Spec me watercooling

thefish · 19 Oct 2015 at 19:19

Hi there,basically I'm going to be building my son an x99 system with a 5820,I'm looking to water cool just the CPU,I have a budget of around 400 pounds,also if anyone could recommend a water cooling case with a budget of around 200,it would be great,thanks in advance

Alex h · 19 Oct 2015 at 20:00

phanteks primo case is fantastic for water cooling with lots of options for upgrading water loops

thefish · 19 Oct 2015 at 20:07

Thanks I'll have a look now

thefish · 19 Oct 2015 at 20:17

Case certainly looks set up for water cooling,I like that it can hold two PSU,s,just the water cooling to sort,I've built a few systems with kits and aio solutions but fancy a custom loop £400 would be my absolute budget and I realise it will prob be overkill but at the same time fun as well

Alex h · 19 Oct 2015 at 20:27

do you want hard tubing or soft id stick a 60 mm 480 up top https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-843-EK&groupid=962&catid=1523&subcat=1841 or something also youd need a cpu block ek or xspc compression fittings depending what size tubing you choose 2 for each componant and res and pump do you want tube res or bay res seperate or all in one unit and fluid id go with mayhems top quality service and aftersales

thefish · 19 Oct 2015 at 20:38

Am I right in thinking soft tubing can kink,I would like an all in one pump and res but if they are separate and perform better I would take performance,tube size I've no idea lol

Alex h · 20 Oct 2015 at 00:12

i myself use soft tubing it can kink but if you plan it correctly you wont have a problem there are angled bends you can buy to help you out i use https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-107-PM&groupid=962&catid=1530&subcat=1775 with mayhems pastel just make sure you get right sized compression fittings as for res and pump its totally up to you if you want a bayres or tube res its personal choice id order 2 meters of tubing to make sure youve got enough