Phobya watercooling kit

[Muatez]

Hello everyone,

So i have couple questions and i need help. First of all what you think about phobya as a brand, are they good and should i buy it.

The kit im looking for is Phobya Pure Performance 360LT and i will change tubing for clear ones. 

I have CM Haf x what you think is 250mm res too big to fit inside next to Asus 7950 dc2 top v2.

If i remember anything else i will post it.

Thank you.

 

[airdeano]

phobya is pretty good for water cooling parts. the g-changer radiators are

very good. their reservoirs are a bit iffy. that pump is fine for a CPU only loop,

so if you are considering adding a GPU later, you'll have to swap the pump

as well, later. a D5 or DDC pump for CPU/GPU loop. for a CPU only loop,

360 radiator is far overkill, as a 240 will do the job without breaking the budget.

[Muatez]

Thank you very much for answer.

My final goal is to buy phanteks enthoo primo with that 360 in bottom and 480 at top. but to get it is long road.

The question i forgot, is EK really worth extra money. Like phobya cpu block is 30e and ek is 50-60e, rad 70e gchanger and xtx is 90e. and ek dont have cheap pump and so.

Fittings are really cheap about 3e so are they good or they will leak. 

Also sorry for bad english im trying to spell everything right and use right tenses.

[ForsakenLive]

They components are pretty good. You could as well pick the exact same parts on your shopping cart with a different tubbing, it costs the same and you know things are going to be compatible, just don't forget to purchase all the parts the kit has.

 

Also, consider stepping up to a higher end kit like the Alphacool d5/st http://www.aquatuning.de/wasserkuehlung/sets-und-systeme/interne-sets/17481/alphacool-nexxxos-cool-answer-240-d5/st-set?c=245 It has a D5 pump which are pretty quiet yet powerful, great if you want to add more blocks and radiators to the loop. Fans are better on this kit.

[Muatez]

They components are pretty good. You could as well pick the exact same parts on your shopping cart with a different tubbing, it costs the same and you know things are going to be compatible, just don't forget to purchase all the parts the kit has.

 

Also, consider stepping up to a higher end kit like the Alphacool d5/st http://www.aquatuning.de/wasserkuehlung/sets-und-systeme/interne-sets/17481/alphacool-nexxxos-cool-answer-240-d5/st-set?c=245 It has a D5 pump which are pretty quiet yet powerful, great if you want to add more blocks and radiators to the loop. Fans are better on this kit.

Thanks for answering.

Would be better to go with better radiator and decent pump, and later change pump . also im not big fan for bay res. I think those fans are 3x more expensive and about 3c cooler and i have black, red theme and they will not fit.

[ForsakenLive]

Thanks for answering.

Would be better to go with better radiator and decent pump, and later change pump . also im not big fan for bay res. I think those fans are 3x more expensive and about 3c cooler and i have black, red theme and they will not fit.

I'm not a fan of the bay res either, they are good and functional, but not aesthetically pleasing IMO.

Try doing what I recommend, if you can find a website that sells water cooling components separately (I didn't bother to check your version of aquatuning ) just copy Phobya's list! Same tubbing size, fittings, blocks, etc.and get a more powerful pump right away, so you can save money on the long run

[Muatez]

I was thinking to this be my starting point in watercooling, and another pump will cost me  80-100e and all for now what i will cool is cpu, maybe it is overkill for now.

Also later when amd lunch new series buy graphics card and cool it. but how it would like whole loop with phoya and ek graphics card block? That is why i asked is it worth buying ek over phobya for same parts cpu block, rad, fittings, fans and tubing witout pump and res will cost as much as phobya hole kit.

[Peggers Xtreme]

Phobya in my opinion make some good water cooling parts I have had good experiences so far, The brand I haven't had such good luck with is EK I had to replace a radiator soon after installing it and my EK Pump failed on me killing my GTX580 a while back but as far as Phobya go I recommend their parts.

[Muatez]

I'm not a fan of the bay res either, they are good and functional, but not aesthetically pleasing IMO.

Try doing what I recommend, if you can find a website that sells water cooling components separately (I didn't bother to check your version of aquatuning ) just copy Phobya's list! Same tubbing size, fittings, blocks, etc.and get a more powerful pump right away, so you can save money on the long run

Yesterday i was litle tired so today i done what you told me, and picking the same parts by myself would cost me 235e ( with smaller and cheaper res) for kit that they are selling for 175e, then with d5 pump would cost me 265 or 290 depending on pump ( 265 for without fittings you just put tube on it and it is plastic, 290 for pump where you can put fittings).

Maybe would be best later on selling that pump and those parts wuold cost me like 150e and just buy  alphacool vpp655 pwm and would cost me 240e instead 290e. What you think?

 

 

Phobya in my opinion make some good water cooling parts I have had good experiences so far, The brand I haven't had such good luck with is EK I had to replace a radiator soon after installing it and my EK Pump failed on me killing my GTX580 a while back but as far as Phobya go I recommend their parts.

Thank you for answering. All of you helped me to decide to buy Phobya, it looks like it is good brand.

 

[ForsakenLive]

 

Yesterday i was litle tired so today i done what you told me, and picking the same parts by myself would cost me 235e ( with smaller and cheaper res) for kit that they are selling for 175e, then with d5 pump would cost me 265 or 290 depending on pump ( 265 for without fittings you just put tube on it and it is plastic, 290 for pump where you can put fittings).

Maybe would be best later on selling that pump and those parts wuold cost me like 150e and just buy  alphacool vpp655 pwm and would cost me 240e instead 290e. What you think?

That's a pretty good pump too, It's from Laing as well as the D5 is. This one is actually pretty powerful too! You won't even need to run it on a higher setting, even with a extra couple rads.

There seems to be a lot of savings on these kits, usually on US websites like FrozenCPU, getting the set, or the same parts separately has almost the same price. So go for it! Change as you upgrade.