Liquid Cooled Build.

[dave909904]

So, I have never water cooled a PC, and need some help choosing parts. Does this look good?

https://amzn.com/w/21UIR5GPXZAQN

[iamawesome]

Looks good to me

[W-L]

15 minutes ago, dave909904 said:

So, I have never water cooled a PC, and need some help choosing parts. Does this look good?

https://amzn.com/w/21UIR5GPXZAQN

I don't recommend to use any Thermaltake brand of kits they use mixed metal loops which cause more problems than good you would be better off getting something like and EKWB P360 kit and build off of that, not to mention you have all the parts for a watercooling build in place so you wouldn't need it.

 

[dave909904]

Just now, W-L said:

I don't recommend to use any Thermaltake brand of kits they use mixed metal loops which cause more problems than good you would be better off getting something like and EKWB P360 kit and build off of that, not to mention you have all the parts for a watercooling build in place so you wouldn't need it.

 

The thermal take kit wasn't supposed to be there. I meant to put in a CPU water-block.

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1 minute ago, dave909904 said:

The thermal take kit wasn't supposed to be there. I meant to put in a CPU water-block.

Two other points I noticed I would suggest to use compression based fittings for the loop instead of the barbs to keep things consistent, also for those fans they are only 3 pin based fans so they would not work with that splitter as it's PWM (4 pin) only. You would be better off with some other fans that are more pressure optimized as those are mainly airflow based. 

[dave909904]

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

Two other points I noticed I would suggest to use compression based fittings for the loop instead of the barbs to keep things consistent, also for those fans they are only 3 pin based fans so they would not work with that splitter as it's PWM (4 pin) only. You would be better off with some other fans that are more pressure optimized as those are mainly airflow based. 

As for the barbs, can you suggest some I can use (preferably from XSPC because it makes RMAs easier to only have to deal with one company), and the fans, how about Riing RGBs on the radiator and replacing the Arctic fans with the PWM versions?

 

Edit: What about dual 360 rads?

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1 minute ago, dave909904 said:

As for the barbs, can you suggest some I can use (preferably from XSPC because it makes RMAs easier to only have to deal with one company), and the fans, how about Riing RGBs on the radiator and replacing the Arctic fans with the PWM versions?

You had the correct compression fittings which were good it was just that you have both barbs and the compression fittings, The Ring RGB fans are a better option, to give you some options some really good pressure optimized fans are the NF-F12, Fractal Design Venturi, EK Vardars, Noiseblockers, and Corsair Pro fans to name a few. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NODEXYE/ref=wl_it_dp_v_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=21UIR5GPXZAQN&coliid=I9WQBTCTP4577

[dave909904]

So what about dual 360 radiators?

[iamawesome]

1 minute ago, dave909904 said:

So what about dual 360 radiators?

What case are you going with

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2 minutes ago, dave909904 said:

So what about dual 360 radiators?

A single 360mm rad for a singel CPU and GPU loop is enough but if you want to do heavy overclocking and have things dead silent while at full load having more rad space doesn't hurt. Just note that the EX 360mm rad is a double folded fin array so while it has more performance in terms of surface area but makes it slightly nosier since it needs to run the RPM higher for the best optimized performance. 

[dave909904]

4 minutes ago, iamawesome said:

What case are you going with

Look at the list.

[dave909904]

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

A single 360mm rad for a singel CPU and GPU loop is enough but if you want to do heavy overclocking and have things dead silent while at full load having more rad space doesn't hurt. Just note that the EX 360mm rad is a double folded fin array so while it has more performance in terms of surface area but makes it slightly nosier since it needs to run the RPM higher for the best optimized performance. 

Do you think its worth the extra money? I just reread the answer. Maybe I will try and get the 6700K up to 4.5, but nothing higher than that.

 

Also, will that pump even manage that?

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Just now, dave909904 said:

Do you think its worth the extra money? Also, will that pump even manage that?

It's mainly up to you if you want things dead silent while at load and the D5 pump can handle that easily, as rads are quite low resistance compared to blocks. 

[dave909904]

One more thing, in that case, rad in the bottom or top (or does it just not matter)?

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1 minute ago, dave909904 said:

One more thing, in that case, rad in the bottom or top (or does it just not matter)?

I would say go with what works well with tubing runs if your just going with a single 360mm rad.