Water build - help!

gerico

gerico

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Hi there,

Been talking on here for a while now about my new rig and after a lot of research im seriously considering going to water. The only thing is ive never used water before and is scares the hell out of me.

How wise is it for me to try water given my lack of experience? Im looking to spend around 1300 and no more. Can a decent rig on water be done for that price?

My air build was looking like:

CPU
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail

GPU
MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Mobo
Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Case
Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW)

PSU
EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

CPU Cooler
Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW )

Memory
TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01)

Total: £1325(ish)

Would really love some help to spec out a water system and get advice/tips. The pure fact you can keep temps so much lower and do some good overclocking - and of course noise levels - all point me towards water!
 
Doomedspeed said:
I can knock you one up, ill tell you now. You won't get a 780ti in there, a 780/290 would be more likely.
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Cheers man - thats fair play. I might try get increase my budget if possible but for now i feel having a fixed amount stops me going crazy. Id rly love to have a ti under water. I assume its cost that would prevent me
 
Best idea really is to wait for Z97 to arise, its a haswell refresh and should be along soon.

This is an idea of how a WC 780ti build would look:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £219.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & XSPC Acrylic Tank Reservoir Value Combo £99.00
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal+Nickel £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99
3 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00 (£66.00)
2 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Red/UV Orange £6.49 (£12.98)
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x MTN 94 Spray Paint Orange - 400ml £4.99
2 x XSPC G1/4" 90° Rotary Fitting (Black Chrome) £4.49 (£8.98)
10 x XSPC G1/4" to 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£29.90)
Total : £1,583.75 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
as you are trying to go the route of water-cooling I'd keep the 780 and your budget and use the waterloop to squeeze the most out of that 780 a possible
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2881-KR) £539.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £219.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-TOP - Acetal (incl. pump) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9) £89.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal+Nickel £79.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99
1 x Bitspower Z-Multi 150mm Water Tank £36.98
3 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22 (£66.00)
12 x Bitspower Multi-Link Adapter 1/4 inches - Shiny Silver £4.99 (£59.88)
1 x MTN 94 Spray Paint Orange - 400ml £4.99
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99 (£9.98)
Total : £1,693.78 (includes shipping : £20.10).




I think a pump+res is easier to bleed ect.. more so than a res combo they are just a nightmare. (imo)

As for the RAM i always go corsair/gskill and gfx card i dont think you can beat EVGA for support.

But clearly the price goes up and up! That price is inc £20 postage which i would ring up and get ocuk to remove as many forum members are getting it free anyway! and if i was spending over a grand i would want free P&P.

As for pipe you cant beat acrylic pipe, rubber is full of plasticiser and looks crap after 4 months

I have 6 1m lengths you can have if you want to do rigid pipe! the down side is if you like changing things every 2 weeks you have to keep redoing the pipe !
 
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Hey man i really appreciate that! I might give you a shout :)

One question that ive been wondering... Whats the spray paint for? :p
 
gerico said:
Hey man i really appreciate that! I might give you a shout :)

One question that ive been wondering... Whats the spray paint for? :p
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rofl, I dont know i seen it in the other shopping cart! And thought i missed if you asked for it? haha

Oh well, Ill tweet you my skype or something so you can contact me, I cant pm on here
 
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