Need help with a custom loop

GimmickMusik · November 11, 2014

So I just finished my first ever build and I have a few issues with my final results. Namely the Corsair H60 that I purchased. I have an i7-4790k, and I am really pushing it in terms of cooling, and while I could purchase am H100i I also plan to run two GTX980 cards in SLI eventually. I just figured that it might be better the get the custom loop started sooner than later. I figured that I would give a list of my components and get some feedback.

The components marked with a * are components that I plan on changing at some point in time.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz

*CPU Cooler: Corsair H60

*Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5"

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE

*Case: Thermaltake Chaser A71 ATX Full Tower Case

Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

*Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor

My biggest concern with creating my own custom water cooling loop is that my case will no provide enough space for a reservoir and pump. I am aware that they make reservoir/pump combos, but I am afraid that the lack of traditional drive-bays in my case might cause an issue when trying to mount the reservoir. My other concern is that I am fairly inexperienced with custom loops, and I do not really know what kind of pump I should expect to purchase for a loop that spans two GPU's and a CPU. I am also worried that my case lacks enough space at the top to mount a decent rad. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions at all for this.

If necessary I would change my case to an NZXT H630 or a Switch 810 (to be honest I will probably switch to once of these cases anyway since I am not very pleased with the Thermaltake Chaser A71)

So I I said, I am just looking for any suggestions on the actions that I should take in making this custom loop. Thank you for any help that you can give me.