Water Cooling

[WashableTitan76]

what do i need to make a fully custom water cooled pc? any help is appreciated!

[wANKER]

JayzTwoCents has some fairly noob friendly water cooling videos. 

 

Really depends how much money you want to spend. It can become expensive. To a point where you can find yourself spending more money on fittings alone than entire components.

 

If you go for an AIO, then you just need the AIO. This is the simplest and potentially the cheapest route. 

 

 If you want to go for a custom loop: 

 

• CPU block or GPU block, or both, depending on what you want to cool
• Radiator(s) with enough cooling capacity for the above
• Pump and reservoir, you can get a combo which does both or get them separately 
• Tubing (soft or hard. soft is easier and cheaper. hard is more expensive and can be tricky depending on your layout. each person likes different looks) 
• Fittings - for connecting to the CPU/GPU blocks, Radiators, pump, reservoir and any bends you want to do through fittings instead of bending tubing (if hardline) 
• Fans for your radiators 
• Coolant

To put it into perspective, the custom loop for my build was around 50% of the entire budget. 

 

I would say water cooling is generally done more of an aesthetic/passion thing, air cooling can actually perform better for cheaper if done correctly. 

 

Custom loops also require maintenance, keep that in mind. 

[WashableTitan76]

Thank you, yea I was only going to go for a CPU water cooled pc, and have some fans cover the GPU.