Corsair 760T Watercooling - All The Right Parts?

[ongthomas]

Hello, I'm a first time water cooler, and I plan on using this case mainly for it's aesthetic looks. I was wondering if XSPC's EX series radiators would work with this case? From the site it says the case supports 4 of them.

 

These are all of the components I'm looking at. Honestly, I only chose these because they were on Amazon and Prime eligible.

 

PrimoFlex Advanced LRT 1/2in x 3/4in. Tubing

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A9ZDIJG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A15YNZR7YB053N

 

XSPC D5 Photon 270 Reservoir / D5 Vario Pump Combo 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FJHFREI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3GO5VFCNOM5I7

 

XSPC Raystorm CPU Block

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T01B54/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3GO5VFCNOM5I7

 

XSPC G1/4" to 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD Compressions

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NODETZW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3GO5VFCNOM5I7

 

XSPC EX360 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006097HEC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3GO5VFCNOM5I7 x 1

 

XSPC EX240 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0067LW8RY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3GO5VFCNOM5I7 x 1

 

XSPC EX120 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0067LW8HY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_10?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1S9W9A986D3KF x 2

 

and for cooling my GPU I chose to go with the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti Arctic Storm card mainly because it has a water block already installed.

 

With the 760T I know I will probably end up removing all if not most of the hard drive bays to account for the radiators. I just wanted to know if it was possible or if there's other ways I can mount my storage. Which leads me to the question, do I need these many radiators? Are they the right kind of radiators? Should I look at different cases?

 

The other parts I think are unnecessary to list, but I just wanted to double check with the internet before I end up buying wrong parts or miss something important. I plan on buying distilled liquid, hose cutters, etc. I did watch a few of JayzTwoCents videos on watercooling before coming here, so I'm not completely new to this. Just haven't experienced any hands on action yet.

[Necrodead]

I have a 760t, and you CAN put all those radiators in but you will have no harddrive bays. You could not put the bottom 120mm in like I did here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/339642-a-custom-water-cooled-amd-build-autocad-update-inc/?p=4630313

 

and then you save room for 3 HDDs. You also won't need all those radiators, you could get by with just the 360, but personally I would do the front 240mm as well. When I added the 140mm to my case at the back I didn't notice any difference in tempratures, probably becasue at that point some of your rads are exhausts and are cooling with warm air, IMO.

 

Rads are all about the same, the only differences are the fin density, higher fin density(20+FPI) means more cooling with faster speed fans, while lower FPI,(<15) perform better with low speed fans for people who want quiet systems. The rads you have there look like very high FPI rads.

 

And you could put all your rads in and still have room for a single HDD if you get a 5.25 HDD bay for the front of your case. You can fit a single bay in the bottom 5.25 slot with the top rad in place. I plan to do this with my next upgrade since I have less HDD's now. Good luck water cooling!

 

Also IMO 3/4" tube looks huge, even in a 760t, if you look at my build I actually replaced the 3/4" with 5/8". (Don't have the pictures of the 3/4" there anymore but you can see the 5/8" looks prettty big already)

[Ryoku]

@ongthomas

 

Another thing you should know about higher density rads is while they cool better at first they very quickly and easily get clogged with dust and then start under performing, so if you don't want to clean your rads more often you should go with lower density rads.