pretty high end build I just don't know if the full CPU + GPU loop is worth it.

I am really keen on a really quiet system and will be definitely water-cooling the CPU just not sure on the GPU. How noisy are these types of cards?

Spec:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N78T-1DDN-L5HS) £479.99 (£959.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £245.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case - White Edition £199.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White £161.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £129.95
2 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £115.99 (£231.98)
2 x XSPC Razor GTX Titan / 780 / 780Ti GPU Waterblock £94.99 (£189.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x XSPC D5 Vario (Body + Screwring) £59.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25" Reservoir for Laing D5 £49.99
2 x XSPC Razor GTX Titan / 780 / 780Ti / 770 Backplate £24.98 (£49.96)
8 x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop Fan B12-3 - 120mm £13.99 (£111.92)
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
5 x Monsoon 16/10mm (OD 5/8) Rotary 90° - Matte Black £8.69 (£43.45)
5 x Monsoon 16/10mm (OD 5/8) Rotary 45° - Matte Black £8.69 (£43.45)
2 x Mayhems X1 Clear Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x XSPC Hose Cutter (0-25mm) £6.95
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/10 - Black £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x XSPC Dual Bayres/Pump V4 Faceplate Pack (White) £4.99
1 x XSPC PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.3
Total : £3,021.97 (includes shipping : £16.85).



Any opinions are welcome.
 
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Any particular reason for the 1500w psu?

The cards won't be especially loud, but they will be the loudest thing in there when under load.
Watercooling the cards is probably more useful in terms of noise and performance than doing the cpu tbh, though you should obviously do both and it would be a bit of a waste not to with that particular case.

2-3ltr of X1 should be plenty. You shouldn't need 5 :)
 
I pasted in the wrong entry for PSU. Original post fixed.

I am so tempted to go the whole hog. My bank balance would hate me though :eek:

I just don't really have a subjective reference on how loud the GPUs are. I do appreciate they'd be the loudest thing in the case though.
 
Processor wise, if you wait a few weeks there will be new ones out, which will either drive the price down of the one you want or you could get the newer one for a little more.

If you are going for quiet, GPUs tend to be a lot louder than CPU coolers, so if you want quiet a full loop is the way forward. I can't speak from experience when it comes to 780Ti's though...

You'll need max a 1000W PSU, probably be fine with a 850W. 1500W is way overkill!

The RAM is overkill, not worth the money if you ask me. Go for a 16GB set of this or something.

You really should go for Windows 8, it works a lot better on newer hardware, you'll get used to the Metro look, games run better because of newer DirectX versions and Windows 7 will be end of life in a couple of years as well.

Just my $0.02 on your build. I'm going to be jumping into water cooling soon myself, looking forward to it :)
 
Thanks for the replies so far guys! This would be my first attempt at watercooling. Will be looking forward to it.

I did think about windows 8 but my brain screams Noooooooo!

I thought the faster memory the better? Thanks for the alternative suggestion on memory.

Once I start to order bits and stuff I'll put together a build log.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N78T-1DDN-L5HS) £479.99 (£959.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £251.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case - White Edition £199.99
1 x Crucial M500 480GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT480M500SSD1) £179.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 100 (incl. pump) £105.95
1 x XSPC RX480 Quad Fan Radiator V3 £105.95
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM HDD £74.99
2 x XSPC RX240 Dual Fan Radiator V3 £64.99 (£129.98)
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
1 x NZXT HUE RGB LED Controller - Black £39.98
3 x Monsoon 16/11mm (ID 7/16 OD 5/8) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Matte Black £27.95 (£83.85)
4 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22 (£88.00)
3 x Mayhems X1 Clear Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£23.97)
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 16/11 - Black £5.99 (£17.97)
Total : £2,997.67 (includes shipping : £16.85).



full watercooled rig, black/red interior (well, mostly black) and contrast white case
psu already comes with braided cabled iirc, no no need to spend more
added a nzxt hue for lighting

ps: ethermaster or doomed can tidy up the fittings. lazy to calculate the number of rotaries needed lol
 
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@tamzzy

Thanks for posting up a alternative build. 1 quick question on it will 2x a 240 rad be enough to cool such a loop?

I'm a complete wc noob. I only put together what I had from reading these forums and watching some online videos on watercooling. So excuse my lack of knowledge
 
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Azza666 said:
@tamzzy

Thanks for posting up a alternative build. 1 quick question on it will 2x a 240 rad be enough to cool such a loop?

I'm a complete wc noob. I only put together what I had from reading these forums and watching some online videos on watercooling. So excuse my lack of knowledge
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its 1x480 + 2x240 rads ;) and yes, it'll be more than sufficient

Uncle Petey said:
Why 2x240 and a 480 instead of just a couple of 480's?
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480 up top, 240 in the front and 240 at the bottom, i remember reading somewhere that the primo cant fit a 360/480 rad at the bottom without modding (unless its the aplahcool rads, as they are slightly narrower). of course, those with better knowledge can feel free to correct if im just spouting outta my ass again lol
 
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