Hi guys
So I will soon have a new smallish mATX PC:
N200 case (click for specs)
i5-4690k
gtx 770 (SLI planned at some point in the future)
It's small because I plan to take it back and forth to university several times a year; and I'm fed up with lugging around huge computer cases. At some point in the future (probably not straight away though) I was planning on watercooling it. I've never watercooled before, but it looks awesome and I'd like to give it a go - hopefully then I won't look back!
Couple of questions:
How portable is a watercooled rig? Like, if I had a custom loop (not an AIO) could I travel with it filled up? Or would you recommend draining it everytime I went anywhere?
I've never built a watercooled rig before, but I have some 'big ideas' for this one and I'm relying on you to tell me if they are good or not!
N200 case can fit a thick double rad in the front, and a single at the rear. Could probably fit a single rad on the top as well, although one of the top/rear rads might need to be mounted outside the case. First problem is I don't think 480 of rad would be enough for overclocking an i5 and a pair of 770s, or even running them at stock speeds quietly - correct?
So instead my grand plan is this:
Thick double rad in the front - possibly a single at the back as well (all internally); and then one massive radiator (think mora 3 or phobya 1080 kind of size) either clipped on to the side of the case in some easily removable way; or free standing. I'd use quick disconnects on the giant radiator so that I could take it out of the loop and make the whole setup more portable. That way I could have my rig running ultra quiet and cool when I was at home/uni; or leave the radiator behind and have it running louder and hotter for short periods of time (eg at lan party?)
Obviously I would need some internal rads, otherwise when I disconnected the beast I would be screwed
Comments/Criticism welcome
So I will soon have a new smallish mATX PC:
N200 case (click for specs)
i5-4690k
gtx 770 (SLI planned at some point in the future)
It's small because I plan to take it back and forth to university several times a year; and I'm fed up with lugging around huge computer cases. At some point in the future (probably not straight away though) I was planning on watercooling it. I've never watercooled before, but it looks awesome and I'd like to give it a go - hopefully then I won't look back!
Couple of questions:
How portable is a watercooled rig? Like, if I had a custom loop (not an AIO) could I travel with it filled up? Or would you recommend draining it everytime I went anywhere?
I've never built a watercooled rig before, but I have some 'big ideas' for this one and I'm relying on you to tell me if they are good or not!
N200 case can fit a thick double rad in the front, and a single at the rear. Could probably fit a single rad on the top as well, although one of the top/rear rads might need to be mounted outside the case. First problem is I don't think 480 of rad would be enough for overclocking an i5 and a pair of 770s, or even running them at stock speeds quietly - correct?
So instead my grand plan is this:
Thick double rad in the front - possibly a single at the back as well (all internally); and then one massive radiator (think mora 3 or phobya 1080 kind of size) either clipped on to the side of the case in some easily removable way; or free standing. I'd use quick disconnects on the giant radiator so that I could take it out of the loop and make the whole setup more portable. That way I could have my rig running ultra quiet and cool when I was at home/uni; or leave the radiator behind and have it running louder and hotter for short periods of time (eg at lan party?)
Obviously I would need some internal rads, otherwise when I disconnected the beast I would be screwed
Comments/Criticism welcome
