Yet another check my spec

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Hi

I built my workstation back in June and now have finally decided to have a go at pouring water on it. The current specs are:

Corsair 900D
ASUS Rampage Extreme IV
I7 3930k
2 x Asus GTX Titans

As I've finally had my xmas bonus from work, the aim is to make it as quiet as possible & maybe look at overclocking at a later point.

So basically the plan is to water cool the lot & stuff as many radiators in to the case as possible.

Can someone take a look at my possible loop design and see if everything looks OK or can anyone suggest a better route (excuse the horrible MS office diagram)?

WCLOOP.jpg


I've already got hold of:

2 x 480 HW Labs Black Ice SR-1 Radiators
1 x HW Labs GT Stealth 120 Radiator
8 x Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm Focused Flow Fans

I've pretty much decided on the following water blocks

1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC780 GTX Ti - Acetal (also want to get the backplate for these as well if they ever come back in to stock)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FB KIT RE4 - Acetal CSQ (still not sure on m/b cooling block, is it worth it?)

I'm also looking at the following for the rest of the kit

1 x EK-RES X3 250 Reservoir

1 x EK DCP 4.0 Pump (12v) - is this enough for all of the above
1 x HW Labs Black ICE SR1 240
1 x HW Labs Black ICE GT Stealth 240 - XFlow

Is there anything that rings alarm bells with the above list?

I can't really decide on fittings, tubing (thinking of acrylic tubing) & coolant as of yet so was looking at getting the components first so I can then visualise what I need to get

Sorry for the long winded post, am for any help you can provide
 
Personally, I'd ditch the 120 and 240. The 2 480s will be more than adequate for a silent rig - even if you decide on overclocking. I'd also lose the motherboard blocks, you don't really need them. If you're going for silence, a D5 vario is your best bet: the 4.0 can vibrate a lot, where as the D5 is much quieter even at 12V and allows you to turn it down with ease.

Also, bare in mind that your inlets and outlets are at the same end of the radiator (unless you buy cross flow rads) when planning out your loop.
 
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