H440 Watercooled Layout

Mr_Boberto · November 13, 2014

So Im planning on upgrading my rig into a water cooled setup. I really love the minimalist look of the H440 so im pretty set on it i think. Iv done alot of looking around online for other water cooled setups in the H440 and i found a few. It seems like its not as easy as NZXT says it is to water cool in it but also dosnt really seem to hard. Im gona be cooling a I7 4770K and a EVGA GTX 770 ACX SC both stock but will overclock after water cooled.

My Current Setup:

I7 4770K

EVGA GTX 770 ACX SC

8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3

Corsair CX750M

Asus Maximus Hero VI

Corsair H60

120GB Samsung 840 Evo

1Tb Seagate Barracuda

Corsair Carbide 300R

I was planning on waiting to get a 980 to do my watercooling loop, but that would almost double the cost of my loop and i really dont need the extra performance of a 980 yet so ill probably get one sometime next year or something and cool my 770 for now.

Im gona get another SSD or 2 to use for main programs and most played games and mount them on the PSU shroud, and use my current 120GB just as my boot drive. Also get one bigger HHD (3 or 4TBS) for mass storage and mount that on the floor mount.

Im gona get the White and Black H440 but then i want to paint a fair amount of the black accents red along with the ssd sleds,the pci brackets and the NZXT logo plate of the PSU shroud to match the ROG board.

(Props to The_Edster on here and his Project Contrast build http://tinyurl.com/pbwr5g6 Check it out its pretty damn awsome)

Heres my ghetto Gimp mock up of my build layout:

Im gona be useing rigid tubing in this build to make it nice and clean looking and either red tinted tubing or Mayhems Pastel Red with clear rigid tubing. Then white fittings as well as a white CPU block and a White GPU Back Plate. I dont want the fittings and blocks to clash though. Also not sure if i want to use acrylic or petg tube. Let me know what you think i should use.

Im also not sure what pump and res i should use. I think im definitely gona be using a pump/res combo and either mount it to the front rad or the inside of the drive bay cover. Give me an idea of what pump/res combo to use. I was looking at the EK D5 Pump/Res Combo but it sold out in a few places. I do plan on going SLI in the future so i dont want to skimp out on the pump.

In the H440 i think i wana go with a 240 Slim Rad up top and a 360 Rad up front as thick as i can get it with out interfering with the floor hard drive mount cause i need to put one HDD in this system for mass storage. Or im gona do a 360 Slim Rad up top and a thick 240 Rad up front. Not sure which one would be better. Let me know which one you think would work better.

Thats about all i think i got for now. When i get going on this ill be sure to chronicle it in the Build Log fourm here. Meanwhile any tips, suggestions or advice any of you got let me know. Appreciate any and all help.