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hi, im wanting to water cool my system but have no experiance at all in custom water cooling!

Currently its cooled by a H100i and the GPU's are on stock air, they get really hot on 5760 x 1080 on some games, in the 80's.

 

im looking at getting this;

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-307-XS&groupid=962&catid=1532

 

If i do, could i add GPU waterblocks later with another RAD, will i need a new PUMP / RES if i do?

 

my GPU's are GTX 780's, 1st is a EVGA SC and 2ND is a gigabyte windforce 3X OC atm im having trouble finding blocks for them

 

is the tubing size, pump etc in this kit ok?

 

only problem is i have a Coolermaster HAF 932 and dont think ill get 2 RAD's in unless i can mod it abit, so may need to get a new case.

 

Thanks in advance.

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You should be fine. The d5 pump is definitely strong enough to support the extra hardware. For tubing size I'd prefer to go with 3/8 id and 5/8 od but I suspect 7/16 should be fine too. 

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Ok thanks, I'll get this one and keep hunting for the gpu blocks. Thanks

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that'd be a fine base kit, but you'll deffo need to install more radiator space if

adding 2x GPUs. minimally, i suggest a 360x 60 and a 240x 60 radiators for

a CPU/2xGPU loop. this will provide comfortable temperatures as well as low

fan noise. a 2x 240x 60 will be just enough for no overclocking for either

CPU/GPU. this will be expensive endeavour.

 

for cost containment, i'd look into the AIO solutions (NZXT G10/Corsair H50) for

just GPU cooling )as that seems to be the worry)

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that'd be a fine base kit, but you'll deffo need to install more radiator space if

adding 2x GPUs. minimally, i suggest a 360x 60 and a 240x 60 radiators for

a CPU/2xGPU loop. this will provide comfortable temperatures as well as low

fan noise. a 2x 240x 60 will be just enough for no overclocking for either

CPU/GPU. this will be expensive endeavour.

 

for cost containment, i'd look into the AIO solutions (NZXT G10/Corsair H50) for

just GPU cooling )as that seems to be the worry)

thanks but i also want a custom loop just because ive never had one before and they look awsome, well my cpu only has a 240 rad atm a h100i and its overclocked to 4.7, from 4.4 and is about 55c on load, if i had a loop with cpu and both gpus and 2 x 240 rads wouldnt the cooling be even better??

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thanks but i also want a custom loop just because ive never had one before and they look awsome, well my cpu only has a 240 rad atm a h100i and its overclocked to 4.7, from 4.4 and is about 55c on load, if i had a loop with cpu and both gpus and 2 x 240 rads wouldnt the cooling be even better??

 

you'd really only shave 15-20° on the GPU, your CPU the same or worse.

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you'd really only shave 15-20° on the GPU, your CPU the same or worse.

i went from 70c down to 36 under full load with a 970 at 1500mhz cpu +gpu  120*5 for rads

 

hi, im wanting to water cool my system but have no experiance at all in custom water cooling!

Currently its cooled by a H100i and the GPU's are on stock air, they get really hot on 5760 x 1080 on some games, in the 80's.

 

im looking at getting this;

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-307-XS&groupid=962&catid=1532

 

If i do, could i add GPU waterblocks later with another RAD, will i need a new PUMP / RES if i do?

 

my GPU's are GTX 780's, 1st is a EVGA SC and 2ND is a gigabyte windforce 3X OC atm im having trouble finding blocks for them

 

is the tubing size, pump etc in this kit ok?

 

only problem is i have a Coolermaster HAF 932 and dont think ill get 2 RAD's in unless i can mod it abit, so may need to get a new case.

 

Thanks in advance.

check ekwb site here http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/  to see if your gpu's have blocks for them you will want full blocks .the other type only covers the gpu core and passive cooling is needed then for the mosfets/vms

 

the pump res combo's are mostly good

 

the only problem i see is that  your gpu pcb the same height since they may be 1/16 mm off if your going to use  something like this EK-FC Terminal DUAL Serial - Plexi which wont work then. but if your going to just run some tubing between them then your fine they are a bit bigger then the other .

 

for the case you probably want at least a quad 120 / triple 180 to have enough cooling headroom the avg you want si  1 120 rad space per item in the loop that makes heat or you double that to 240 if your going to do overclocking . having too much rad space is better then having too little

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i went from 70c down to 36 under full load with a 970 at 1500mhz cpu +gpu  120*5 for rads

 

check ekwb site here http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/  to see if your gpu's have blocks for them you will want full blocks .the other type only covers the gpu core and passive cooling is needed then for the mosfets/vms

 

the pump res combo's are mostly good

 

the only problem i see is that  your gpu pcb the same height since they may be 1/16 mm off if your going to use  something like this EK-FC Terminal DUAL Serial - Plexi which wont work then. but if your going to just run some tubing between them then your fine they are a bit bigger then the other .

 

for the case you probably want at least a quad 120 / triple 180 to have enough cooling headroom the avg you want si  1 120 rad space per item in the loop that makes heat or you double that to 240 if your going to do overclocking . having too much rad space is better then having too little

Thanks alot, that really helps  :)

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I would not recomend XSPC.

 

I have same cpu block and res/pump, and the res/pump threads are plastic, i almost stripped it, and the CPU block is not properly fitting the g1/4 threads, it required much more force than my rad.

 

I would recomend something like Alphacool, EK, or whatever else their is.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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i never used there kit i got the ekwb 240l when i first got into water cooling xspc's rads are decent at least the 2 that i bought when i was upgradeing my loop and for the cpu block the one i have from ek has a acrylic top which looks just like  plastic. you dont need much force when putting the fittings on finger tight and maybe a slight more of a turn 1/16-1/4 more with a tool and thats it

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