Pump choice

chrisb1 · 7 Apr 2014 at 14:46

Need advice building a mini itx system and wanting to watercool is this any good, EK DCP 2.2 X res

Specs:

Corsair obsidian 250d
Evga z87 sniper
Intel i5 4670k
Evga gtx760
Evga nex650g
Corsair vengeance pro 2*4gb
Seagate barracuda 2tb *2
Samsung 120gb ssd

Pump needs to be small and compact I will be building it with a EK Supremacy cpu block and 240 rad.

phate1337 · 7 Apr 2014 at 14:58

Hi Chris,
the DCP 2.2 integrated pump should be fine for that build. are you planning on watercooling both the CPU and GPU? if so, please note that the recommended amount of radiator space is roughly number of components * 120 + another 120, so if you do plan on cooling cpu and gpu, i would say to have a minimum of 360mm total radiator space.

Regards

chrisb1 · 7 Apr 2014 at 16:18

It will be cpu only, just want quiet operation as it will be in the lounge as a media pc.

phate1337 · 7 Apr 2014 at 23:42

Why not just grab an AIO? Will cost less and cpus don't really benefit from watercooling that much.

chrisb1 · 8 Apr 2014 at 05:31

Got a lot of spare bitspower connectors from my last build and prefer the look of a custom loop.

phate1337 · 8 Apr 2014 at 06:44

Fair enough xD the pump and red combo you chose should do you fine.