Water cooling - GPU Upgrade Noob advice needed

[Con Man]

Hi, Ok so this is a noob question so please be gentle.

About 6 years ago I bought a pre-build from Overclockers which was the Infinity Equinox water cooled gaming PC. It was fitted with GTX970 in SLI config and water cooled.

All has been good but I am now looking at a GPU upgrade and have zero idea where to start because of the water cooling.

I am thinking of going to an Nvidia 3080 but I have no idea where to even start when it comes to removing the old ones and putting the new one in because of the water cooling.

I have built numerous PCs before but have never done anything with water cooling.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Con Man]

Is this your system ?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.overclockers.co.uk/infin8-equinox-intel-core-i7-5930k-4.2ghz-overclocked-watercooled-extreme-gaming-pc-fs-454-oe.html?template=amp

Yes that’s the one.

 

[Con Man]

The easiest soloution would be to take it all out and get an air cooler for the cpu.

If you want to reuse your water cooling system then that's gonna get a bit complex.

What do you want to do ?

ok so sounds like I may be best to remove the water cooling and go with air cooling.
The CPU is overclocked so I’d just need a good enough CPU fan I suppose?

 

[Con Man]

Take a look at the dark rock pro 4 if you go air cooling.

There is the option to watercool the 3080 it mite be best to contact overclockers that could help you with parts and advice.

Ok so I have some things to think on. I may contact Overclockers to see if they can advise on the parts I’d need to keep it water cooled but if it sounds too difficult then maybe I will go with air. Thanks. Having not done water before not sure how you “drain the system” down when doing work and refill. With hindsight maybe buying water cooled was not the smartest move.

 

[Con Man]

Thanks guys for the advice.

Looking at the issues with Nvidia at the moment I may well hold off for a bit to see how it all pans out.

Good tip on the YouTube videos as well. I am very wary as I have done loads of air cooled builds but this is something totally new.

Giles also agree. 6 years and this puppy is still going without any issues, thus far , is a credit to the guys at OC for sure

 

[Con Man]

If you decide to water cool your 3080 make sure you pick s manufacturer who doesn't void the warranty by removing the air cooler.

Ok that’s a really good tip. Will source from OCUK but will be sure to check that first.

 

[Con Man]

East Northamptonshire but I guess with COVID at the moment this sort of thing is a bit more difficult but you never know.