Watercooling Have I made a good decision?

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  1. LukeDaly

    LukeDaly Pokemon Master

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    EK Water Blocks EK-Supreme HF - Acetal+EN Nickel 775/ 1156/ 1366/ AM2/ AM3

    EK Waterblocks EK-FC6970 Acetal V2 + Nickel x2

    EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream RAD XT 360

    EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream RAD XT 120

    16/10mm Compression Fitting Straight G1/4" Black Nickel Plated (ID 3/8" OD 5/8") x8

    Arctic Silver 5 - 3.5g x2

    12V Alphacool Laing D5 Vario Pump VPP655 SINGLE

    EK Multioption RES X2 - 150 Advanced

    EK Water Blocks EK-D5 X-TOP - Acetal G1/4 Rev. 2

    Phobya Nano-2G 12 PWM Silent 1500rpm Red LED Double Blade (4-Pack)

    Phobya Nano-2G 12 PWM Silent 1500rpm Red LED Double Blade (120x25mm)

    16/10mm Compression Fitting 45° Rotary G1/4 - Knurled - Black Nickel

    16/10mm L Compact Compression Fitting - Black Nickel

    Anti Vibration Damper Pad - Noise Destructor V1.1

    Reccommended red tubing?

    what do you guys think?
    £562.38 is alot of money to spend on water cooling?
    Or would I be better just using water on the cpu and getting 2 Asus Direct CuII cards?
     
  2. fdbh96

    fdbh96 What's a Dremel?

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    Have you tried second hand stuff yet... and do you need compression fittings, Im not sure as Ive never WCed.
     
  3. LukeDaly

    LukeDaly Pokemon Master

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    yehh man thought about it, although im always abit cautious on second hand goods, and they just make life alot easier
     
  4. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I'd drop the 120mm rad, as it'll do nothing extra ontop of the 360.

    The marketplace is good for fittings, tubing ect, but I'd avoid rads as I had a leaky one before. Otherwise, that's the cost of WC these days, I've noticed prices have been rising over the last couple of months.

    As for red tubing I've used the masterteer stuff and its nice and red in normal light but more orange in UV...
     
  5. LukeDaly

    LukeDaly Pokemon Master

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    really? surely the 120rad lets out more heat?
     
  6. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    TBH onto of that 360 it'll only be a couple of degrees so it wont do alot. price vs performance it's not worth it...
     
  7. LukeDaly

    LukeDaly Pokemon Master

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    ok thanks man, also do all them parts work together and stuff?
    first waterbuild noob here.
     
  8. bulldogjeff

    bulldogjeff The modding head is firmly back on.

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    I would use the 120 rad to cool the CPU so the loop would look like this...Res>Pump> CPU> 120> GPU's> 360>Res...Why RES X 2? If you're planning 2 loops you'll need 2 pumps, other wise for a single loop 1 res will be all thats needed.
     
  9. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Wont you need 10 compression fittings?
     
  10. HandMadeAndroid

    HandMadeAndroid That's handy.

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    Asus Direct CuII cards run very cool. I have the GTX580 and compared to my old 470 there's a difference of 40deg
     

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