H440 or Aquarium?

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

Hi guys. I've been wanting to push my overclocks on my GPU and CPU a LOT higher, and hopefully improve acoustics at the same time. So, I got thinking. Should I stick with my NZXT H440 and go for a custom water loop, or do I go for a miner oil aquarium style build like Linus and Luke built here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V06LLTNxc4?

[W-L]

Hi guys. I've been wanting to push my overclocks on my GPU and CPU a LOT higher, and hopefully improve acoustics at the same time. So, I got thinking. Should I stick with my NZXT H440 and go for a custom water loop, or do I go for a miner oil aquarium style build like Linus and Luke built here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V06LLTNxc4?

 

If your just wanting the performance at the lowest possible costs and work, using AIO for the CPU and GPU using an adapter would be the easiest route. Custom loop if your interested starting out with a kit and adding on a GPU block is probably the next best option:

 

https://shop.ekwb.com/ek-kit-l360

[Kenji the Uke]

H440 Definitely~! and I support EKWB 100 percent

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

H440 Definitely~! and I support EKWB 100 percent

 

 

If your just wanting the performance at the lowest possible costs and work, using AIO for the CPU and GPU using an adapter would be the easiest route. Custom loop if your interested starting out with a kit and adding on a GPU block is probably the next best option:

 

https://shop.ekwb.com/ek-kit-l360

OK guys. Thanks for the help. I didn't know EK did kits or expandable AIOs. If I'd know that before, I would have jumped long ago. Now I just need to find out where to get coolers for my VRAM. No one I know of makes a full-cover block for an Asus GTX 960

[W-L]

OK guys. Thanks for the help. I didn't know EK did kits or expandable AIOs. If I'd know that before, I would have jumped long ago. Now I just need to find out where to get coolers for my VRAM. No one I know of makes a full-cover block for an Asus GTX 960

 

I believe the only ones that do a full cover type block for the 960 is Alphacool, though it's best to watercool higher end GPU's since it's not exactly worth the extra costs:

http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1612_Alphacool-NexXxoS-GPX---Nvidia-Geforce-GTX-960-M02---incl--backplate---black.html

 

http://www.alphacool.com/configurator.php

[I_AcCIdentA11Y]

I believe the only ones that do a full cover type block for the 960 is Alphacool, though it's best to watercool higher end GPU's since it's not exactly worth the extra costs:

http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1612_Alphacool-NexXxoS-GPX---Nvidia-Geforce-GTX-960-M02---incl--backplate---black.html

 

http://www.alphacool.com/configurator.php

That may be true, but I have seen people overclocking 4GB 960s and getting near-980 performance. Also, I looked in the compatibility list, and they don't make one for the 4GB Asus 960. Only the 2GB.

[iiNNeX]

That may be true, but I have seen people overclocking 4GB 960s and getting near-980 performance. Also, I looked in the compatibility list, and they don't make one for the 4GB Asus 960. Only the 2GB.

 

I somehow do not believe that, a 960 will never reach a 980's performance... I mean hell even 970s get close but never exceed a stock 980's performance and those are extremely highly clocked 970s too

[W-L]

That may be true, but I have seen people overclocking 4GB 960s and getting near-980 performance. Also, I looked in the compatibility list, and they don't make one for the 4GB Asus 960. Only the 2GB.

 

Hmm they may be getting similar overclocked core and memory speeds but to actually get the performance of a 980 that wouldn't really seem feasible.

[shert73]

Just a heads up, not a whole lot of room in the H440 for a full custom loop. It's a pain in the ass to put a full loop ( cpu, dual gpu 2 rads, res and d5 pump) I couldn't fit it all in mine. Upgrading to the 900D. There is just very little room in the top for rads and than if you have rom driver and HDDs it makes it a lot more complicated. I suggest getting a bigger case.