dropping the system in water

[PuNkPoEtS]

i have finally decided that i will be going to water cooling and i have been stalking the forums about everyones experience with all their systems and i have decided on the parts. the only parts i need is the loop nothing else until i see how the new AMD cards come out as if they annihilate the HD 7xxx series i might look at getting one of those.

 

at the moment i am just looking at parts but i dont want it over the top with price. i think no more the $400 would be great as this is only for the water cooling loop nothing else as i already have a system running i just want it cooler as the aussie summer heat will be here soon and i want to make sure i have it by then

 

i am trying to figure out which is better having coloured tubing or having coloured coolant or both as i do want to see my coolant glow as i want the inside of my case glowing red

 

the parts i already own

AMD FX-6300

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0

Gskill 16GB 1600Mhz

Gigabyte HD 7870 OC

Samsung 840 250GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 2TB x2

Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 case

 

I will be doing all my shopping at PC Case Gear

[Vitalius]

I personally am going for clear coolant. Having the light reflect through the tubes/coolant, imo, is a cooler effect (pun intended).

I prefer to buy my sleeving at MDPC. Though, you being in Australia, that would be painful via taxes/shipping.

[TheArium]

I am in no way an expert on water cooling, but I will give a piece of advice regarding your tubing that I think a lot of people agree on.

 

Go for coloured tubing and clear, distilled water instead of clear tubing and water with dye. In that way, your components will last longer as your are sure the dye won't clog your system or discolour some of the components over time. At least that's what I'd do. I would personally feel safer knowing that that stuff running inside my system is only water.

 

Regarding tubing I'd probably get PrimoChill PrimoFlex tubing just because Linus seems to recommend it over anything. No first hand experience, though.

[Henry]

Linus needs to make a LMG store.....

He would build a system for u with the most badass water cooling setup and coming from a retailer, know many parts which are reliable 

[PuNkPoEtS]

here are the list of parts im looking at

Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 240mm $85.00

EK Ekoolant Blood Red Premix 1000mL Coolant $16.00

Phobya CPU Cooler UC-2 LT AMD Silver Nickel Black $69.00

PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT Tubing Red 7/16ID 5/8OD 10ft $29.00

Bitspower G1/4 Matte Black 7/16 Compression Fitting CC6 x8 $72.00

EK D5 Vario 12 DC pump $89.00

still deciding on the res.

XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25in Reservoir $49.00

Bitspower Dual/Single D5 Top Upgrade Kit 150 $49.00

[Henry]

@PuNkPoEtS

 

Good luck with your build! Building a water cooled system seems easy (ish). But taking it apart (with all the water in it already) seems hard...

[PuNkPoEtS]

@Henry this is my first wc build and anything to do with it I have been air cooled til now and I want more

[ilikemacandpc]

Colored Tubing and clear coolant. $400 won't get you far. Maybe just aim for a CPU only loop. 

[PuNkPoEtS]

Colored Tubing and clear coolant. $400 won't get you far. Maybe just aim for a CPU only loop. 

that is coloured tubing but i dont want clear coolant as i want to see it in the res... that is just a cpu loop nothing els. the massive price is because im in Australia 

[Dravic]

Wow the author of this topic is pretty weird in my opinion.

 

You're watercooling for 400$ an AMD processor? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

 

You could at least get their hopeless "high-end" 8350 and not FX-6300... xD

 

If you put those 400$ towards your normal build with air cooler you would get muuuch better performance from the system - you could easily get i7 Ivy or Haswell, or maybe even 6-core Sandy Bridge Extreme. Lol.

[PuNkPoEtS]

Wow the author of this topic is pretty weird in my opinion.

You're watercooling for 400$ an AMD processor? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

You could at least get their hopeless "high-end" 8350 and not FX-6300... xD

If you put those 400$ towards your normal build with air cooler you would get muuuch better performance from the system - you could easily get i7 Ivy or Haswell, or maybe even 6-core Sandy Bridge Extreme. Lol.

I never said anything like that this upgrade is only for the cooling nothing else.

I think you should read all posts before pressing a key as if you read all the posts you would know it's only a cpu loop nothing else

And dont be a fanboy it makes you look like an idiot who can't read

[Dravic]

I never said anything like that this upgrade is only for the cooling nothing else.

I think you should read all posts before pressing a key as if you read all the posts you would know it's only a cpu loop nothing else

And dont be a fanboy it makes you look like an idiot who can't read

 

That's exactly what I am saying, water looping an FX ESPECIALLY a low end is pointless, you're wasting money.

[PuNkPoEtS]

But why should I switch to intel when I have no problems with the fx 6300??

The only reason im doing a custom loop for is temps as I want to overclock more. Also I also want to add the gpu when I upgrade that as well

[JoshM]

But why should I switch to intel when I have no problems with the fx 6300??

The only reason im doing a custom loop for is temps as I want to overclock more. Also I also want to add the gpu when I upgrade that as well

I think you should get a FX8350 minimum other wise its kind of pointless.

[Dravic]

I think you should get a FX8350 minimum other wise its kind of pointless.

 

Exactly. No point in putting 400$ for cooling 100$ CPU, you'd make a switch to intel i7 without surpassing 350$ lol. and then you dont even need to overclock to get superior experience.

[JoshM]

Exactly. No point in putting 400$ for cooling 100$ CPU, you'd make a switch to intel i7 without surpassing 350$ lol. and then you dont even need to overclock to get superior experience.

He doesn't need to move to intel, the 8350 is still boss, also depends where you live, 4770k is like $350 in AUS.

[JoshM]

One question on your build though, why did you get a high-end stuff like the mobo, SSD, 16gb of ram but will a low end cpu?

[PuNkPoEtS]

One question on your build though, why did you get a high-end stuff like the mobo, SSD, 16gb of ram but will a low end cpu?

 

the reason i have this system is i have slowly upgraded the parts and ii have not needed anything more then the 6300 and im quite happy with the system

[Dravic]

the reason i have this system is i have slowly upgraded the parts and ii have not needed anything more then the 6300 and im quite happy with the system

 

Then dont waste any more money than you already have wasted and just air cool that CPU...

[DJ46]

Or get a closed loop liquid cooler, but one you can change fluids in like Swiftech H220 (I think it's only banned in US) or Coolermaster Eisberg.