Get a kit?

[JohnDongus]

Should I get a water cooling kit or just buy the parts separately. Wanting some bang for my buk

[Enderman]

If you're looking for 'bang for your buck' then stick with heatsinks and AIOs.

Don't cheap out on custom loops.

[Crunchy Dragon]

EKWB and Corsair's watercooling kits seem pretty decent. Either of those will probably be cheaper than doing a completely custom loop.

[wolfsbane3083]

I recently upgraded to a custom loop and went full EK with 360/280 rad. It ended up being cheaper going for the P360 kit and adding GPU block an extra rad and fittings on afterwards. The parts EK use in their kits are identical to their individual components and in fact the CPU block has better universal support as it has mounting hardware for Intel and AMD included which their individual blocks don't by default.

[JohnDongus]

On 6/26/2019 at 10:04 AM, Enderman said:

If you're looking for 'bang for your buck' then stick with heatsinks and AIOs.

Don't cheap out on custom loops.

Please read the post before you comment something stupid. Im not asking for a AIO. Im asking if i should buy a kit, or price it out my self with a company like mccmaster carr.

[Enderman]

15 minutes ago, JohnDongus said:

Please read the post before you comment something stupid. Im not asking for a AIO. Im asking if i should buy a kit, or price it out my self with a company like mccmaster carr.

My point is if you're looking for 'bang for your buck' you should not be doing a custom loop.

For a custom loop you should be using high quality components, so expect $500-1000.

There are different brands that are best at making certain components, so buy individual parts not a kit.

And no, mcmaster carr does not sell appropriate PC watercooling components.

[JohnDongus]

3 hours ago, Enderman said:

My point is if you're looking for 'bang for your buck' you should not be doing a custom loop.

For a custom loop you should be using high quality components, so expect $500-1000.

There are different brands that are best at making certain components, so buy individual parts not a kit.

And no, mcmaster carr does not sell appropriate PC watercooling components.

McMaster is fine for it. I use regularly. 

[Enderman]

12 minutes ago, JohnDongus said:

McMaster is fine for it. I use regularly. 

I don't think you understand.

PC watercooling fittings are not the same as any fittings from mcmaster or a hardware store.

Same with fluids, tubing, waterblocks, etc.