Moving from an AIO to a full custom loop

Soldato
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Hi guys I need some advice, currently I have an Antec Kuhler 920 with a pair of enermax pwm fans on it. Its lovely and quiet but I feel the temps could be brought down further.

I have a [email protected] which runs idle around 32c and around 62c after an hour or so of BF4. My case is a CM Stormtrooper and I know they arent ideal for watercooling but after some research it seems I should be able to fit something in it.

My plan for now was to buy an OcUK Tech Lab - V8 Turbo Watercooling Kit 280 and remov the kuhler. I am going to buy an amd 290 soon, I was waiting on the non ref cooled ones but I figure I can buy a ref instead and add it to the loop at a later date, but this would also mean ading another 240 rad I reckon?

So I plan on putting a bit 280 in the top of the case where the 200mm fan is, not sure if I can do push pull in this location? And then putting a 240 rad in the bottom of the case I think I can push pull this one. Then putting in a fan controller if anyone has any recommendations.

Thoughts on if this is doable? The other option is I buy the Phantek case now and put a loop in it after xmas as I only want to spend around 250 - 300 right now.
 
Cool that makes it even easier then, so will the OCUK Tech Labs V8 240 kit be powerful enough to run 2 x 240 rads + CPU + GPU blocks? or will i need something a bit more substantial?
 
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