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Help planning a CPU + GPU loop in Phantex Enthoo Luxe

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Here is planned build:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wkBy7P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wkBy7P/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.29 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($123.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($319.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($142.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $1326.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This would be my first water cooling project and I would like some help in planning the radiator, pump, and reservoir locations, as well as the optimal fan setup for the rig. 
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Looks like a solid build, I'd research water-cooled builds in that case to get an idea of where to put rads & reservoirs 

Hell... It's about time. 

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Looks like you have support for a 420mm rad, thats 140mm x3 in the top of your case. For your build I would only say you only need 1 rad, and you would be fine with a 120mm triple, and have more room to work, or go with a 140mm triple for a bit of extra cooling. Since you are only doing 1 HDD you could take out drive bays to mount a pump and res, but for ease I would go with a bay res/pump combo since you don't have any disc drives. If you do want to get creative with the pump/res I would reccommend buying the case first and taking your own measurements to see what will fit, but a bay res is always a safe bet. As for fans I only go for fans on one side of the rad to keep things quiet, and I simply put the fans on the side that is easier to mount them on. push isn't worse enough compared to pull or even push/pull to make me add more fans, since I like quiet.

Speaking of which, you may want to look into radiator kinds to decide which one you want, although they all perform similarly, ones that are thicker and have more fins produce more noise, but are slighty better at cooling.

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It's not so much how many rads you can fit, it's how many you need. That system can maybe churn out 250-350W max (depending on which game).

Pretty sure a 240 rad with some nice SP fans would take care of that np.

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Here is planned build:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wkBy7P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wkBy7P/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.29 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($123.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($319.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case  ($142.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $1326.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-27 20:57 EDT-0400
 
This would be my first water cooling project and I would like some help in planning the radiator, pump, and reservoir locations, as well as the optimal fan setup for the rig. 

 

You probably wouldn't need 16 gigs of ram....

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You probably would need 16 gigs of ram....

 

"Need"?

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*wouldnt

 

Ah, that changes allot ^^

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Why high refreshrate monitors look better even without Freesync/G-sync in one image.
Stutters, framedrops, "lag". How to provide detailed information with your "bottleneck" question, as well as a few solutions.

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