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how to watercool my system? HELP

So i am building my own rig and i am newbie. I have rog max vii formula and i am planing to buy asus 780 poseidon and i watched linus video here http://youtu.be/ACT294y53lI and i want to watercool my system exactly same as shown in this video so can you guys help me?

1: will this watercooling fit im my nzxt h440 case?

2: if so what will i need to purchase ? the tubing etc

So i am totally new at this watercooling stuff so if you guys help me in detail that would be very helpfull

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Firstly, watch Linus' videos on watercooling build guides either on the NCIX's youtube or Linus' youtube (I forgot which one)

They're pretty comprehensive, so watch those first then come back if there are still questions\

found it: part 1 

part 2: 

part 3: 

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In the H440 you can only fit 1 240mm radiator and 1 360mm, you need to purchase that + a pump, reservoir, tubing, CPU waterblock and optionally a GPU waterblock and fittings. Of course you also need a coolant, destilled water you can get in a lot of stores with something to kill algae that may start growing in there will work the best. I'm not sure where are you going to fit the reservoir in that case though, I heard a lot of people complain about that.

Also don't buy the Poseidon, just get a 780 with a reference cooler (the metal one with one fan and GeForce logo on the side) from EVGA and get a waterblock from EK if you decide to watercool it.

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In the H440 you can only fit 1 240mm radiator and 1 360mm, you need to purchase that + a pump, reservoir, tubing, CPU waterblock and optionally a GPU waterblock and fittings. Of course you also need a coolant, destilled water you can get in a lot of stores with something to kill algae that may start growing in there will work the best. I'm not sure where are you going to fit the reservoir in that case though, I heard a lot of people complain about that.

Also don't buy the Poseidon, just get a 780 with a reference cooler (the metal one with one fan and GeForce logo on the side) from EVGA and get a waterblock from EK if you decide to watercool it.

you can fit a pump and reservoir in the bottom half of the drive cage area (or put the pump in the basement area but the resovoir I don't think will fit down there), and yeah make sure you pick up a reference card

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If i were new to building i would keep it simple get a all in one and maybe later on expand. Easiest option is probably to get a swiftech h220-x and then you can just loop in your 780 Poseidon simple. But if you want to go the water cooling route for the h440 get a 360 in the front and a 240 in the top and you'll need a cpu block and a pump and reservoir. I would get a pump and res combo and just attach it to the hdd bay you may need to drill holes, another option is to mount it to the 360 rad. You'll need coolant (distilled water is the best), tubing and fittings as well. I would go for compression fittings and just follow Linus' tutorial and you should be fine just let your loop run for 24hrs while the system is off and check for leaks after that run in period you'll be fine to boot.

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