Watercooling advice

KHAN · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:39

I am building a new rig (nearly 3k) so need to make sure my cooling options are correct if someone could give them a quick glance? This will be my first watercooled rig.

OcUK V12 Watercooled Case - Corsair 800D

Is this a good buy? It will be housing 2x580 gtx, i7 2600k, Gigabyte Sniper mobo.

I take it all I will then need is 2 x EK FC580 GTX Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi

Any advice on the best 580 to choose would be great too. Many thanks.

breadturbo · 12 Oct 2011 at 16:51

One of teh WC experts will be along shortly, but i think a single 360 will struggle with 2x 580's and an OC'd 2600.

rjk · 12 Oct 2011 at 17:07

it would struggle.

it would need at least a 240 in the loop too

plus, we ship our watercooled cases pre-filled which means you would be best buying parts individually.

I can spec you something up if you wish?
whats your budget?

KHAN · 12 Oct 2011 at 17:14

Many thanks, well I was hoping not to top the 3k mark but here's what I have so far;

OcUK V12 Watercooled Case - Corsair 800D **2011 Compatible**

Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail

Lepa G-Series 900W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

(X2 SLI) EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive

Corsair Dominator GT 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Airflow Fan

Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive

Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card

Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST

x2 EK FC580 GTX Full Cover Waterblock

Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard

Creative Fatal1ty HS-980 Professional Gaming Headset MkII

Corsair Vengeance M60 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse

Which is £2,986.76, I can make some adjustments to the order and get some things another time if I need to improve the cooling.

Lets say I could put another £250 onto my limit for any additional cooling. I'm Not an uber overclocker but I will be pushing it a little and want a quiet rig.

KHAN · 13 Oct 2011 at 00:30

rjkoneill said:
it would struggle.

it would need at least a 240 in the loop too

plus, we ship our watercooled cases pre-filled which means you would be best buying parts individually.

I can spec you something up if you wish?
whats your budget?

Cant seem to find a 240 on the site, but know little about WC so I guess it's just another pump attached to the loop to provide more power for moving the coolant? I would think the OCUK v12 would at least power the CPU and one of the 580's?

Howling · 13 Oct 2011 at 01:13

by another 240, he means another radiator - will give you more heat dissipation. If you're looking at WC a 2600k and 580 SLi you're pretty much gonna have to build it yourself. I'm sure rjk will spec you a full loop out if you ask nicely