Right after having my current watercooled rig for 4 years I have decided it is now getting a bit slow and particularly the graphics card is getting a bit outdated. So I have decided to upgrade it. I have picked out the parts I plan to get below but need to check a couple of them and make sure this all fits as I have not looked at any pc stuff since I built this lot 4 years ago.
Motherboard: Gigabyte ZX87-OC (not sure on this one, I dont need extreme overclocking so perhaps there is something better, the Maximus VI Extreme seems to have the ability to control fan speeds itself without a fan controller!)
CPU: Haswell I7 4770k
CPU Waterblock: EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ Full Copper
Memory: Very unclear here. Corsair Dominator seems the highest rated but I expect I can get similar speeds with some Vengeance anyway (I dont want to be overvolting it, it needs to last!). Cant really fnid any decent reviews or roundups to indicate which I should get.
SSD: Samsung 512gb 840 Pro
Graphics: KFA2 GTX 780 HOF (the 2012mhz shader clock one) - again not sure here, I will likely overclock it a bit but need it to last another 4 years so I want the fastest 780 I can get but obviously no point in paying extra for fancy air cooling on the card that i then need to figure out how to unscrew to get the waterblock on it, so this might not be the best card to get?
Graphics waterblock: XSPC Razor GTX Titan waterblock (which I believe fits the 780's)
Lamptron CW611 fan controller (which can monitor water flow as well as fans)
Some sort of flow meter which I can connect to the lamptron, again not sure here, obviously dont want to kill the flow which I understand they can do? but it would be cool to have the lamptron alarm me if the flow stops.
And the bits that I currently have and plan to keep:
Feser xchanger 320 rad
Feser xchanger 240 rad
12v laing D5 MSP655 pump (how long do these last? its been great for the last 4 years but I wouldnt want it dying on me and frying the new kit!)
Pioneer 203BK BD rewriter
Coolermaster HAF932
HP LP2472W 24" monitor
Creative SB X-fi
Corsair HX850 PSU (hoping this is still perfectly suitable and has all the right connections still).
I do plan to overclock it but not to extremes, I want this stuff to last. Mainly there's a few bits I am unsure about and need to make sure itll all fit (such as the PSU still being ok etc).
Motherboard: Gigabyte ZX87-OC (not sure on this one, I dont need extreme overclocking so perhaps there is something better, the Maximus VI Extreme seems to have the ability to control fan speeds itself without a fan controller!)
CPU: Haswell I7 4770k
CPU Waterblock: EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ Full Copper
Memory: Very unclear here. Corsair Dominator seems the highest rated but I expect I can get similar speeds with some Vengeance anyway (I dont want to be overvolting it, it needs to last!). Cant really fnid any decent reviews or roundups to indicate which I should get.
SSD: Samsung 512gb 840 Pro
Graphics: KFA2 GTX 780 HOF (the 2012mhz shader clock one) - again not sure here, I will likely overclock it a bit but need it to last another 4 years so I want the fastest 780 I can get but obviously no point in paying extra for fancy air cooling on the card that i then need to figure out how to unscrew to get the waterblock on it, so this might not be the best card to get?
Graphics waterblock: XSPC Razor GTX Titan waterblock (which I believe fits the 780's)
Lamptron CW611 fan controller (which can monitor water flow as well as fans)
Some sort of flow meter which I can connect to the lamptron, again not sure here, obviously dont want to kill the flow which I understand they can do? but it would be cool to have the lamptron alarm me if the flow stops.
And the bits that I currently have and plan to keep:
Feser xchanger 320 rad
Feser xchanger 240 rad
12v laing D5 MSP655 pump (how long do these last? its been great for the last 4 years but I wouldnt want it dying on me and frying the new kit!)
Pioneer 203BK BD rewriter
Coolermaster HAF932
HP LP2472W 24" monitor
Creative SB X-fi
Corsair HX850 PSU (hoping this is still perfectly suitable and has all the right connections still).
I do plan to overclock it but not to extremes, I want this stuff to last. Mainly there's a few bits I am unsure about and need to make sure itll all fit (such as the PSU still being ok etc).
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