Spec me a watercool

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Was contemplating an AIO but I know one day I'll jump to a custom loop so wanna get saving my pennies now. Rocking an antec 1200 so gonna do some slight modding and out in 1x 240mm in the back and 1x 360mm in the front. I'm hoping I don't need to mod too much. Seen so much love for the D5's I think I'll definitely grab one of those. Which one? Was thinking an XPCS EX 360 and a 240 version.

Or should I grab one of the XSPC bundles with the 360mm rad? Was thinking a Raystorm too. If I got a bundle all I'd need is some extra fittings, piping and the 240 rad. What do you guys think? No idea how much a fairly decent loop should cost so take the Raystorm, D5 and the two XPSC Rads + other bits as a rough budget?

This will just be for a CPU for now. I've got a 780ti so finding water blocks isn't as easy as the newer cards. I'll add the GPU one day. Will this be enough rad too?
 
Rough rule of thumb is 1x120 mm rad per component being cooled, plus one extra 120mm for comfort, so a CPU plus gpu should be fine on just a 360mm rad.

I started last year with one of the OcUK bundles, but decided to add a second 240 before it was all fitted. Then changed to original bay-res for a D5 version, added some rotary fittings and so on.

Have a search on here and on other sites for set-ups using your case, then you can see what will fit and what won't. I found the advice available on this forum was invaluable.
 
I've looked it up already all rads require some kind of modding except fitting a 200mm in the top which isn't enough. A 240 and a 360 can easily be done. Yeah they have bundles with a D5 in them so I might pick one of those up plus an extra rad. My case is very old so I'm struggling to find anything useful. I would say it's time for a new case but I have a special PSU that only fits in a few cases sadly.
 
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