hydro-x Corsair Hydro X series - are my parts compatible?

[KimbaCamba]

Hey guys, new to the forum but not to LTT

 

I currently have an ITX build in my NZXT H210 with a ryzen 5 3600 and a 2070 super. Christmas is fast approaching, however, and I'd like to upgrade again to a Ryzen 5600x and a 3070 while also build a custom loop. I was hoping to go all corsair Hydro-X series for this, but on their website the waterblocks they're releasing only specify support for FE 3080's and 90's, the only 3070 it says it can support is an ROG strix one which is far too big for my case as it is ITX (NZXT H210).

 

So my question is, will any of the current Hydro-X series GPU blocks (ie, the one for 2080 FE's) fit a 3070? If not, are they likely to release one that will soon? Furthermore, the only RTX 3070 I can find that will fit is the Zotac Gaming Twin Edge OC, which I'm fairly certain uses the reference PCB, but is anyone able to confirm this?

 

On top of all this, does anyone have experience doing a custom loop in an H210? If so, anything I should know beforehand? 

 

Thanks in advance for any responses, links to all products I'm thinking of using down below:

https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-3070-twin-edge-oc

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/CORSAIR-iCUE/Custom-Cooling/Hydro-X-Series-XC7-RGB-CPU-Water-Block-(115X-AM4)/p/CX-9010004-WW

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Custom-Cooling/Pump-Reservoir/Hydro-X-Series-XD3-RGB-Pump-Reservoir-Combo/p/CX-9040003-WW

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Custom-Cooling/Radiators/hydro-x-xr5-config/p/CX-9031002-WW

https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/Categories/Products/Custom-Cooling/Blocks/GPU-Blocks/Hydro-X-Series-XG7-RGB-20-SERIES-GPU-Water-Block-(2080-FE-Rev-B)/p/CX-9020009-WW#tab-package-contents (hopefully, or something similar)

[jaslion]

Why not just get a better gpu and cpu with the money you'd spend on the watercooling if you are upgrading anyway? Alsdo the hydro x series stuff is ok quality at best the gpu block just straight up leaks.

[KimbaCamba]

I don't need more than a 6-core CPU and 3080's are not only incredibly expensive, but also way too big for my case. The airflow in my case is also hardly brilliant, so an air cooled 3080 would struggle massively, I've also always wanted to do a custom loop and there's no better time than the present.

 

If Hydro-X series stuff isn't great I'd be open to any recommendations of other places to look? (it appears all EK's solutions are designed for the 3080/90's too)

[jaslion]

15 minutes ago, KimbaCamba said:

I don't need more than a 6-core CPU and 3080's are not only incredibly expensive, but also way too big for my case. The airflow in my case is also hardly brilliant, so an air cooled 3080 would struggle massively, I've also always wanted to do a custom loop and there's no better time than the present.

 

If Hydro-X series stuff isn't great I'd be open to any recommendations of other places to look? (it appears all EK's solutions are designed for the 3080/90's too)

The 70's series rarely see a waterblock as well they aren't the highest end part and basically nobody would get watercooling on that so yeah there are none as of now and probably won't be for a while.

 

So other than waiting or switching cases and getting a gpu that has a waterblock I can't really give you any other options

[narrdarr]

If your looking to get better cooling I would simply get a better case