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It's incredibly fun and very rewarding when you're finished.
I'd ignore the gpu chilling unless it's getting really hot and just go with an AIO or decent air cooler on the cpu which appears to be the issue. I'd personally go air chilled on the cpu as it has the additional benefit of blowing air over the VRMs if they are located near the cpu which all boards I've seen appear to be. Don't be put off by big air coolers, they don't put ant strain on the motherboard unless you drop the base unit. Motherboards are incredibly strong.
If you insist on cooling for the gpu what about the ocuk tech labs kraken kits? At worst you'd need to get a new kraken bracket for a new gpu down the line and the rad/pump part of the kit can be reused there.
I'd ignore the gpu chilling unless it's getting really hot and just go with an AIO or decent air cooler on the cpu which appears to be the issue. I'd personally go air chilled on the cpu as it has the additional benefit of blowing air over the VRMs if they are located near the cpu which all boards I've seen appear to be. Don't be put off by big air coolers, they don't put ant strain on the motherboard unless you drop the base unit. Motherboards are incredibly strong.
If you insist on cooling for the gpu what about the ocuk tech labs kraken kits? At worst you'd need to get a new kraken bracket for a new gpu down the line and the rad/pump part of the kit can be reused there.
isnt AIO considered as a budget?
isnt AIO considered as a budget?
This came to mind when I read the words "watercooling on a budget".
Yeah absolutely just curious what others would do in my shoes. I think I might have to just bite the bullet and go for the water cooling. Plus I could reuse and add to a lot of the gear I buy now when I upgrade components rather than it becoming obsolete which is a big thing for me.
I agree on your two points and also it looks like a lot of fun!
Yeah... you’re right actually, I could pick up a 240mm AIO for around the £50 mark and a bracket for my GPU and call it a day until I get my next GPU and they stop making the brackets for them lol.
Single big rad and a custom loop would just be easier to accommodate in my case... and more fun and expandable and probably better at cooling... maybe a more water cooling friendly case and another AIO would be the most “cost effective” way? In the short term anyway... I wouldn't like to add £30+ to the cost of a £100 used 780 ti that I can't transfer to my next card.. (even assuming there is a bracket available for the new one) then I might as well have just spent the extra £40 and gone for a 1060 lol
LOL if I could do that I would!
Is that one of the mineral oil ones?
got an AIO cooling the CPU and an AIO cooling the GPU with a kraken G12. If you want a custom loop then save up for it. I don't care what the inside of a case looks like but the AIO's allow easy reach to the motherboard and no clearance issues. If you have a problem with temps or noise the now then I wouldn't wait.
I don't know! It might be an actual fish tank. The blurry yellow things might well be fish. But mineral oil would work! Not sure the fish would appreciate that though....
The Eisbaer sounds quite interesting but I wouldn't like to be restricted to (probably) expensive proprietary blocks... definitely one to look into though as its best of both worlds...
Yeah I know it's not expensive but I've heard the other two points mentioned... it's not pretty but it tends not to leak
can run any GPU blocks you wish - get grab the QDC kit and you'll have two hoses with QDC and 8/11 compression on the other end . I mixed silent loop and phanteks GPU block together though had to 'cut' bequiet's close loop and add the block in . Eisbaer just easier to use but isnt pretty