Custom Loop for 4670k & 290X

[Circs]

I'm considering taking my rig to the dark side and getting wet, with the main motivator being the 290X and those toasty VRMs. My issue is that poking about I came up with ~$500 being roughly the cost before fittings and fans. Yikes!  I suspect that I might not actually have any idea what I'm doing here.

 

This whole bit is going to live in a Fractal Design Define S case with an HX750 PSU and all the drives behind the board. I'm not pushing for world record OC levels or anything silly like that, so $500 seems rather extreme. So that's where I query you folks:

 

I'd like a nice 420mm rad and a full coverage VGA block with backplate. The rest I frankly have no idea. My 290X is reference board design FWIW.

[Faceman]

@Circs

 

Have you considered going for a dual AIO setup?  It will cost you a fraction of the price, while delivering 80% of the performance.

 

Check out my Dual AIO Watercooling Guide

[gamerking]

your about right for the price for decent parts is a 400-800$ bill good luck to you. i will never go back to air since ive gone custom loop the temps are just so much better

[Circs]

@Circs

 

Have you considered going for a dual AIO setup?  It will cost you a fraction of the price, while delivering 80% of the performance.

 

Check out my Dual AIO Watercooling Guide

 

 

your about right for the price for decent parts is a 400-800$ bill good luck to you. i will never go back to air since ive gone custom loop the temps are just so much better

 

I'm open to options and actually I was eyeballing the Swiftech H240X. On their forums they're commonly running an extra rad and a full GPU block with no further additions to the kit, which is impressive. Such a setup is even considered fine by their support people, so there's that!

 

The dual AIO route is one I've been thinking about too and I'll give your post a read. I *might* just have my GPU take the dip on its own since my CPU doesn't make cooling demands like a bank robber taking hostages.

[Faceman]

I'm open to options and actually I was eyeballing the Swiftech H240X. On their forums they're commonly running an extra rad and a full GPU block with no further additions to the kit, which is impressive. Such a setup is even considered fine by their support people, so there's that!

 

The dual AIO route is one I've been thinking about too and I'll give your post a read. I *might* just have my GPU take the dip on its own since my CPU doesn't make cooling demands like a bank robber taking hostages.

Just doing your GPU with a G10 or HG10 won't be expensive at all.  $100 total probably.