960 watercooling and mitx

[XDXD_JIB37LY]

hello, i am going to build my first pc and since i am going to school and have no main source of income it is going to be on a lowish kind of budget, £650 - £700 including monitor, so I have opted to start with a 960 for a number of reasons: it is at a good price right now at £150 - £200, it is very efficient and cool and means that a cheap budget psu like the cx430m wont be under heavy load and therefore lasting longer and be safer for your components

 

my main question are;

1. would a kraken g10 or hydro hg10 fit on a 960 because I know that there is no refrence 960 but there are some near refrence ones like this it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-Nvidia-GeForce-Graphic-Express/dp/B00SL8WFUQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1439408292&sr=8-4&keywords=960+palit

 2. is it​ worth cooling and overclocking a 960

3. is the node 304 a g​ood case for this because I quite like it and I will not be using an aio for my cpu

 

and before anyone asks I will not be getting the gpu cooling setup strait away and will have to save for quite a while​

 

[ELSknutson]

For the price you would pay to watercooling the 960 you could get an R9 390 or a 970 for a few bucks more so no water cooling a 960 is silly

[pwn_intended]

a 960 with a good air cooler is good. Dont bother wasting money on a watercooler, save up for a better gpu instead...

[XDXD_JIB37LY]

For the price you would pay to watercooling the 960 you could get an R9 390 or a 970 for a few bucks more so no water cooling a 960 is silly

 

I would be saving for like another six months after to get a aio

[Knaj]

Don't watercool a 960, with the money from water cooling, get a better GPU

[XDXD_JIB37LY]

Don't watercool a 960, with the money from water cooling, get a better GPU

 

I would probably not be able to afford a better gpu as I have been saving for ages and I get £15 a month but if there are any gpus in that pricerange that are worth noting

[ELSknutson]

I would be saving for like another six months after to get a aio

dont bother air cooling is just fine for a 960 just get a card from MSI or gigabyte, asus, or Evga and you will still be able to overclock fairly well.

your better off taking the money that you would have spent on a water cooler and put it else ware. Water Cooling over air will only get you maybe 10fps and thats not worth the 60-100 you would spend to watercool. your better off getting a good SSD or selling your 960 when you get enouh money and getting a 390 or 970 etc.

[OAcesync]

Watercooling a 960 is a waste of money not worth it spend it on something else like more SSD or save up till you can sell the 960 for a 390 or 970

[XDXD_JIB37LY]

dont bother air cooling is just fine for a 960 just get a card from MSI or gigabyte, asus, or Evga and you will still be able to overclock fairly well.

your better off taking the money that you would have spent on a water cooler and put it else ware. Water Cooling over air will only get you maybe 10fps and thats not worth the 60-100 you would spend to watercool. your better off getting a good SSD or selling your 960 when you get enouh money and getting a 390 or 970 etc.

sounds like a good idea

what about the node 304

[ELSknutson]

sounds like a good idea

what about the node 304

Its an ok case I dont see an issue with but its cheaper and easyer to build an ATX system and get a case like the nzxt s340

[XDXD_JIB37LY]

Its an ok case I dont see an issue with but its cheaper and easyer to build an ATX system and get a case like the nzxt s340

 

yes but I don't have a terrible amount of space in my room and I like the small form factor of an itx

plus you don't have to get a wifi card and my room is miles away from the router so Ethernet isn't really in

[Knaj]

I would probably not be able to afford a better gpu as I have been saving for ages and I get £15 a month but if there are any gpus in that pricerange that are worth noting

 

Well how much would you spend on the watercooling?

[LmeAde2]

hello, i am going to build my first pc and since i am going to school and have no main source of income it is going to be on a lowish kind of budget, £650 - £700 including monitor, so I have opted to start with a 960 for a number of reasons: it is at a good price right now at £150 - £200, it is very efficient and cool and means that a cheap budget psu like the cx430m wont be under heavy load and therefore lasting longer and be safer for your components

 

my main question are;

1. would a kraken g10 or hydro hg10 fit on a 960 because I know that there is no refrence 960 but there are some near refrence ones like this it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-Nvidia-GeForce-Graphic-Express/dp/B00SL8WFUQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1439408292&sr=8-4&keywords=960+palit

 2. is it​ worth cooling and overclocking a 960

3. is the node 304 a g​ood case for this because I quite like it and I will not be using an aio for my cpu

 

and before anyone asks I will not be getting the gpu cooling setup strait away and will have to save for quite a while​

 

I came across this youtube page a while ago and it has a lot of Kraken G10 information and install videos on it. http://youtu.be/TcuSHFob4qM?list=PLTLW-NE1XjRCDLWTgKec1BCKucCXqrqdq. According to NZXT's website the GTX 960 won't work. http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html They only list reference design compatibility but the GTX 960 likely has to short of a PCB for the VRM fan to cool it properly.