First time custom water loop.

[yannickverc]

HeyGuys

So this will be the first time I do a custom water loop. It's been a dream of mine to have one and I think I'm just gonna do it now. I currently have a green/black build (see pictures in sig) but I always wanted to have a white/black theme with custom loop. (I also threw a sneaky GPU upgrade in there)

So here's the list of parts I want to get:

I've gone with EK stuff because I think their stuff is good quality. Reason for PSU upgrade: Current one is over 2 years old and like 80+ bronze or some shit. About the Fittings: idk which ones to get/how many so deffo need some help there.

Please suggest better stuff/Give opinions about the list. Thanks!

[Minsekt]

you do need the backplate for your gpu too. if youre using the oem backplate of the 6g gaming card you have to leave 3 screws ouf of the block which makes the vrm not align perfectly with the block. other than that your list looks fine to me. the backplate costs like 20 euro. 

[airdeano]

if you are not planning on a bonkers voltage overclock on the CPU and GPU a single 280x45mm radiator will suffice. this will remove that single 120 which won't make much in improvement, adds another leak point, and usually crowds the i/o with unruly clutter.

[yannickverc]

47 minutes ago, Minsekt said:

you do need the backplate for your gpu too. if youre using the oem backplate of the 6g gaming card you have to leave 3 screws ouf of the block which makes the vrm not align perfectly with the block. other than that your list looks fine to me. the backplate costs like 20 euro. 

Hmm. I wanted to get the MSI g6 because of the backplate. So I could just get a reference card if I'm going to buy a seperate backplate. Thanks for the tip!

[Minsekt]

5 minutes ago, yannickverc said:

Hmm. I wanted to get the MSI g6 because of the backplate. So I could just get a reference card if I'm going to buy a seperate backplate. Thanks for the tip!

yea i have the 6g gaming, its a great card but with the ek wb fullblock youll need the ek wb backplate. the oem backplate looks kinda cheap in person tbh, its just cheap plastic anyways.