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craigmmmm

craigmmmm

craigmmmm

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Thinking of going to water cooling and looking for some advice:
System specs
i7 2700k clocked to 4.4
2 x 680gtx SLi
antec 900 Case

Was thinking of This Kit

And the question is would this do the job I need if I also watercooled the 680s or is there a better option ?

Thank you in advance for any advice

Craig
 
I would stick with the 360 for the 680's tbh, as for the cpu and 680's the 360 should be ok as it's a pretty thick one but if u have the space (which i don't think u will have in the Antec 900) i would probably look at adding a 120.
 
Krony said:
I would stick with the 360 for the 680's tbh, as for the cpu and 680's the 360 should be ok as it's a pretty thick one but if u have the space (which i don't think u will have in the Antec 900) i would probably look at adding a 120.
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Thanks for the reply

Not sure why I put the case as a 900 as it is actually a 1200 so I should have room but getting the 680s cooled is top of my list at the moment so I may go for the 360 kit to cool them.
I was reading up on some water-cooling sites and it does say 2 kits would work better but would it be over kill and expensive to use 2 kits? For what I want to do am I better building my own kit ?
 
is the rad going externally?


you wont fit the cooling power into a 1200 that you require to cool that hardware.

you will need a 360 and maybe a 120 rad to cool that kit down.
 
rjkoneill said:
is the rad going externally?


you wont fit the cooling power into a 1200 that you require to cool that hardware.

you will need a 360 and maybe a 120 rad to cool that kit down.
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I have no problem in modifying the case if i need to and mounting the rad externally.
what kit would you recommend a 360 plus a 120 rad (Unsure on what i need to complete the setup ) and will my Antec cp850 psu be upto the job ?
 
Click my sig and look at the early pics when i had an Antec 1200, u can fit a thick 240 in the front and i think it's possible to get a thin 240 in the back, i opted for a pair of thick 240's and had to mount the back one on the outside.
Could also fit a 360 in the front but would need to find another place to mount ur HDD's as u will only have 2 x 5.25" bays left and u will probably be needing thoes for a media drive and a fan controller.

Edit: Here is a pic of an XSPC RX 240 in the front.
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And onother showing the method i used at the back.
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As i said i think if u went with a thinner rad at the back u could get it all internal.
 
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you wont fit a 240 at the back inside the case.. i should know as i tried it :) kinda meh... if your handy at modding a case there is always this you could do..

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240 in the front

200 in the roof (you can if you want get a 240 in the roof instead of a 200 but some of the rad will be covered)

you will have to take a fair bit of metal out of the case tho :)

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D5 or an 18w DDC will be fine, i currently run an 18W DDC for a cpu block, 2x gpu blocks, a 480 rad and 2x 240 rads.
If u can find somewhere else to mount the HHD's u could run a 360 up front and a 120 at the back.
 
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