New watercooling setup

noenum pax · 2 Oct 2012 at 19:48

Hi i am new to watercooling and have never tried to set a rig up before with watercooling minus the h100.

Looking for a custom loop for my gpu and cpu looking to make the temps good enough for extreme overclocking £300 budget. Going over a little is fine as long as it is worth the extra money. Need help of a list of what to buy only thing i really want is golden fluid to go with my colour scheme.

pgi947 · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:02

What case are you going to be using, also what CPU/GPU

noenum pax · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:06

Hi 3770k gtx 670 and cosmos s or shinobi xl not 100% decided yet whatever can watercool best would be a deciding factor though

Tiswas · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:22

I have the Cosmos S and if you want push/pull on the fans between the rad then there isn't enough room. In the end I had to place the top fans on top of the case. Has the GPU got a water block on it? Otherwise you'll have to strip it down first and I didn't fancy doing that to my new card

noenum pax · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:24

no it does not but removing the fans etc is simple enough i already did it once to put some mx=4 on it to reduce temps

seems the cosmos s will be out of the question then as i do want a push pull config thanks for the advice

pgi947 · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:41

Firstly you won't/don't need push pull. Secondly I would say the shinobi XL is probably slightly better for WC and a third of the cost.

Other cases to consider are the Xigmatek Elysium and NZXT Switch 810

noenum pax · 2 Oct 2012 at 20:43

Hi thanks for the reply the cosmos s is not the one that costs a lot that is the cosmos

but ok guess it will be a shinobi xl job then as the elysium may be good for watercooling but damn is it a eyesore

Tiswas · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:09

Ooooooo hold on a sec. I'm talking about the old cosmos s (got mine 2 years ago). If its the new one and size is different I could be completely wrong! :d I should read people's messages more carefully! Sorry for any confusion

noenum pax · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:20

i will have to look into that and check if it fits properly then

noenum pax · 4 Oct 2012 at 01:49

Any chance of somebosy actually helping me with the original question?

Space Monkey · 4 Oct 2012 at 09:57

noenum pax said:
Any chance of somebosy actually helping me with the original question?

Have a look here, I asked the same sort of questions not so long back, and once 2 items arrive in the post I'm ready to go :eek:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18432044

pgi947 · 4 Oct 2012 at 10:06

Have a look at the xspc rx360 d5 raystorm kit, will fit in the XL and cool your chip and gpu nicely, all you have to add is fluid

noenum pax · 4 Oct 2012 at 13:44

Sounds good pgi947 guess i will buy that and add some golden fluid and can always slowly upgrade in time whenever i need to?

pgi947 · 4 Oct 2012 at 14:59

You can indeed, afaik the shinobi XL can take a 240 down the bottom too

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noenum pax · 4 Oct 2012 at 15:58

will have to add that again some time for even better cooling

are the provided fans loud or should i buy some gentle typhoon's

andybird123 · 4 Oct 2012 at 16:18

XSPC fans are quite quiet, even more so when on a controller... GT's are not silent at their default speed either so would also need to be controlled if you want the quietest setup

price / performance wise the XSPC fans are an absolute bargain

noenum pax · 4 Oct 2012 at 19:11

Nice to know although i got the typhoon 1450rpm and cannot hear them at all dead silent maybe i am deaf?

But yea will definately be keeping the stock fans then with them being quiet