I'm would like to know how much it would cost me to make my pc water cooled. I would do the CPU and GPU. I have a 2600K and MSI 560-Ti. I have had a look on the market but I'm not sure what I really need. I know I need rad pump tubing tank (reservoir?) waterblocks Coolant I have been told that a good pump is Laing DDC 18w but I don't know if this over kill or not :S also that the Laing DDC 10w can be modded easily but soldering a link? :S
Graphics card waterblocks range from£40 to £150 ( just the gpu to full cover blocks ) You need ram coolers if not using full cover on graphics CPU waterblocks between £40-£90 Call it £200 for the rest and your in the ballpark, not in the house at the min or I'd give you some links to what I have used. And unless your using tap water you need some kinda fluid
Im looking to water cool the same set-up pretty much just a diff GPU. for a full cover and some decent parts your looking about the £300 mark
I don't think you can get a full cover block for that graphics card. You'd have to get a GPU block plus some VRM sinks etc. So that'd make it slightly cheaper. (Like rollo indicated)
You can get full cover 560 blocks. But if he were to go for gpu and heatsinks it would be closer to £250
Ok, you are in luck for the 560Ti... This GPU has heatsink cooling of the VGA core only thus all you need is an EK VGA Supreme block and 460 adaptor plate also from EK. Will cost about £48 total. The 560Ti doesn't have any heatsink cooling of the ram or PWM and thus is perfect for inexpensive VGA only block. The EK VGA supreme is a very nice jet impingement design that's taken the temps from 83c on air down to 37c on my liquid system at full load. Also note that the new 680 GPU also doesn't have heatsink cooling of the PWM so you could cool that with VGA only block. What I did was add some low profile ramsinks to the GDDR on my 2 liquid cooled 560ti... It's not strictly necessary. What u will need to do is have side fan on case or have a fan hang off the side of the GPU or blowing up from the bottom towards the component area. You don't need GDDR ram sinks also since the original 560Ti cooler doesn't use heatsinks on it. Just the small movement of air from the twin fans. Thus when u fit the VGA block u simply need to ensure there is some airflow going towards the GDDR and PWM. I have 2 x 560Ti with the EK VGA blocks... I have a 120mm fan sitting on the side (hanging off the top edge of top graphics card) and blowing air over both of my 560Ti. It's very simple and no problems. The 560Ti uses the GTX 460 PCB hence why u need the EK 460 adaptor plate with their EK VGA supreme. It's not worth buying a full cover block for the 560Ti. As for liquid cooling, I find air cooling boring and would never return to it. I love having 2 x 560Ti at 37c full load on a warm day. I use 12mm ID XSPC UV glow tubing. Swiftech Apogee V2 waterblock. EK DCP 4.0 pump because it's inexpensive (has RPM signal for motherboard), good head pressure. 2 x EK VGA Supreme Acetal with the 460 adaptor plate for my MSI 560Ti. Thermochill PA 120.3 radiator. Giant XSPC 500mm heatsink reservoir tube.
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Seeing how cheap it would be to WC my pc I think it would be stupid not to do it but my case (Sharkoon T9) isn't really the best case for WC plus I don't like it now so what would be a cheap but good case for WC?
When I built a PC for my GF last year, I chose an inexpensive case from ebuyer. I researched first and liked what I saw. The features it had you would normally find on expensive cases - 2 x side fan ports, front fan, top fan port, cpu cutout, bottom PSU mount, quick release side mount hard disk bays and most shocking - 2 x rubber grommited water tube holes at rear. The case cost £29 from ebuyer. http://www.ebuyer.com/172779-casecom-6788-all-black-case-km-6788-black
If your case has space limitations, then the Koolance RP401x2 is a great single bay reservoir. It will house two DDC pumps and has dual chambers which can be run serial or parallel, aswell as featuring front fill ports. I use one in my test bench.
