Need Help with Watercooling Setup

[AaronSquires]

Hello,

 

As the title says i need some help with the planning of my watercooling setup, this will be the first watercooling system i have ever done (apart from AIO CPU units).

 

Aim: i will be using this computer for my university course and ofcourse 4k Gaming, but the main game that i will be playing is World of Warcraft. I am looking for great aesthetics due to the case is a Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Tempered glass edition and the colour scheme will be Red LED's with Green watercooling.

 

Peripherals: I have all the peripherals needed (all from the best Razer ), however i am upgrading my three monitors to: LG 27UD68P 27" 3840x2160

 

The computer hardware ill be using are the following:

CPU:  Intel i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Memory: Crucial 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C16 2133MHz Quad Channel Kit
Storage 1:  Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (Operating System + Main Drives)
Storage 2:  Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD (Random Storage)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 "Founders Edition" 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass Mid Tower Case - Black
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000i 1000W Modular Power Supply

 

The part that i need help with is the watercooling hardware itself, i have made a list of equipment that i think will work but would grately appreciate if someone could check that it all works and fits without any issues, Thank you.

 

Radiator 1: EK-CoolStream SE 360 (Slim Triple) Radiator

Radiator 2: EK-CoolStream SE 240 (Slim Dual) Radiator

Resovior 1: XSPC D5 Photon 170 Reservoir/Pump Combo

Resovior 2: EK-RES X3 150 Reservoir (Purely for aesthetics)

CPU Block: EK-Supremacy EVO X99 - Nickel + Plexi

GPU Block: EK-FC1080 GTX - Nickel

                    EK-FC1080 GTX Backplate - Black

RAM Block 1 + 2: EK-RAM Monarch X4 - Nickel

                              EK-RAM Monarch Module - Nickel

Fittings: XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome)

Pipe: XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear

Fans: Corsair ML120 Pro LED Red 120mm Premium Magnetic Levitation Fan x7

Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry LXE Touch Screen External Fan Controller (controls 5 fans so i will be putting the top 3 fans into a 3 way splitter and the front 3 into a splitter so i can control them as one fan)

Any Extra: Primo Chill Vortex Flow Indicator clear

 

i have marked out a rough idea of what the design looks like in the attatched file.

 

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Aaron.

Watercooling Project.pdf

[atomicus]

The EK SE rads are really not particularly great... check out review here. Personally I would be looking at the Hardware Labs Black Ice Nemesis GTS rads if you want slim and good performance with low fan RPM speeds (which you will want if you value a quiet system). The Evolv will take a 280 rad, so that will give you an edge on performance over a 240.

 

I have x3 of the ML120's myself, can't say I was impressed TBH. Their noise profile, while quiet, is not pleasant to my ears. I would probably go with EK Vardars.

 

Personal preference here, but if you're concerned about aesthetics, why not hardline PETG? Looks a lot better than flexible in my opinion, albeit harder to do.

 

 

[AaronSquires]

ive had a look at the Black Ice nemesis GTS 360 and the 280, they will both be able to fit into the case? i was going to use the 360 at the top and the 280 at the front.

 

I only looked at them due to the aesthetics, the other brand i was looking at was the Be Quiet Silent wings.

 

This will be my first attempt at watercooling so im leaving the hardline for a future build depending how well this goes

 

[atomicus]

13 minutes ago, AaronSquires said:

ive had a look at the Black Ice nemesis GTS 360 and the 280, they will both be able to fit into the case? i was going to use the 360 at the top and the 280 at the front.

 

I only looked at them due to the aesthetics, the other brand i was looking at was the Be Quiet Silent wings.

 

This will be my first attempt at watercooling so im leaving the hardline for a future build depending how well this goes

 

 

Yes, they will fit.

 

The BeQuiet are good fans also. Probably not as good performance as the Vardars, but quieter.

 

[AaronSquires]

I was thinking about using some 90 degree angled fittings but the only ones that i like the look of are the EK blocks, is it okay to use them with the XSPC fittings or do i have to use XSPC fittings with XSPC angled fittings?