Watercooling services

Jonnibravo · 23 Nov 2016 at 18:42

I know this might appear a strange question but I have been admiring some of the cool water cooling builds out there particularly the custom builds on Overclockers and IU really want one.

Thing is i am not too confident I could do it very well as I dont think I could summon the engineer within me without balls'in it up somehow despite building my own pcs since 2004. Is there such a company that would put a custom water cooling system in my current PC, I dont think I could afford to buy the overclockers system I want so I would love to have it put in my current system??

Glanza · 23 Nov 2016 at 18:50

Ring round your local indie stores, some will offer it as they'll have staff that run them.

Just make sure you state custom loop as they might think you mean an AIO.

Legend · 23 Nov 2016 at 19:08

Where in the UK are you?

Uncle Petey · 23 Nov 2016 at 19:09

You're overthinking it and need to find a little more confidence in yourself

Watercooling is pretty simple stuff. Deciding on which particular bits you want is probably the hardest part.
If you can build a PC, you can build a loop if you simply take the time to learn the basics.

If you can screw things together and are able to spend a little time on doing a bit of research and asking questions, you'll be fine.
We all had to start somewhere

Jonnibravo · 23 Nov 2016 at 19:14

I am in West Yorkshire.

Your probably right, but I want to setup a hard tubbed loop and I have seen videos online and does not look that easy to do, I am ok with tech but give me a saw and a tape measure and I could easily find a way to break both the saw the tape measure and the door I was fixing no doubt.

Legend · 23 Nov 2016 at 19:24

Shame you're so far away otherwise I'd offer to help you out... I'm on the south coast. I've done builds for people before, but it's not like I can pop around to help you out lol, unfortunately.

The thing is, with something like this I don't know how good an idea it is to just relinquish it all to someone else, because if something goes even slightly wrong, you're a bit up the creek with no paddle. Even something like basic maintenance would potentially be alien to you, so it's not exactly an ideal scenario to be in. A quality custom loop is going to be circa £500, so add that to your components and that's a lot of expensive kit to be clueless about lol!

Jonnibravo · 23 Nov 2016 at 19:31

Legend said:
Shame you're so far away otherwise I'd offer to help you out... I'm on the south coast. I've done builds for people before, but it's not like I can pop around to help you out lol, unfortunately.

The thing is, with something like this I don't know how good an idea it is to just relinquish it all to someone else, because if something goes even slightly wrong, you're a bit up the creek with no paddle. Even something like basic maintenance would potentially be alien to you, so it's not exactly an ideal scenario to be in. A quality custom loop is going to be circa £500, so add that to your components and that's a lot of expensive kit to be clueless about lol!

I am confident I could maintain it and fix stuff I needed to, its just making a good build that looks good, I am not too sure I would be able to fiddle about with bending the pipes into place or even planning where the pump goes and how to attach pipe A to pipe B. I am sure I could do it myself if I really placed the effort into it but I think some things are worth getting right the first time by a person who knows what they are doing, I would then consider learning from there.

I did consider buying all the parts and putting it in an old system to start off, but I guess it might be wasting money and parts doing that.

Smffy · 23 Nov 2016 at 20:46

Jonnibravo said:
I am confident I could maintain it and fix stuff I needed to, its just making a good build that looks good, I am not too sure I would be able to fiddle about with bending the pipes into place or even planning where the pump goes and how to attach pipe A to pipe B. I am sure I could do it myself if I really placed the effort into it but I think some things are worth getting right the first time by a person who knows what they are doing, I would then consider learning from there.

I did consider buying all the parts and putting it in an old system to start off, but I guess it might be wasting money and parts doing that.

Personally I think its more about the experience and satisfaction building your own. Lets be honest we all know its not 'worth the money' but its a hobby and you should try it out at least it really isn't so hard. Given you're going to have to buy all the kit anyway why not fit the blocks/rads etc (you seem confident at that?) then have a go bending and see what you think.

The pipe is pretty cheap so good to experiment with.

LePhuronn · 24 Nov 2016 at 11:45

Honestly, I'd just jump in feet first and go for it. If you think hardline is a bit much for you first time out then go soft tube for now to get the watercooling basics down: filling, leak testing, route planning, component selection, etc.

Soft tube with compression fittings isn't rocket science and is more forgiving first time out. Then you can upgrade to hardline later on.

I guarantee you somebody else building it will not give you the result you're after, unless you're hovering over their shoulder all the time, and you might as well just build yourself then.

Go for it!

Glanza · 24 Nov 2016 at 12:00

Also are you wanting hardline or normal tubing?

VKleita · 24 Nov 2016 at 12:05

Glanza said:
Also are you wanting hardline or normal tubing?

In mentions in his middle post that he's after Hard tube.

I do agree with some of the comments here thou, someone else builds it, because they missed something when you transport it home and it then slightly leaks and blows up your expensive GPU... Who would be at fault?

Not saying its not possible just pointing out the problems I see

Jonnibravo · 24 Nov 2016 at 16:27

VKleita said:
In mentions in his middle post that he's after Hard tube.

I do agree with some of the comments here thou, someone else builds it, because they missed something when you transport it home and it then slightly leaks and blows up your expensive GPU... Who would be at fault?

Not saying its not possible just pointing out the problems I see

I see your point but I was originally looking at the Hard8 systems on overclockers and thinking of going nuts and shelling out 4-5,000 notes on a hard tubed custom rig but I simply can't justify that. So i was hoping there might be a shop that customised your pc, a bit like Pimip my ride so to speak. Anything goes wrong then it's clearly their fault.

Your all right thou, I intend to hold off get a 1080 or 1070 just after Christmas, then a i7 Haswell MB and ram in July and then start slowly buying the parts I need for a soft tube loop. Then when I've got it going look at changing everything out to hard tube with the white pastel which would look really good with the case I have, although TBH I think I will have to buy a bigger case in white.

That's the plan hopefully have the project done before Christmas next year at a fraction of the cost.