Spec me a water cooling system.

Combat squirrel · 21 May 2015 at 15:35

As title, I currently use a 4930k with a Corsair H100i which is great to be honest, temps are around 60-65 load at 4.6ghz

But I am now using 2x AMD 290x in crossfire which as you can imagine is getting mighty hot - one is a reference card with Raijintek Morpheus on and the other I just got is the Asus Direct CU II OC.

However the gap between the cards is really small and having airflow issues now with the two cards with the Morpheus on top reaching 93c in gaming, the Asus gets to around 80c.

I use a cooler master Haf X case with an MSI Big Bang II Mainboard.

I am a competent computer builder and have done so for 26 years.....but never properly ventured in to water cooling but I am sure I can put it together well........I just don't know much about the parts.

I would like (if its enough) the biggest possible rad in the top, and perhaps a 120/140mm rad on the back of the case pushing air out............and all the other stuff if you could spec me...........would be awesome, with info on what you would want to do

Many Thanks

EDIT: Would also like it to be as quiet as poss (whatever the best high pressure quiet fans are?)

Money isn't really an issue but I Don't want to pay 300% more for 5% increase if that makes sense, a sensible water cooling setup that lets me overclock the CPU & GPU's

BriT · 21 May 2015 at 18:52

From what i read you can get a 360mm and 120mm in the HAF X which maybe cutting it fine to cool two gpu's. What make are the 290's?

Combat squirrel · 21 May 2015 at 19:00

I see, thats rubbish! lol - ok a new case as well then please, needs to hold 6 hard drives

and 2x optical drives

Disco_P · 21 May 2015 at 19:10

On a side note can you move the GPUs to different slots on that motherboard in order to increase the gap between them?

Combat squirrel · 21 May 2015 at 19:57

Disco_P said:
On a side note can you move the GPUs to different slots on that motherboard in order to increase the gap between them?

Yeah iv looked into that, one item is already an a PCI-E cable extender (USB 3 card) and the other is my sound card, so have 4 add in boards to sort out, will try swapping the cards around when I get a minute over the bank hol

BriT · 21 May 2015 at 20:07

here's something to get start :

Still need fluid as not sure what colour you wanted lol Also need to work out a drain port.

Combat squirrel · 21 May 2015 at 20:08

Looks cracking that thanks, what order would I build it in ? As in, where to put everything and in what sequence

passey89 · 21 May 2015 at 20:17

Combat squirrel said:
Looks cracking that thanks, what order would I build it in ? As in, where to put everything and in what sequence

generally speaking sequence doesn't matter too much but generally something like

pump/ res - cpu - rad - gpu - rad - pump/res

Combat squirrel · 21 May 2015 at 20:19

passey89 said:
generally speaking sequence doesn't matter too much but generally something like

pump/ res - cpu - rad - gpu - rad - pump/res

Good stuff

What fans would you recommend ? & perhaps fan controller?

BriT · 21 May 2015 at 20:23

i use three of these https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-039-SV&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4 can't fault them.

passey89 · 21 May 2015 at 20:27

BriT said:
i use three of these https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-039-SV&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4 can't fault them.

+1 to those i have 4 of them.

I use just the nzxt mesh fan controller