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I've got an Asus 780 ti Directcu ii and from what I've read, its not possible to use a watercooling bracket like the G10 on it. So would it be worth it to build a custom 120mm rad loop just for the gpu? Also what would the ballpark cost for building a small loop like that? 

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full cover block is probably aroun 100$ alone

a decent pump about 50$

reservoir round 30$

rad bout 60$

 

that'd be pretty expensive if you ask me could almost get a new GPU for that Money probably

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full cover block is probably aroun 100$

 

Yeah. I would also need a pump, res, and rad... Though since I'm only cooling the gpu, I wouldn't need anything too expensive right? so maybe 200 total? 

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Yeah. I would also need a pump, res, and rad... Though since I'm only cooling the gpu, I wouldn't need anything too expensive right? so maybe 200 total?

yep, might wanna shove the CPU in for another 120 or so

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yep, might wanna shove the CPU in for another 120 or so

 

hm... Would it be worth it to watercool my 3570k though? I'd probably need to change my case too if I'm going to watercool my CPU since my current case can't fit rads in the top or the front. 

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hm... Would it be worth it to watercool my 3570k though? I'd probably need to change my case too if I'm going to watercool my CPU since my current case can't fit rads in the top or the front.

probably not now that I see your CPU, anyway, if your talking about multiple rads, I think one will do just fine depending on thickness and length, it's not a car, but you may need two, if you had a 6600k or 6700k I'd say yes still or even 4690k or 4790k, all in all, to keep noise down its suggests if you can fit it inside your budget.

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probably not now that I see your CPU, anyway, if your talking about multiple rads, I think one will do just fine depending on thickness and length, it's not a car, but you may need two, if you had a 6600k or 6700k I'd say yes still or even 4690k or 4790k, all in all, to keep noise down its suggests if you can fit it inside your budget.

 

The main issue with my case is that it can't fit a rad larger than a 120mm. I guess I'll just wait til I do a full upgrade before I watercool. Thanks for the advice

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The main issue with my case is that it can't fit a rad larger than a 120mm. I guess I'll just wait til I do a full upgrade before I watercool. Thanks for the advice

I as thinking 240mm sorry.

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