Watercooling help

[BerkeleyT]

Hey guys, I am currently building a pc but it's the first time I have ever tried custom watercooling.

 

Here is my case : http://www.corsair.com/en/obsidian-series-900d-super-tower-case

 

My plan is to have a 480 radiator in the top of my case which will attach to my CPU, a 360 radiator in the front, and a 140mm fan in the back. I don't know if it's optimal but I think it would look cool (Do I even need that 360 rad in the front?). I am going to have 2 Titan X Pascals in SLI so I have two EKWB Waterblocks (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-titan-x-pascal-nickel) with a terminal for them to prevent excess tubing (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-terminal-dual-serial) and two backplates for them (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-titan-x-pascal-backplate-black)

 

I am new to this so I want SOFT TUBING but I'm a little uncertain as to how I want it all connected, and I have no idea how many fittings to buy or even what kind will work for what I have.

 

SO What Pump and Reservoir  should I use, and with the info above, how many fittings/what kind of fittings, how much tubing/what kind of tubing, and how should I run it?

Reservoir->Pump->Etc...

[Metallus97]

Dude 

so much Money  

idd suggest you to read the watercoling FAQ and 101 Those will answer some of the questions.

 

now my recommendations:

Tubing: Primochill Primoflex advanced have allways served me well but masterclear ist allso pretty decent. Dimensions of the tubing  do not affect performance chose the look you like. 

 

Pump: If you got enough for 2x Titan XP then get an aqacomputer aquastream Ultimate https://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=3379 best pump ever made but expensive.

 

Fittings: compression fittings do look better and hold your tubes nice and thigt 

allthoug check that it's the same size as your tubing and G1/4 on the other side, because this is the standard for mounting the fittings to the blocks rads and so on. Go with EK so the looks will match the rest. If you realy have Mega much money get them from bitspower. They even got ceramic ones -> looks BA but its like 25$ a pice.

 

Res: go with EK allso or alphacool. Personally I like the tube style more but anything will work. For use with the aqastream you want a res with no top or adapter for a pump. You will connect it separately.

 

Radiators: the more the better so get em all with decent fans (noctua if you have the money) and enjoy a very quiet PC.

 

order of the loop does not matter... only rule: 

The res MUST be higher than the pump and feed directly in to it.

[BerkeleyT]

2 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

Dude 

so much Money  

idd suggest you to read the watercoling FAQ and 101 Those will answer some of the questions.

 

now my recommendations:

Tubing: Primochill Primoflex advanced have allways served me well but masterclear ist allso pretty decent. Dimensions of the tubing  do not affect performance chose the look you like. 

 

Pump: If you got enough for 2x Titan XP then get an aqacomputer aquastream Ultimate https://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=3379 best pump ever made but expensive.

 

Fittings: compression fittings do look better and hold your tubes nice and thigt 

allthoug check that it's the same size as your tubing and G1/4 on the other side, because this is the standard for mounting the fittings to the blocks rads and so on. Go with EK so the looks will match the rest. If you realy have Mega much money get them from bitspower. They even got ceramic ones -> looks BA but its like 25$ a pice.

 

Res: go with EK allso or alphacool. Personally I like the tube style more but anything will work. For use with the aqastream you want a res with no top or adapter for a pump. You will connect it separately.

 

Radiators: the more the better so get em all with decent fans (noctua if you have the money) and enjoy a very quiet PC.

 

order of the loop does not matter... only rule: 

The res MUST be higher than the pump and feed directly in to it.

Thank you very much! I shall get to work right now and start looking at stuff

[BerkeleyT]

30 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

Dude 

so much Money  

idd suggest you to read the watercoling FAQ and 101 Those will answer some of the questions.

 

now my recommendations:

Tubing: Primochill Primoflex advanced have allways served me well but masterclear ist allso pretty decent. Dimensions of the tubing  do not affect performance chose the look you like. 

 

Pump: If you got enough for 2x Titan XP then get an aqacomputer aquastream Ultimate https://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info.php?language=en&products_id=3379 best pump ever made but expensive.

 

Fittings: compression fittings do look better and hold your tubes nice and thigt 

allthoug check that it's the same size as your tubing and G1/4 on the other side, because this is the standard for mounting the fittings to the blocks rads and so on. Go with EK so the looks will match the rest. If you realy have Mega much money get them from bitspower. They even got ceramic ones -> looks BA but its like 25$ a pice.

 

Res: go with EK allso or alphacool. Personally I like the tube style more but anything will work. For use with the aqastream you want a res with no top or adapter for a pump. You will connect it separately.

 

Radiators: the more the better so get em all with decent fans (noctua if you have the money) and enjoy a very quiet PC.

 

order of the loop does not matter... only rule: 

The res MUST be higher than the pump and feed directly in to it.

So is all of this compatible? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/WD6VD8

I only have one fitting listen at a huge price because that's the price of 16 of them, I'm getting some spares.

Also what EK waterblock would work with this setup? That's the last thing I need for my build.

 

well.... how would I connect the reservoir to the pump? Tube and fittings still?

[RevoThePlug]

I know nothing about water cooling but why are you paying so much for a blue yeti you can get them off of amazon for about 100 dollars cheaper https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Blue+Yeti

 

 

EDIT: I did not realize that is the yeti pro which I have but got for much cheaper I wonder why the price was raised sorry for not paying attention.

[Metallus97]

10 hours ago, BerkeleyT said:

So is all of this compatible? http://pcpartpicker.com/list/WD6VD8

I only have one fitting listen at a huge price because that's the price of 16 of them, I'm getting some spares.

Also what EK waterblock would work with this setup? That's the last thing I need for my build.

 

well.... how would I connect the reservoir to the pump? Tube and fittings still?

Yep everything compatible.

but here are some things to consider:

The RAM: why 2x a 2x8GB Kit and not a 4x8GB allso personally I'd recommend corsair RAM but GSkill will work fine. 

 

The PSU: why corsair HX and not AX? AX is a bit better and not so much more expensive 

 

The Pump: you will need adaptors for the pump to have G1/4 there to connect the loop. You wanna search for Eheim 1046 about and inlet adaptors (this is the pump the aqastream XT is based on) bitspower makes them for example. EK not I believe. 

But sommetimes in some shops there allso kits available with pump+ adaptors 

 

Tubing: I recommend clear tubing as a good colored fluid (so the color allso showes up in your blocks and res). But you have to use a realy nice fluid.. with some cheap ones the tubes can stain over time. I use mayhems since years but they are a bit controversial... 

your whole loop is EK. So simply use some EK fluid.

 

your question about res-> pump: yes it will be tubing and fittings from res to pump. 

See my picture  ( it's an alphacool res but with the EK it works the same).

 

Fittings: allso consider getting some 45° and 90° ones 

things can get thight very fast... and with Angeld fittings you can do straighter runs wich looks better/cleaner in my opinion.

 

Fans: Corsair SP are nice. Personally I do recommend Noctua industrial PPC (I think you got the $$ for them  ) 

allso check where you can use 140mm fans + Rads instead of 120mm ones -> more surface arrea and less RPM needed to push the same amount of air -> more silent operation. 

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