Advice for water cooling

[TheGosuStandard]

I'm interested in water cooling my pc once I get enough money to buy the parts, but I am nervous as the task seems difficult.

 

Would anyone have recommendations on what I can research up for now while I wait on more income? (Videos, Guides, Items to buy together). 

 

 

Custom loop

[Jodomcfrodo]

What are you watercooling? The entire system? CPU only or GPU and CPU? 

 

[TheGosuStandard]

What are you watercooling? The entire system? CPU only or GPU and CPU? 

 

 

I'm thinking the GPU/CPU only, what else can you watercool beside those?

[Maxwit44]

You can water the VRM's on the mainboards, Ram (if your that keen), HDD, North and South bridges on the Main board, think thats about it.

 

If it is your first, I would suggest a kit with the added block for you gpu. For your GPU (Evga GTX560Ti ?), you'd probably want something like this. Bout all I could find quickly.

[TheGosuStandard]

You can water the VRM's on the mainboards, Ram (if your that keen), HDD, North and South bridges on the Main board, think thats about it.

 

If it is your first, I would suggest a kit with the added block for you gpu. For your GPU (Evga GTX560Ti ?), you'd probably want something like this. Bout all I could find quickly.

 

I'll be picking up a 970 with a second later down the road, my motherboard has the VRM cooling option (not sure if I should though).

[Maxwit44]

I'll be picking up a 970 with a second later down the road, my motherboard has the VRM cooling option (not sure if I should though).

Personal choice really, if you've got the inbuilt cooler, could use it if your gonna do some crazy oc. Outside of that, there just a gimmick to me.

[DirkW]

I'll be picking up a 970 with a second later down the road, my motherboard has the VRM cooling option (not sure if I should though).

Personal choice really, if you've got the inbuilt cooler, could use it if your gonna do some crazy oc. Outside of that, there just a gimmick to me.

 

There's one point to consider before using that: the waterblock on the Maximus VI Formula is made from aluminium, which usually shouldn't be mixed with copper components. That's why I never got the VI, although I liked both its features and its looks quite a lot. Luckily, with the VII, ASUS has changed that block to copper, so for my rig update this time, the Formula (VII) was the thing to get.

[TheGosuStandard]

 

There's one point to consider before using that: the waterblock on the Maximus VI Formula is made from aluminium, which usually shouldn't be mixed with copper components. That's why I never got the VI, although I liked both its features and its looks quite a lot. Luckily, with the VII, ASUS has changed that block to copper, so for my rig update this time, the Formula (VII) was the thing to get.

 

>.> Waiting another year to upgrade from a first gen i5 for the formula VII...