Water cooling kits

[Cyroos]

I have been looking to upgrade from the aio i have to a custom loop. I have absolutely no experience with custom loops or anything of the type, and was thinking a kit would be a good starting place. I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a kit. This is what I'm considering right now, but wanted other's opinion first. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-kit-s240

[Enderman]

ek, xspc, alphacool are all good

but you should probably do more research before you spill water over all your PC parts

7 minutes ago, Cyroos said:

 I have absolutely no experience with custom loops

 

[Cyroos]

I looked at some xspc kits, and I'm considering this one aswell now. http://www.performance-pcs.com/xspc-raystorm-extreme-universal-cpu-watercooling-kit-w-ex240-radiator-420-pump-res.html        

 

Between the ek one i linked before and this one, which is more recommended?

 

[Belgarathian]

Try and keep your components from the same brand. While there is no rules against this as they're all usually similar, it just helps to minimise any unforeseen problems. 

 

• Try to keep your metals the same, if you're using copper - make sure the majority of your fittings are copper (not sure if this is a myth or not, but can be a cause of corrosion if you mix and match. Hence why trying to keep brands similar too.)
• Use flexible tubing for your first build with compression fittings, it'll make your life easier. I used 3/8 ID, 5/8 OD for my first loop.
• I would recommend getting a res with built in pump... It's just easier. 
• When you test the loop, make sure that you don't have power to any of the components... Just the power supply and pump. The water used in the loops isn't conductive, so you won't damage anything if there is a leak (but it never hurts to be extra safe). 

[Cyroos]

7 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

Try and keep your components from the same brand. While there is no rules against this as they're all usually similar, it just helps to minimise any unforeseen problems. 

 

• Try to keep your metals the same, if you're using copper - make sure the majority of your fittings are copper (not sure if this is a myth or not, but can be a cause of corrosion if you mix and match. Hence why trying to keep brands similar too.)
• Use flexible tubing for your first build with compression fittings, it'll make your life easier. I used 3/8 ID, 5/8 OD for my first loop.
• I would recommend getting a res with built in pump... It's just easier. 
• When you test the loop, make sure that you don't have power to any of the components... Just the power supply and pump. The water used in the loops isn't conductive, so you won't damage anything if there is a leak (but it never hurts to be extra safe). 

Thank for for all the help, but I was more so looking for a kit provided by a company. That way I wont screw up any compatibility, and everything would be guaranteed to work together. Thanks again though.

[W-L]

1 hour ago, Cyroos said:

I looked at some xspc kits, and I'm considering this one aswell now. http://www.performance-pcs.com/xspc-raystorm-extreme-universal-cpu-watercooling-kit-w-ex240-radiator-420-pump-res.html        

Between the ek one i linked before and this one, which is more recommended?

The EK kit would be much better with the DDC pump and separate res helping isolate vibration and noise where bay units tend to easily pass vibration into the chassis.

[Cyroos]

Alright, thank you W-L.

[Dargenfire]

40 minutes ago, W-L said:

The EK kit would be much better with the DDC pump and separate res helping isolate vibration and noise where bay units tend to easily pass vibration into the chassis.

Agreed.

 

If you're really scared about screwing something up (I know I would be) you could also consider the EK Predator, their AIO.

 

[Simon771]

Well you must do it one time

I had no experiences with custom water loops untill last month. Bought kit for it, and I mannaged to get it working. Sure it took me about 4 hours, but in the end nothing was leaking and working as it should. But I spent so many hours because I have small case, and couldn't fit everything inside.

 

Watch some videon on youtube about water cooling. Some tutorial maybe. I was watching only videos from LinusTech and Jaz2cents. All infos are there

 

 

btw: I'm using D5 EKWB pump at 60% speed ... can't even hear it. I have to unplug all fans in my case, and I still hardly hear it. If you are 2m away from PC, you won't even know if it's working or not. Dead silent!