Looking for quick tips and recommendations

[Abronymous]

So, I finally figured out exactly how I'm going to water cool my computer.

 

I wanted a beautiful and high performance liquid cooling machine and the parts I'm looking at are currently the Apogee XL with the polycarbonate body and the Komodo-Nv-Le (bother by swiftech) cool my cpu and my gpu. The cooler for the GPU states that it's only for the reference card within the first sentence. The card I believe to be a reference card is below. I am unsure of whether it is or not. Those to products are unavailable at the moment and buying them as soon as they're available again. Pretty sure a lot of others as well.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA25V1X86871&cm_re=gtx_780-_-9SIA25V1X86871-_-Product

 

Furthermore, I am also unsure which coolant I am supposed to get. I can figure out all the fitting's I'll need to get so that won't be a problem. As I was browsing Frozen cpu, I also came across a small thing like "Flow regulators." Does that matter at all? I want an all in one coolant unless buying all the small things like a silver coil will make a noticeable difference (doubt that though to be honest.) Reservoir and pump isn't a problem unless the reservoir I could blindfully purchase poses a threat somehow to the components I'm going to be buying soon.

 

Is there anything else I need to checkout, tips or recommendations on what I should do before I purchase all the components? Where I should look? Stuff like that.

 

The only relevant information about the computer is that the case is the Corsair 350d (windowed,) the processor is the Intel 4790k, motherboard is the Z97M-PLUS from asus, the gpu is the AMD 7950 by sapphire and I'm going to upgrade to the GTX 780. I'm using the Artic MX-4 thermal paste and based from what I heard, I shouldn't use anything else.

 

Thank you for reading.

[gozzygozborn]

I have heard plenty of stories of people who use the silver coil and still get algae and stuff so it probably doesn't work that well. Flow regulators are not necessary though you may want to put a drain port.

[acidprototype]

So, I finally figured out exactly how I'm going to water cool my computer.

 

I wanted a beautiful and high performance liquid cooling machine and the parts I'm looking at are currently the Apogee XL with the polycarbonate body and the Komodo-Nv-Le (bother by swiftech) cool my cpu and my gpu. The cooler for the GPU states that it's only for the reference card within the first sentence. The card I believe to be a reference card is below. I am unsure of whether it is or not. Those to products are unavailable at the moment and buying them as soon as they're available again. Pretty sure a lot of others as well.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA25V1X86871&cm_re=gtx_780-_-9SIA25V1X86871-_-Product

 

Furthermore, I am also unsure which coolant I am supposed to get. I can figure out all the fitting's I'll need to get so that won't be a problem. As I was browsing Frozen cpu, I also came across a small thing like "Flow regulators." Does that matter at all? I want an all in one coolant unless buying all the small things like a silver coil will make a noticeable difference (doubt that though to be honest.) Reservoir and pump isn't a problem unless the reservoir I could blindfully purchase poses a threat somehow to the components I'm going to be buying soon.

 

Is there anything else I need to checkout, tips or recommendations on what I should do before I purchase all the components? Where I should look? Stuff like that.

 

The only relevant information about the computer is that the case is the Corsair 350d (windowed,) the processor is the Intel 4790k, motherboard is the Z97M-PLUS from asus, the gpu is the AMD 7950 by sapphire and I'm going to upgrade to the GTX 780. I'm using the Artic MX-4 thermal paste and based from what I heard, I shouldn't use anything else.

 

Thank you for reading.

The card you linked to is a reference card so you should be fine.

You dont need flow regulators for a watercooling build inside a case. No need for it.

All in one coolant will have anti microbial stuff in it so a silver kill coil wont do anything really.

When buying a res you can pretty much buy anythinbg you want but with a pump try and go for a D5 with speed control. They the quiet and quite powerful. Just make sure when you mount the res that it is above the pump so it doesnt run dry.

You can use Artic MX-4 but the truth is that all thermal pastes perform with a couple of degrees of themselves. Going with a good brand like Artic MX-4 or Nocutas NT-H1 is a good idea.

For the case, it supports Front: 240/280mm Top: 240/280mm Rear: 120mm. So if you want to cool both your gpu and your cpu later on you will have to use both 280mm rad options.

[Abronymous]

About the thermal paste, you're talking about celcius. I find that a couple degrees in celcius will make a huge difference for me in the long run.

[runit3]

My favorite coolant is distilled water. It's the easiest to spot problems quickly (particulates, algae, gunk, etc.) Primochill Advance LRT tubing is excellent and if you get the 10ft. pack it should come with a bottle of sysprep, which worked amazingly well at cleaning out the used graphics cards I have currently. Sysprep+1 gallon of distilled -flush the entire gallon, flush an additional gallon of just distilled, then final fill.

Other than that, make sure there's no Aluminum in your loop and go with copper/acetal wherever possible.

[acidprototype]

About the thermal paste, you're talking about celcius. I find that a couple degrees in celcius will make a huge difference for me in the long run.

By a couple of degrees i mean between 1-4 degrees max. Unless you delid your cpu and watercool it that way, all thermal pastes will perform basically the same.

But if you want to use Arctic MX 4 thats ok.

[connorpiper]

About the thermal paste, you're talking about celcius. I find that a couple degrees in celcius will make a huge difference for me in the long run.

 

Sorry to disappoint, but your signature cannot exceed font size 14. (Yours is 24)

I would suggest changing that.