Help needed - going from aio to full custom water

[johnny45]

for ref my current gear an desired gear

 

current old

 

an target finished gear (mb bios updated an ready)

 

im currently prepping to go from a 120mm aio to full custom water for my old first build

iv got a 5800x on order to replace my older 2600x that has served my well but i now need more out of my older rig

an i know the 5800x getting way hotter then the 2600x which with my arctic freezer II 120mm never broke 54c under load

oc'ed at 4.3ghz in a 72deg room for the 5800x i know ill need more

 

an aside from my cpu iv upgraded my from a gigabyte 1660 super oc wind-force x3 to a power color fighter 6700xt

an hope that ill get close to the same cooling i got with the last gpu which as you'll see i pix this layout is what worked

 

best for the aio an gpu , iv got the rear an fronts as intake an the tops as exhaust an the case fans on custom bios fan

curve set to ramp as system temp rises an the aio in push an ramp as needed , in the past the aio was in the rear in pull

 

the only diff between then an now is my rear mobo heat-sinks run cooler by an avg 7deg both idle/load an the gpu

idle/load is 4deg higher , if i could mod the psu shroud into a ramp for the bottom front fan to scoop/direct air flow i
 

would, but not sure how an what id use to do that with ?

aside from that mod im currently trying to decide what rad & rez to get as iv got limited space from both an dont want to
 

change layout for fans or gpu , iv got fittings , tubing , cpu block , pump an coolant so any good advice for doing this will

help

 

my current considered picks for rad & rez are with mods this

id use this 50mm version of this air duct on the rear to aide cooling the rear bridge

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1119238671/120mm-vrm-cooling-duct-120mm-fan-size?sts=1&variation0=2319052234

 

an move the top front 140mm closer to the rear to help fit a

 

https://modmymods.com/aquacomputer-airplex-radical-4-120-aluminum-fins-33702.html

in place of the current aio an rig as pull over push with a 2nd 50mm right angle duct aimed up to not have rad heat

 

blown across the mobo an use this rez

https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/reservoirs/bitspower-water-tank-z-multi-200-acrylic-version-bp-wtzm200ac-cl.html

does this rad an rez combo seem like it could adequately cooler a 5800x possibly oc'ed to

4 to 4.3ghz to near same temps as the 120 arctic did from the 2600x

 

heres another view but with older gpu

 

[Bismut]

11 minutes ago, johnny45 said:

rad & rez

A 360mm in the front and a 120mm fan bracket reservoir should do the trick, I would just go with regular front-to-back airflow though. You want to have the GPU be cooled by water too?

[PDifolco]

Methinks you overspend way too much on cooling on a mid range rig

Custom cooling is for when you can still spend $500 after getting the highest end parts, just for fun

Swap fans with cheap arctic, get a Liquid Freezer 360 and spend the rest upgrading to a 5800x3d or a 6950xt

[johnny45]

id almost go for that but i did consider water-cooling the gpu but couldn't find a compatible water-block ,the closest i could find was one from

 

primochill but it was for the ref card version of 6700xt not the one iv got an trying to get a different 6700xt isnt in the budget ,

 

getting a rad an rez are the only parts i need as i had plenty of spare parts from another build a am3 which had a

good cpu block that was am4 ready , both it an pump were still good but rad an rez were not

 

hence the need for newer an adequate for 5800x

 

i would if i could go for a loop for both gpu an cpu but the return window for gpu has pasted an trying to recover the cash spent on the gpu (479$ before sh&tx) thats a chuck that took awhile to save up an buy an with the cpu on order.

 

my budget for rad & rez that also has to cover sh&tx is 350$

 

i really love my case an im not ready to swap the case even-tho that might help

[Bismut]

22 minutes ago, johnny45 said:

my budget for rad & rez that also has to cover sh&tx is 350$

https://www.alphacool.com/shop/ausgleichsbehaelter/ausgleichsbehaelter/29318/alphacool-rise-flat-reservoir-d5?number=1021872 and

https://www.alphacool.com/shop/radiatoren/radiatoren-aktiv/360-mm/23668/alphacool-nexxxos-st30-full-copper-360mm-radiator-v.2 or https://www.alphacool.com/shop/radiatoren/radiatoren-aktiv/240-mm/23667/alphacool-nexxxos-st30-full-copper-240mm-radiator-v.2 if a 360mm rad doesn't fit

or a complete kit, for example this:

https://www.alphacool.com/shop/aios-sets/cpu-aio/23150/alphacool-eisbaer-360-cpu-black?c=21227 I have the LT240 and it's working flawlessly. There's expansion kits for the Eisbär line too, you might be able to incorporate a future GPU upgrade, for example.

[johnny45]

if i comment to a full loop to cove gpu an cpu ill have to do a gpu swap an case swap 

 

this is my thought on gear with rad side mounted with 50mm version of air duct on the rear to aide cooling the rear bridge an 3x on rad angled away from mobo an nvme drives

this is suggested gear

 

NZXT H9 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case

 

&

XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE

 

bykski-full-coverage-gpu-water-block-

&

Aquacomputer Airplex Radical 4/360, Copper Fins (33714)

 

 

[Mick Naughty]

Don’t need to swap cases. Most aren’t ideal either way. Having a case with enough rad space on exhaust only and having all fresh air on the front would be ideal. 
I’d just focus on getting a block for the card or upgrading to one that does. 
then you’d have to get cheap parts to make a full loop work. Can but done but no reason to cut corners that much. 

[johnny45]

i might do that for the gpu that is but first a very noob question , for years iv seen youtub vid about gpu water-blocking an either missed or failed to understand when removing a gpu fan assembly an heat-sink do or should i run the gpu in a pc under load first to heat up the thermal paste before trying to pull it apart so nothing yanks or breaks is that a real worry.

 

and do you think my suggested gpu , gpu block , an rad are good pick an would that rad be adequate for cooling a 6700xt an 5800x or even a 12 core an keep both desired gpu an either cpu's under 60c