rad sizing

[davewatts]

going to be installing a floating desk soon and am installing my computer into the desk to have the sleek look. doing so im sure i need to switch to water cooling and need some guidance on what to buy to keep it all cool. i have a sabertooth 990fx with a fx 8350 and a 7970 both with mild ocs to cool, already have the water block for the gpu and pciex extension cable to lay it flat. budget for the cooling setup is about $220 and am starting from scratch sp need a full setup. found a few decent ones so far but not sure what size rad id need to keep them cool

[Vigilante505]

its 120mm of size for every component you're cooling. Dont cheap out on water cooling though. Save up a couple hundred and get an EKWB kit.

[W-L]

8 minutes ago, davewatts said:

going to be installing a floating desk soon and am installing my computer into the desk to have the sleek look. doing so im sure i need to switch to water cooling and need some guidance on what to buy to keep it all cool. i have a sabertooth 990fx with a fx 8350 and a 7970 both with mild ocs to cool, already have the water block for the gpu and pciex extension cable to lay it flat. budget for the cooling setup is about $220 and am starting from scratch sp need a full setup. found a few decent ones so far but not sure what size rad id need to keep them cool

If you wanted to get a kit to save on costs something like the P360 would be very good for something like this and have enough rad space for both the CPU and GPU. 

[Enderman]

EK predator maybe?

$220 will not get you anything more than a cheap CPU loop.

You should save up $400+ for a good quality loop, otherwise stick to AIO.

[davewatts]

already have a gpu block just need a loop to add it to. this any good?

https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-PACIFIC-Riing-Cooling-CL-W115-CA12BU/dp/B01BI0XAUW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485400068&sr=8-2&keywords=water+cooling+kit

 

[W-L]

1 minute ago, davewatts said:

already have a gpu block just need a loop to add it to. this any good?

https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-PACIFIC-Riing-Cooling-CL-W115-CA12BU/dp/B01BI0XAUW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485400068&sr=8-2&keywords=water+cooling+kit

 

No the thermaltake kits are not well regarded in most cases as they are mixed metal loops, you want to avoid that whenever you can.

[davewatts]

would a ekwb l240 suffice? trying to stay under 300

[W-L]

35 minutes ago, davewatts said:

would a ekwb l240 suffice? trying to stay under 300

It would but will not be very silent to keep the same temps due to the reduced size. The reason why I recommend the P series is the D5 pump over the DDC. 

[Mick Naughty]

You can get an ek block, a decent pump and rad for a little over 200. Just depends on over size if the rad. The tubing, fittings and adding a res will put you over 300.