swifttech h220 AIO or custom loop

[s1-crysis]

I have been looking to upgrade from my antec kuhler 620 to either the swifttech h220 or a custom loop but having trouble find out if its worth the extra money for the custom loop.

1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal £49.99 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-356-EK

1 x EK DCP 4.0 Pump (12v) £39.98 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-104-EK

1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 240 (Dual) £39.95 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-487-EK 1

1 x Alphacool Reservoir Repack-Cooling Slot-In Black £21.98 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-073-AC 2

2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-097-PM 8

8x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99 (£23.92) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-363-EK

Total : £187.79

 

i will be looking to water cool either a 780 or a 780ti when i have purchaced one aswell as adding another 120mm rad when if i have enough money would anyone be able to advice me which way to go thanx oh one other quick question is there any performance differnces between the EK-Supreme LTX CSQ - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-supreme-ltx-csq and the EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-356-EK and th3 EK-Supreme LTX - Acetal CSQ - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-supreme-ltx-acetal-csq-for-light-xtreme thanx

[Spongeworthy]

Wait for the H220X, It's basically almost a full real loop for only $150. 

[s1-crysis]

oh ok do u no the the time frame of its release thanx. also i am a complete watercooling noob only ever delt with my mates h80 and my antec 620 so no nothing about them hardly except they work better. do you no if there will be much performance difference between the h220x and a custom loop thanx

[Spongeworthy]

Late March to early April. It's basically a pre-assembled watercooling kit, so the performance should be par for the course.

[s1-crysis]

oh ok great thanx and to be honist thats when im looking at getting it as i get the money for it in april

[airdeano]

I have been looking to upgrade from my antec kuhler 620 to either the swifttech h220 or a custom loop but having trouble find out if its worth the extra money for the custom loop.

 

1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal £49.99 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-356-EK

1 x EK DCP 4.0 Pump (12v) £39.98 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-104-EK

1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 240 (Dual) £39.95 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-487-EK 1

1 x Alphacool Reservoir Repack-Cooling Slot-In Black £21.98 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-073-AC 2

2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-097-PM 8

8x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99 (£23.92) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-363-EK

Total : £187.79

 

i will be looking to water cool either a 780 or a 780ti when i have purchaced one aswell as adding another 120mm rad when if i have enough money would anyone be able to advice me which way to go thanx oh one other quick question is there any performance differnces between the EK-Supreme LTX CSQ - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-supreme-ltx-csq and the EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-356-EK and th3 EK-Supreme LTX - Acetal CSQ - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-supreme-ltx-acetal-csq-for-light-xtreme

thanx

 

welcome to the LinusTechTips forums and the water cooling section!

 

is it worth it? money wise, nope.

hobby/enthusiast, could be.

doing it for the know-how it can be done, yes

 

none of this is necessary. it is purely e-peen and chest-beating. but on the other hand,

if you have regards in having nice looking things that can perform on their edge, then

most do enjoy plunking down hard-earned cash to own it, it is most certainly worth it.

 

what are your expectation when doing this?

[s1-crysis]

welcome to the LinusTechTips forums and the water cooling section!

 

is it worth it? money wise, nope.

hobby/enthusiast, could be.

doing it for the know-how it can be done, yes

 

none of this is necessary. it is purely e-peen and chest-beating. but on the other hand,

if you have regards in having nice looking things that can perform on their edge, then

most do enjoy plunking down hard-earned cash to own it, it is most certainly worth it.

 

what are your expectation when doing this?

Thanx for welcoming me to the forum also

 

im a gamer and game designer (in training) i want to push my system more but my current cooler is annoying me as it dont perform as well as i no other closed loops have. erm i want to make my system look as nice as possible as well as having the best performance cooling as i can afford. im not entire sure what you mean when you say what are my expectations. but from what i have been told is a custom waterloop is better than any AIO but im not sure by how much and if its worth the addtional amount of cash splashed on a custom loop when there is the swifttech h220 which is expandable. if the performance difference is minimal i.e. 3/5'c difference from the custom loop i posted to the swifttech h220 ill stay with the h220 and save my self moeny. if the difference is 10/20'c from customloop to h220 ill look at buying the custom loop as it means i can push my system further when working in different applications. also if the custom is deffonetly worth going for over the h220 whats the temp difference between the to different waterblocks i posted as again if its only a few degrees i will save me self some money and buy the slightly cheaper one. if the temp difference is allot etc i will spend the addtional amount. hope this is clear enough as im not always good at explaining.

[airdeano]

Thanx for welcoming me to the forum also

 

im a gamer and game designer (in training) i want to push my system more but my current cooler is annoying me as it dont perform as well as i no other closed loops have. erm i want to make my system look as nice as possible as well as having the best performance cooling as i can afford. im not entire sure what you mean when you say what are my expectations. but from what i have been told is a custom waterloop is better than any AIO but im not sure by how much and if its worth the addtional amount of cash splashed on a custom loop when there is the swifttech h220 which is expandable. if the performance difference is minimal i.e. 3/5'c difference from the custom loop i posted to the swifttech h220 ill stay with the h220 and save my self moeny. if the difference is 10/20'c from customloop to h220 ill look at buying the custom loop as it means i can push my system further when working in different applications. also if the custom is deffonetly worth going for over the h220 whats the temp difference between the to different waterblocks i posted as again if its only a few degrees i will save me self some money and buy the slightly cheaper one. if the temp difference is allot etc i will spend the addtional amount. hope this is clear enough as im not always good at explaining.

 

yeah, you kinda got the expectations thing. were you looking for 3-5° better or

30-40° better temps? although no guarantees on amounts of thermal control,

custom water cooling can reduce the temperatures enough to raise the performance

levels to almost best. but again, depends on ability, cooling hardware and devices.

 

example: using a H100i peak OC is 1.42vCore @ 80° A=23° (2700rpm fans) same

system on custom loop including GPU 1.42vCore @ 68° A=28° 360x 60+240x 60 rads

at 1100rpm fan speed. takes 1.25hr to temperature stabilize vs. H100i 30mins.

 

only thing about the expandability of the H220 has some feedback on gains on other

forums. a couple have done the deed here, and sorted success.

[s1-crysis]

Thanx for the reply i fink i understanf what you mean im taking from what you have said custom loop is better generally can give people a better performance comapared to standord aio systems. Iv managed to price up a custom loop system for around £20 more than the h220 by chnging my resovoir to a different brand same capacity erm and changing my hoses so i think i shall go for the custom loop as it will be more interesting as i can see it coming together my self and from what i can undrstand it gives me more freedom to upgrade and cool allot more in the future thanx for the replys this forum has helped me in the last few posts more than the other forums iv been asking on hsve in the last 3 days

[s1-crysis]

between the setup i posted on here and these kits would anyone be able to say which would be the better option performance wise

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/product_info.php/info/p16023_Phobya-Pure-Performance-Kit-200LT.html

and

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/product_info.php/info/p2081_240er-Komplettset-12V-Laing-S--775-1155-1156-1oe-2011.html

thanx