Custom Loop haf stacker idea

[franksonw]

Hey everyone, finally got a job that allows me to be stupid with my spending money while still saving... So I have a spec list and few ideas and just need some input and recommendations

 

Intel I-7 4790K

dual GTX 980ti in sli, prolly evga referance versions for liquid cooling

32 gigs of Vengeance Pro RAM

Corsair RM1000

Fatal1ty Professional Mobo from ASRock

2 2tb WD Black drives

1 240 gig intel 730 ssd

 

I want to use the cooler master haf stacker 915f to house the rads for liquid cooling

and the HAF 932 with a custom front window panel for the core of the build.

 

as far as what i need for rads and fittings and fans I'm not sure what to go with. I've never gone so far with liquid cooling to run anything this custom. most people i build for are content with a closed loop, but I want to go for broke at about a 5 grand budget in USD

 

I'm basically going for a skunkworks esqu style build but with the red and black color scheme and around half the price

 

Thank you in advance.

[TheCaptain53]

@franksonw, looks like fun. It's a lot of money, but it should be fun. :')

My only concern is the reference GTX 980 Ti cards. Once you water cool a graphics card (or any component for that matter), assuming the performance of the loop is good, thermals are no longer a limiting factor for performance - the PCB is. If you're going to water cool, I would go for a custom PCB card with a beefy power delivery. That's actually the reason I got the EVGA GTX 970 SSC over the regular SC (also because of misaligned heat pipes on the core) because it meant better water cooling later on down the road.

[franksonw]

@franksonw, looks like fun. It's a lot of money, but it should be fun. :')

My only concern is the reference GTX 980 Ti cards. Once you water cool a graphics card (or any component for that matter), assuming the performance of the loop is good, thermals are no longer a limiting factor for performance - the PCB is. If you're going to water cool, I would go for a custom PCB card with a beefy power delivery. That's actually the reason I got the EVGA GTX 970 SSC over the regular SC (also because of misaligned heat pipes on the core) because it meant better water cooling later on down the road.

 

That's 100% true, i just always assumed that most waterblocks for gpus were made for the refferance design, and i know some makers change that design when they make custom cards, its not a problem i want to run into, although i've never water cooled a gpu before, so the input is nice. if i went air cooling i was going to get the 980ti strix, so i might still look at that then

[TheCaptain53]

That's 100% true, i just always assumed that most waterblocks for gpus were made for the refferance design, and i know some makers change that design when they make custom cards, its not a problem i want to run into, although i've never water cooled a gpu before, so the input is nice. if i went air cooling i was going to get the 980ti strix, so i might still look at that then

EK WB have recently released a water block for the Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming, so that's definitely worth checking out. I would personally go for the G1 Gaming anyway (or the EVGA variant). Seriously, that windforce cooler is fucking MASSIVE.

[franksonw]

EK WB have recently released a water block for the Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming, so that's definitely worth checking out. I would personally go for the G1 Gaming anyway (or the EVGA variant). Seriously, that windforce cooler is fucking MASSIVE.

 

i just checked it out, and i do agree that looks sick, i had originally wanted to get the 980ti strix when it came out due to the color scheme and performance, however, as mentioned with water cooling, thermals no longer become an issue and i can just overclock the other other card anyways. mostly, i just have no clue what to do with fittings, as i've never built a custom loop rig before, atleast not something like this. i know most of my parts are coming from frozen pc , but i just dont know what to order

[TheCaptain53]

i just checked it out, and i do agree that looks sick, i had originally wanted to get the 980ti strix when it came out due to the color scheme and performance, however, as mentioned with water cooling, thermals no longer become an issue and i can just overclock the other other card anyways. mostly, i just have no clue what to do with fittings, as i've never built a custom loop rig before, atleast not something like this. i know most of my parts are coming from frozen pc , but i just dont know what to order

Watch some of JayzTwoCents' videos. He's probably the most well reknowned watercoolers on YouTube. He'll be able to tell you all that you need.