**WATERCOOLING MADE EASY**

Minibiker said:
What kit would you reccommend for a i3 6100 with a MSI R9 380 GPU
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Are you planning on water cooling both or just the CPU?

For the CPU just entry level L120 would be more than enough but if you where water cooling the card then I would recommend taking one of the triple radiator kits (360) as this will allow better temps.
 
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Never tried watercooling but It's so tempting to get 360 performance kit and play on a long weekend :D

First cpu and then 1080ti next year adding to the loop
 
I have a 4770k and a 290 Tri-X in an Enthoo Primo case, i originally wanted to WC the entire system but never got round to doing it.

These i assume would be a good starting point, for now i would probably just cool the CPU, as i intend on swapping the GPU soon, and then if Zen is half decent will change the mobo and CPU at a later date.

With that said what would you put in the case? im thinking the larger res type to allow for future upgrades, as you know the Enthoo has a ton of space for WC'ing, would i get away with a 280mm for the CPU for now and then expand to another 280mm later to cover a new GPU?
 
Silly prices for silly items. Seriously who would pay hundread or two just to have it water cooled when you could just buy a better cpu and run it at stock or oc on a air cooler or cheaper aio water cooler for 20-30 quid for the same performance gain you would have gotten. :/

Someones been smoking somit to charge them prices for so little gain when they can do what i said above just there.
 
The price premium on ''oc'' items is silly these days, my mobo + cpu cost me 115 quid a year or 2 ago ( 2600k + z68 asus mobo, running it at 4.6 ghz).

Skeeter has a point, why spend 200 bloody pounds when you can spend that difference on a far superior cpu? Unless you're OCD about silence?

A few months ago someone offered me a 3930K hexa core for less than the price of these coolers.

I mean in general, the price of ''overclock'' boards and both water and air coolers has gone out of control. And silly tweakers who are willing to spend piles on it. Hell, I know people who have bought these types of silly solutions, to then run their pc stock...


The point in overclocking is getting value for money, but these days you're almost better spending the cash on a better cpu and running it stock than paying for some marketing rubbish.
 
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There are plenty of pretty and capable air coolers but ultimately the balance of thermal performance, acoustics and aesthetics of water cooling is untouchable. I don't think any single thing on it's own make it justifiable but when appropriately specified the combination of what can be achieved is impressive.

For a gaming focused machine i'd actually be inclined to agree that the benefits of water cooling a CPU really aren't well founded, add in a GPU however and then it's a different matter. That kind of expand-ability and the quality these kits offer makes a lot of sense. I've used both EK's kits and the Predator in builds for friends and actually I prefer the kit, ultimately the pump seems just a little quieter being completely isolated. It's actually easier to make it super neat as well whereas it takes a little effort to cut down the tubing and refill a predator for a small system.

JR
 
JR23 said:
There are plenty of pretty and capable air coolers but ultimately the balance of thermal performance, acoustics and aesthetics of water cooling is untouchable. I don't think any single thing on it's own make it justifiable but when appropriately specified the combination of what can be achieved is impressive.

For a gaming focused machine i'd actually be inclined to agree that the benefits of water cooling a CPU really aren't well founded, add in a GPU however and then it's a different matter. That kind of expand-ability and the quality these kits offer makes a lot of sense. I've used both EK's kits and the Predator in builds for friends and actually I prefer the kit, ultimately the pump seems just a little quieter being completely isolated. It's actually easier to make it super neat as well whereas it takes a little effort to cut down the tubing and refill a predator for a small system.

JR
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Good post think most don't like the idea of any water near there system and don't want go to effort or cost of a custom loop. I know quite a few people think H100 is the bees knees and no point in Watercooling a GPU.
 
LambChop said:
What kit would be best for a 5930k and 1 GTX1080 possibly 2 ?
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Definitely the 360 and depending on the OC perhaps it would be advisable to add a further radiator for two 1080's, until they are released and tested with blocks though its hard to know their thermal characteristics. Maybe think about starting with the Performance 360 kit for that level of hardware.

JR
 
Need to do some sums and see which will be the best way of doing this for me and to see if it's actually saving me anything as I'll need an extra block and rad anyway.
 
I believe the kits are cheaper than the products separately but if you buy all the stuff on there own then you have a lot to play with. We have a variety of CPU blocks, radiators and different colour fittings so if you were doing a full custom loop with graphics card blocks then it will be worth using these kits as a guide line.
 
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