Cheap whole system cooling - 500$ to 1200$

[SystemofaSyndrome]

Hello, I am presenting the question because I might be going to a fully water cooled system in the coming year or 2 and am looking at options to make this work for a good price, this is also to help anyone else out in a situation like this where they might be upgrading or are upgrading currently.

 

The budget for this would be 500$ for the low end, 800$ for the high end, and 1200$ for the dream high end. This thread can mainly be discussion but things like PcPartPicker being used would be awesome, to give some examples of what users on this thread might mean.

 

The parts involved, aside from the water cooling would be, a Noctis 450 (my own case), GTX 970, or 980Ti.

 

The loop has to cool the cpu, cool the gpu and dissipate the heat, please keep in mind I am not an experienced user with water cooling and so I don't know if anything I am saying is odd sounding or wrong.

[MasterAli]

I personally wouldn't bother water cooling a 970. Cooling it would almost cost more than the loop itself.

[Zayzo]

This for noob http://www.performance-pcs.com/ek-kit-l360-r2-0-watercooling-kit.html

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com/xspc-full-cover-razor-gtx-980-980-ti-waterblock.html

[CoolaxGaming]

2 things.

Get a beefier pc before you wc it.

Part prices can change amlot in 2 years, maybe your GPU/CPU block going out of production.

[Chiobe]

I personally wouldn't bother water cooling a 970. Cooling it would almost cost more than the loop itself.

970 in SLI is more then enough for 1440p 100Hz+, so there is a point to it.

But each there own.

[Zayzo]

970 in SLI is more then enough for 1440p 100Hz+, so there is a point to it.

But each there own.

He said ONE 970.

[Chiobe]

He said ONE 970.

I was just pointng out that its not pointless to water cool the 970, as it is still a good card. More then enough for 1080p and somewhat decent at 1440p.

Besides, with so many people upgrading to 980Ti so can you probally get a 2nd one for cheap.

 

If I was building a custom loop and had a 970, so would I water cool it. Even if for nothing else, to keep the whole pc at the same low temprature.

[MasterAli]

I was just pointng out that its not pointless to water cool the 970, as it is still a good card. More then enough for 1080p and somewhat decent at 1440p.

Besides, with so many people upgrading to 980Ti so can you probally get a 2nd one for cheap.

 

If I was building a custom loop and had a 970, so would I water cool it. Even if for nothing else, to keep the whole pc at the same low temprature.

What I was saying is that It wouldn't be very smart. If you're gonna water cool, you should have a beefier PC. Pretty the 970 is gonna go obsolete and he's gonna have an $100 water block he has no use for.

[W-L]

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At around $500 you can get a pretty decent loop and of course go balls to the walls if you really want to and blow the budge out of the water. I would probably suggest if you want to do this in the future though with future hardware since things caan change very quickly and waterblocks for your GPU will become obsolete at that point.

 

 

What I was saying is that It wouldn't be very smart. If you're gonna water cool, you should have a beefier PC. Pretty the 970 is gonna go obsolete and he's gonna have an $100 water block he has no use for.

 

A 970 is great watercooled currently I wouldn't recommend doing it 2 years down the line but I can get boost clocks to 1600Mhz on my card with the extra cooling.

[SystemofaSyndrome]

At around $500 you can get a pretty decent loop and of course go balls to the walls if you really want to and blow the budge out of the water. I would probably suggest if you want to do this in the future though with future hardware since things caan change very quickly and waterblocks for your GPU will become obsolete at that point.

 

 

 

A 970 is great watercooled currently I wouldn't recommend doing it 2 years down the line but I can get boost clocks to 1600Mhz on my card with the extra cooling.

Thank you everyone who has responded so far, as I wrote I will be upgrading to a 980ti or higher in the coming year or two, so that should be kept in mind, though if things happen and I have to use 970's for that period, I will buy a second.

[Ryoku]

Thank you everyone who has responded so far, as I wrote I will be upgrading to a 980ti or higher in the coming year or two, so that should be kept in mind, though if things happen and I have to use 970's for that period, I will buy a second.

 

Hello, I am presenting the question because I might be going to a fully water cooled system in the coming year or 2 and am looking at options to make this work for a good price, this is also to help anyone else out in a situation like this where they might be upgrading or are upgrading currently.

 

The budget for this would be 500$ for the low end, 800$ for the high end, and 1200$ for the dream high end. This thread can mainly be discussion but things like PcPartPicker being used would be awesome, to give some examples of what users on this thread might mean.

 

The parts involved, aside from the water cooling would be, a Noctis 450 (my own case), GTX 970, or 980Ti.

 

The loop has to cool the cpu, cool the gpu and dissipate the heat, please keep in mind I am not an experienced user with water cooling and so I don't know if anything I am saying is odd sounding or wrong.

 

For a starter water cooling kit, Just get a good cpu block, gpu block, double/triple rad (or whatever you can fit), some regular water cooling tube, regular barb fittings, and a good pump/res.  Keep it simple you can always upgrade down the road if you want to.  you can probably get all that for $400-500 USD.

 

For water blocks EKWB is always a good choice.  Rads EKWB, Alphacool, Darkside are good,  Pump D5 is amazing.

[Zayzo]

For a starter water cooling kit, Just get a good cpu block, gpu block, double/triple rad (or whatever you can fit), some regular water cooling tube, regular barb fittings, and a good pump/res.  Keep it simple you can always upgrade down the road if you want to.  you can probably get all that for $400-500 USD.

 

For water blocks EKWB is always a good choice.  Rads EKWB, Alphacool, Darkside are good,  Pump D5 is amazing.

Try to get the variable speed d5... so its not so loud.

[Rusty_Shackleford]

Water cooling can cost up to 1200? damn O_O

[SystemofaSyndrome]

For a starter water cooling kit, Just get a good cpu block, gpu block, double/triple rad (or whatever you can fit), some regular water cooling tube, regular barb fittings, and a good pump/res.  Keep it simple you can always upgrade down the road if you want to.  you can probably get all that for $400-500 USD.

 

For water blocks EKWB is always a good choice.  Rads EKWB, Alphacool, Darkside are good,  Pump D5 is amazing.

Thanks!

[W-L]

Water cooling can cost up to 1200? damn O_O

 

Fittings alone would be close to half of that budget if you went all out with everything watercooled and pimped out.

[1Scotty1]

Water cooling can cost up to 1200? damn O_O

Yeah, that is why I am staying with good old All in one solutions