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Sorry but I have so many questions that I could probably google, but it would be much more time efficient to get some opinions and quick answers from you guys.

 

1) I'm looking for a results-driven custom loop. How much am I looking at spending in total for an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

2) How many hours, roughly, to put into researching and putting together an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

3) Would getting an all-in-one, like an H110i GT, save me a lot of time, money, headache?

4) Is there even that much benefit to a great custom loop over something like an H110i GT?

5) If I take apart a Gigabyte Windforce 980 Ti and add custom water cooling to it, will it allow much more overclocking? Or is the silicon lottery more important in this case?

6) How much time/effort can I expect in maintenance for a custom loop every month/week?

7) Any recommendations on kits appreciated.

 

Sorry again for so many questions!

Thanks, all information, links, or opinions greatly appreciated, cheers

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1) at least $400, and going up for stuff like adding GPU blocks, hard tubing, and other stuff

2) that depends how fast you are, researching stuff will take at least a few days to learn everything, and building the loop and leak testing will take at least 4 hours if you do it right

3) yeah, way simpler

4) mostly aesthetics

5) you can put a bracket+AiO on that card and get as much overclocking as you would with a regular custom loop

6) completely drain and change the fluid every 6-12 months, dust your pc radiators at least once a month

with a sealed AiO there is no mantenance other than dusting the radiator once in a while

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For a fully custom loop with good quality components it usually starts at around $500 getting kits from say EKWB and adding in a GPU block can be cheaper and more affordable at times. If your purely just looking for performance in overclocking and getting better temps going with an AIO system for the CPU adn GPU with adapter would be the best value compared to a custom loop.

 

Overclocking on the GPU can gain a bit but the windforce coolers are pretty top notch and good at keeping things cool for it to boost up pretty much as high as it can go. 

For the maintenance of a custom loop usually is around 6-12 months where all the fluids need to be changed and potentially if needed a break down and clean of the loop.

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1) My custom loop cost $720, and that includes one CPU block, one GPU block, two radiators (360mm), and the rest of the require components.\

2) Depends, but if you do good research around the internet, maybe around 15 hours?

3) Yes, it would save a lot of time, money, though you won't get the excitement, aesthetics (if done right), and performance of a custom loop.

4) There is benefit if you have a lot of radiators and components.

5)I would say that the silicon lottery still plays a big role, even with water cooling. I wasn't able to overclock any more than when I had my stock cooler on my GTX 970. Though it did drop temps down significantly.

6)I would do a loop drain and fluid replacement around every 6 months if using distilled water, 1 year if using something like Mayhem's Pastel.

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Sorry but I have so many questions that I could probably google, but it would be much more time efficient to get some opinions and quick answers from you guys.

 

1) I'm looking for a results-driven custom loop. How much am I looking at spending in total for an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

2) How many hours, roughly, to put into researching and putting together an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

3) Would getting an all-in-one, like an H110i GT, save me a lot of time, money, headache?

4) Is there even that much benefit to a great custom loop over something like an H110i GT?

5) If I take apart a Gigabyte Windforce 980 Ti and add custom water cooling to it, will it allow much more overclocking? Or is the silicon lottery more important in this case?

6) How much time/effort can I expect in maintenance for a custom loop every month/week?

7) Any recommendations on kits appreciated.

 

Sorry again for so many questions!

Thanks, all information, links, or opinions greatly appreciated, cheers

1. A lot of money

2. A lot of time

3. Yes

4. Not usually, except that you can chose to have a bigger radiator.

5. Not much more, maybe a little bit more hertz or a slightly lower voltage.

6. If you never move your pc around it should be no maintenance, except the usual dust blowing.

7. I got nothing.

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Sorry but I have so many questions that I could probably google, but it would be much more time efficient to get some opinions and quick answers from you guys.

 

1) I'm looking for a results-driven custom loop. How much am I looking at spending in total for an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

2) How many hours, roughly, to put into researching and putting together an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

3) Would getting an all-in-one, like an H110i GT, save me a lot of time, money, headache?

4) Is there even that much benefit to a great custom loop over something like an H110i GT?

5) If I take apart a Gigabyte Windforce 980 Ti and add custom water cooling to it, will it allow much more overclocking? Or is the silicon lottery more important in this case?

6) How much time/effort can I expect in maintenance for a custom loop every month/week?

7) Any recommendations on kits appreciated.

 

Sorry again for so many questions!

Thanks, all information, links, or opinions greatly appreciated, cheers

 

  1. The more radiator space you have, the better it will cool, There's no replacement, for displacement! (engine reference)
  2. Depends on how quick you are, personally the longest part for me was running tubing properly and making things fit.
  3. Yes, but results driven? Refer to 1.
  4. Yes, you can add, remove parts, increase radiator size etc etc its custom...
  5. Silicone lottery, Cooling something doesn't make it overclock better, it will just give you more thermal headroom and less noise!
  6. Topping up coolant or replacing it isn't a massive deal, make sure you use biocide so you don't have to get rent from the algae that's moved in.
  7. Second hand parts can be cheaper than new kits, depending... If you want good thermals and less noise then 360 or 420 rads is what you want.
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Sorry but I have so many questions that I could probably google, but it would be much more time efficient to get some opinions and quick answers from you guys.

 

1) I'm looking for a results-driven custom loop. How much am I looking at spending in total for an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

2) How many hours, roughly, to put into researching and putting together an extreme, results-driven water cooling system?

3) Would getting an all-in-one, like an H110i GT, save me a lot of time, money, headache?

4) Is there even that much benefit to a great custom loop over something like an H110i GT?

5) If I take apart a Gigabyte Windforce 980 Ti and add custom water cooling to it, will it allow much more overclocking? Or is the silicon lottery more important in this case?

6) How much time/effort can I expect in maintenance for a custom loop every month/week?

7) Any recommendations on kits appreciated.

 

Sorry again for so many questions!

Thanks, all information, links, or opinions greatly appreciated, cheers

1) minimum $500-$600 for a good solid CPU & GPU loop that will keep the temps down.

2) Depends on you and how you research, I was saving my money for my build so I used that time to research parts ect. so planing took about 1 month really, the build time was an afternoon, because I had it planned out beforehand.

3) If your doing a mild overclock on the CPU an AIO is fine, it will save you time, money.

4) the benefit I feel is you can get better results with a custom loop because you can have more rad space than most AIO's, Also the aesthetics and you can add your GPU to the loop without too much fuss.

5) The only time you will see much improvement overclocking when you do a loop is if your card is hitting thermal limits restricting your overclock, if your chip is already maxed out then you will not be able to get more out of it other than it will run cooler.

6) Depending on the fluid/tubing you choose that will determine the maintenance, but realistically you can expect anywhere from 9 months - 2 years before you should flush the system.

7) Budget? do you want a Kit or are you looking to buy parts individually? What are you looking to liquid cool? What CPU/GPU?

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