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Hi, I'm looking to buy a water cooling system for My new build.

I have a Trooper case so it's a fair size to put a nice cooler in it ;-)

I got a Asus Rampage iv Black Edition .. Mobo

EVGA GTX 780Ti Classified .. Graphics Card

Intel 4939K 3.40Ghz Processor

Kingston HyperX Beast 64GB (8x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit

So I'm looking to Water Cool everything if Possible.

Any Help would be much appreciated :D

Forgot to add I got a budget of about £400-£500
 
Aim is performance or aesthetics?

Motherboard and RAM blocks will add to the cost and will give little return if you arnt extreme clocking. Even then, any performance boost is negligible with high end motherboards.

As i understand it, your case has support for two 240mm radiators if drive cages are removed. Is this right?
 
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Aim is performance or aesthetics?

Motherboard and RAM blocks will add to the cost and will give little return if you arnt extreme clocking. Even then, any performance boost is negligible with high end motherboards.

As i understand it, your case has support for two 240mm radiators if drive cages are removed. Is this right?

aesthetics Mostly and then performance side of things when I gets into overclocking as it's My first gaming rig .

not sure about the tower as it's still in the box. I will open it to find out. Sorry for being such a Newbie :rolleyes:
 
Doing a full loop on that budget is difficult. Especially because you have a lot of RAM.

This a minimum for a full block build. Doesn't include fans or angle connectors though, which will cost a lot with all these components. Also itl look a bit messy since rubber tubing to connect all these closely connected blocks will be a bit difficult to neaten up.

I can work on a more advance but rubber/acrylic build which will look much neater but be more expensive, and will include some of the angle fittings.

If you cant blow the budget by that much, i would leave the ram out of the loop all together, as this will put it in budget. If you want to keep the RAM, a clean acetal top is available from EK as a spare part.

*edit, basket wont post for some reason* Oh well, was a £650+ basket and didnt include fans :D
 
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Doing a full loop on that budget is difficult. Especially because you have a lot of RAM.

This a minimum for a full block build. Doesn't include fans or angle connectors though, which will cost a lot with all these components. Also itl look a bit messy since rubber tubing to connect all these closely connected blocks will be a bit difficult to neaten up.

I will work on a more advance but rubber/acrylic build which will look much neater but be more expensive, and will include some of the angle fittings.

If you cant blow the budget by that much, i would leave the ram out of the loop all together. If you want to keep the RAM, a clean acetal top is available from EK as a spare part.

Will leave the RAM then ;-) Got a few Spare £ss just incase anyway ;) I could probably go another £150-£200 ?
 
A much neater loop, without the RAM would be this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 100 (incl. pump) £105.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal £89.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FB KIT ASUS R4BE - Acetal £86.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal £49.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 240 (Dual) £39.95 (£79.90)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm (2 pcs) £11.99
5 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Adapter 90° G1/4 Black £7.99 (£39.95)
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x Bitspower G1/4" Black Sparkle IG1/4" Extender £3.98 (£7.96)
6 x EK Water Blocks EK-HD Adapter 10/12mm - Black £2.99 (£17.94)
8 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99 (£23.92)
Total : £536.14 (includes shipping : £8.00).



The extender fittings are to make the other angle fittings level, so you only need to do one 90 degree bend to connect the four blocks with acrylic.

The block loop order would be:

GPU in on the left via normal compression and out via the 90 degree adapter with acrylic tubing, turning 90 degree into the SB block (this is level enough so that you don't need to worry about lining the fittings up vertically. Just a simple bend and then cut to size, the adapters/fittings and acrylic has a lot more give than many people think and did a similar connection for my south-bridge but with two bends in different planes, was no problem and managed it first time.

Then it leaves the south-bridge with one of the extenders and a angle fitting to get the fitting level with a 90 degree fitting on the block. No bends needed, just connect by cutting the acrylic at the right size and sanding it if its a bit on the long side.

CPU to VRM block is a similar connection: 90 degree on CPU block connected to HD fitting to another HD fitting attached to an angle fitting and an extender to get the fittings level.

And that's the way i would attach all the blocks up with acrylic and minimal bending, requiring only a single 90 degree acrylic bend.

You will need a heatgun and silicon tube to make sure the ID of the acrylic stays 10mm. I think OCuk might be getting stock soon, as there is a 'tools' page for acrylic, with no products in, that was added recently.



If the loop detail didnt make sense, let me put it in component and fitting order for just the motherboard:

Connection 1, GPU to SB:

GPU block, right hand side, 90 degree adapter, EKhd fitting --- Connected via 90 degree bend of acrylic ----> Southbridge block, right hand side, EKhd fitting

Connection 2, SB to CPU:

SB block, extender fitting, 90 degree adapter, EKhd fitting----Connected via straight acrylic tube----> CPU block inlet, EKhd fitting, 90 degree adapter

Connection 3, CPU to VRMs:

CPU outlet, 90 degree adapter, EKhd fitting---- Connected via straight acrylic----> EKhd fitting, 90 degree adapter, extender fitting

*If your inlet is not at the GPU but at the VRM block, then swap the in and out ports of the CPU block.*
 
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