WC Spec? No nothing...

illuz

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illuz

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So I may have a bit extra cash to splash soon and I was thinking about watercooling my rig. My specs are below.

I will be going SLI before I WC, I have a budget of about £300 possibly.

I'd like to cool both GPUs & CPU. Thanks for your help guys, have no knowledge of this area!
 
I'd have a look at what radiator you can fit in the Phantom or wait for one of the guys that use it as a WC case to chime in :)

I say that as it can be an awkward case to get enough radiator in to cool a 3 component loop.

£300 is a good budget though :)
 
NZXT are a stunning case...they just require some modding to allow for a custom WC loop I have a fully watercooled phantom and it took some cutting, de riveting and lots of swear words, but it was well worth it in the end.

Best of luck if you do decide to continue down the custom loop route.
 
You may manage a new case (CM690 II) and enough WC (2x240) to cool everything on that budget...

Edit: Reading IB's post below, I completely forgot about GPU blocks.
 
You might struggle with a budget of £300

2 x GPU blocks ~£70 x 2 = £140
CPU Block ~£45
Atleast a Good 120.3 Rad ~£70
Pump ~£50

That alone is already over budget before you've got a Res, tubing, fittings, coolant and assuming you already have fans for the radiator.

More realistically you'd be looking at about £390, perhaps look at the second hand market.
 
Basically watercooling don't come cheap, so start with just your CPU and expand when you have more funds that way when you break I to your loop to change fluid in say 6 months you can add your GPU :-)
 
Harveywoo said:
Basically watercooling don't come cheap, so start with just your CPU and expand when you have more funds that way when you break I to your loop to change fluid in say 6 months you can add your GPU :-)
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+1

This is the way I did it.

So as not to cut corners due to cost,
and it doesn't hurt your wallet as much :)
 
whyscotty said:
+1

This is the way I did it.

So as not to cut corners due to cost,
and it doesn't hurt your wallet as much :)
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I also started watercooling this way, get used to maintaining a smaller loop then upgrade as you go along, you could even introduce a second loop for your GPU if you wanted
 
Just seen this but yeah, modding is very much needed for watercooling a Phantom.
Check the link in my sig, I've had a hard enough time fitting rads in my full phantom never mind a 410.
 
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