First time real water cooling...

[Wingfan]

As the title says....

Will be cooling CPU and maybe 2 GPU's....

Looking for advice/feedback/knowledge

Here are the specs, if needed

4790K
2 x 290X Lightning

This will be for looks and experience, should i do this on my Pentium build first?
I have more questions, but starting with this.

Thanks

[Frankie]

I never did watercool by myself. But I like to learn and this old video from JayzTwoCents should give you a lot of informations

 

[Spev]

As the title says....

Will be cooling CPU and maybe 2 GPU's....

Looking for advice/feedback/knowledge

Here are the specs, if needed

4790K

2 x 290X Lightning

This will be for looks and experience, should i do this on my Pentium build first?

I have more questions, but starting with this.

Thanks

I'm not sure what you want for "advice", there's just too much to explain without you asking something specific. Only advice I can give you right now is prepare to open up your wallet. Cooling 2 graphics cards and a CPU is gonna cost you a lost of money...if you want to do this the right way and not cheap out on parts I would honestly say this will cost you at least $700 dollars.

[Wingfan]

i wanna do it the right way, i think i have enough PC hardware knowledge. Money really isnt an issue, but not an "open wallet". 

So should i do this with my 'back-up' pc incase i get leek's? 

Im worried about leeks.

 

[Bosco]

There is always the potential for leaks but if you take your time and make sure everything is fitting nicely you shouldn't have any problems. Running distilled water or any non conductive fluid along with a leak test will greatly lower your chances of killing components. My build ran great for 2 weeks and then got a tiny leak but the leak wasn't from a block, fitting, or rad it was a pin hole leak in my acrylic so I have no clue how it happened.

 

Unless you plan to eventually cool that second rig anyway I would just do the main one so you don't have to drain and recycle a loop a month after it's built. 

[airdeano]

needs for your loop:

radiator/radiator support: 1x 360x 60, 1x 240x 60 minimum for any CPU/GPU

voltage overclocking and still keep a low fan speed noise. case will be crucial

for internal mounting. external is available, but if you are squeamish about

leaks now, you might consider other cooling methods.

 

GPU blocks are available and $160 each (yea, custom PCB cards)

 

single D5 pump direct speed or vario will be fine.

 

conclusion, this is not for a primary build, until build is complete.

[big_lilo]

I would use two 360's rads minimum with 290x... 

 

if you have a case that can support it I'd even go 480 rad.... more surface area for cooling is never a bad thing