Need help picking parts for WC.

~Dockie

~Dockie

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Case is a corsair 540 Air, and i need to cool 3 7950's and an fx-8320

currently have these in the basket:
YOUR BASKET
3 x EK Water Blocks EK-VGA Supremacy - Acetal £39.98 (£119.94)
1 x EK-Supreme LTX AMD - Acetal CSQ - AMD Waterblock £29.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £11.99
Total : £215.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I dont need to pay shipping and i have around £400 to spend, can it be done? :)

Might be worth noting i have a black/white colour scheme.
 
Yes i think there is only enough space for a 360 + 240 rad so for now im just using a push config. already have an AF120 to go on the back and pull air in.
 
Yes I looked it up myself . I love the look of the air 540 and would have gotten one myself if they where available when I upgraded my case instead of buying a full tower.

The only problem I see if using the supremacy blocks is getting them all tubed up in xfire as the block sits back from the card so a normal 90 degree connector may not be long enough to get over the edge of the card to be able to connect to the next one. You could do it with flexable tubing and anti kink coils but depends on how neat you want the finnish and the room in the case for the coiled tubing.

The Thermisphere blocks £54 although more expensive would solve this problem and look much neater though not available ATM.
 
Think im going to lay off the GPU's untill those thermisphere blocks come in, like them a lot more than the supremacy ones.

I've got this for just a CPU loop. how does it look?
YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 100 (incl. pump) £105.95
1 x XSPC AX360 Triple Fan Radiator (Silver) £46.99
1 x EK-Supreme LTX AMD - Acetal CSQ - AMD Waterblock £29.99
1 x Monsoon 13/10mm (ID 3/8 OD 1/2) Free Center Compression Fitting Six Pack - Matte Black £27.95
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £11.99
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£17.97)
Total : £287.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I can maybe add to the budget in a month or two and get the AX240 to match when i do the GPU's
 
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I would not get the supreme block its old tech and the supremacy(£50) is better.

My personal choice is to use coloured tubing and not coloured liqueds/dyes. Just get a couple of litres of deionized water from halfords or tesco (or mayhems ultra pure if you have to) and 2 silver kill coils. no staining or instability problems etc.

Otherwise very good. You have to do a build log though :)

Also dont forget to draw it out before you buy the fittings as you might find that 90 degree compressions fittings are needed instead/as well as of standard straight ones to help with tube routing.

Either

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-328-EK&groupid=962&catid=1529&subcat=1852

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-119-MO&groupid=962&catid=1529&subcat=1852

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-112-MO&groupid=962&catid=1529&subcat=1852
 
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My two cents:

Your temps will be lower than what they currently are but not exactly spectacular and a bit on the toasty side for watercooling. 360 +240mm is a lot of radiator but you will only be able to have four fans internally (have the case myself and you can put fans on all the radiators but you might have to remove the grill and put it externally).

If you dont mind going external, the best cooling solution for it all would be just to grab a single big external radiator, that way temps will be MUCH better. If you mine for extended periods of time with the rig , i would avoid universal blocks, the VRMs and Vram will definately appreciate the active cooling if card stays under load from full cover blocks.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
My two cents:

Your temps will be lower than what they currently are but not exactly spectacular and a bit on the toasty side for watercooling. 360 +240mm is a lot of radiator but you will only be able to have four fans internally (have the case myself and you can put fans on all the radiators but you might have to remove the grill and put it externally).

If you dont mind going external, the best cooling solution for it all would be just to grab a single big external radiator, that way temps will be MUCH better. If you mine for extended periods of time with the rig , i would avoid universal blocks, the VRMs and Vram will definately appreciate the active cooling if card stays under load from full cover blocks.
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+1 on that
 
I don't mine at all, and have no intention on doing so either, it's purely a gaming rig.

My only problem with not going for universal blocks is, i have 2 WF3 and a Vapor-x, Afaik neither have full cover/dedicated blocks.

Gpu's will be at stock mostly.
 
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