cravinmild

he should buy the parts. Pay you for your services to assemble the computer. You buy parts then you are responsible for DOA, Return shipping costs, Trouble shooting, Foot the bill on damaged parts non returnable. IF you buy the parts you mark everything up by at least 15-20% per part, mark up shipping, and add assembly fee. You are taking all the responsibility and risk while he just throws a few hundred at you for your efforts. Make him buy his parts based on what you are able to build for him. Make him responsible for returns, costs for returns, shipping, DOA parts and all the problems with dealing with RMA

or just use zipstraps. Doesnt get any cheaper then that

Not all the coolers works with the bracket. Users on the Corsair Forums have mention purchasing the H80x cooler is not compatible with the bracket model they purchased. Im not exactly sure which cooler is not compatible with which bracket other than to say that there is combinations of coolers and brackets which do not work together.

The 360 P. as mentioned, if not planning on doing SLI later. The 360 has quick disconnects so adding a block takes nothing more than clipping the prefilled gpu block into the loop. More than enough cooling power to cool a cpu and gpu. The other way could be cheaper but you are not getting a full cover block on the gpu. For general use both solutions will offer great cooling performance. I use a H320 on my CPU and H110 on my gpu (The Mod) and if the 360P had of been on the market when I did my system I would have gone with the 360p solution.

swiftech H320 on a stock 2700K lol, I have to OC that proc again H110 on my titan which never breaks 38c Aio cooling is easy smeasy IMGP7472 by cory ekman, on Flickr

you can do it, seen it done many times but honestly unless your a thrill seeker still to two seperate aio units or an expandible aio or just go custom. You are going to need to put another rad in the loop, you will get low flow, you basically are building a custom loop but forcing parts to work. Like I said it has been done, the peeps are happy with it, its fun, its for the modder who's bored.

You could do it for as low as $73 (lowest priced Corsiar aio cooler in Canada, another vender like nzxt Kraken may be found cheaper-this was down to like $65 before our dollar nosedived) and use zip ties to attach it to your gpu. It will reduce noise and allow for some OC if you wanted to. http://www.overclock.net/t/1203528/official-nvidia-gpu-mod-club-aka-the-mod/0_20 Ive done mine many times this way. Sucks that everything is so expensive right now. If I didnt have mine done I would wait, just not worth that much to me even on the lowest end.

any normal 120mm aio rad will be more than enough for most users to keep the gpu within safe temps pretty much with any normal user applied voltage increases.. The thicker and larger rads do provide a pretty big improvement in temps when users increase voltage. I have seen 10+c drop with a H100 vs H70 when running voltage at 1.3+v. Most cards modded with an aio will reach their limits before die cooling becomes the limiting factor. At a certain point (when overvolting with an gpu/aio combo) the rest of the card is at risk (stock cooled power delivery) as the card is still air cooled to all but the die. Your die looks safe at 55c but the pcb is screaming hot.

Im going to go and check the thermal pads I bought now ..... ^^^, .5mm does not offer many forgiving mistakes

I found that they become expensive if you didnt have vibrations prior and just doing it " just in case". Cost me $12 for rubber washers from Home Depot to do all my PC with them.

this is a 760GC aio cpu/gpu unit that was released years ago. It was OEM so most did not know of it but you can still buy them on Ebay. The gpu bracket for this unit is what ive used for years to fasten my pump to my gpu's. trub.pump by cory ekman, on Flickr trub.pump by cory ekman, on Flickr trub.pump by cory ekman, on Flickr

you notice how thicker rads and larger rads perform better when you overvolt the card. At stock and with a normal 120mm card will do fine.

I just replaced a H110 for a H320. It is a tad cooler but not leaps and bounds. Overvolting should show a nice improvement. Untitled_Panorama1 by cory ekman, on Flickr

ah, dont let something like size stop you. http://www.overclock.net/t/612436/official-corsair-hydro-series-club/22740_20#post_19922404 works just fine

umm, you do know BC stands for Bring Cash and im not joking as much as you would hope. I live in BC and its dang expensive. Alberta has no sales tax so you pay less for alot of the same things.