First timer

[apaar123]

How many hours will it take for a first timer to build a pc with water cooling for CPU? Thank you for opinions 

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

It will take you a very long time. Do not water cool anything less than the very top end CPU, otherwise it is a waste of money.

[apaar123]

1 hour ago, SCHISCHKA said:

It will take you a very long time. Do not water cool anything less than the very top end CPU, otherwise it is a waste of money.

Yeah I will but can you give me approx idea how many hours? 

Also what precautions should I take so I don't ruin my pc?

[VVoltor]

Depends on the case you're building in. A small miniITX build can be challenging, if you get a nice roomy ATX case that's easy to build in it won't be hard at all.

 

I assume you're talking about getting an all-in-one closed loop water cooler, I'd say about 1-2 hours probably. Just get a good build guide, on Youtube for instance, and just follow along.

 

If you're talking about a custom loop watercooling solution, totally depends on how complex you want your loop. Especially hardline tubes are very difficult and will take you many, many hours to do the first time around.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

Just now, apaar123 said:

Yeah I will but can you give me approx idea how many hours? 

No. It is impossible to predict what a noob will break or screw up. It will be between one hour and infinity.

[apaar123]

2 minutes ago, VVoltor said:

Depends on the case you're building in. A small miniITX build can be challenging, if you get a nice roomy ATX case that's easy to build in it won't be hard at all.

 

I assume you're talking about getting an all-in-one closed loop water cooler, I'd say about 1-2 hours probably. Just get a good build guide, on Youtube for instance, and just follow along.

 

If you're talking about a custom loop watercooling solution, totally depends on how complex you want your loop. Especially hardline tubes are very difficult and will take you many, many hours to do the first time around.

No I will be using soft tubing 

[VVoltor]

1 minute ago, apaar123 said:

No I will be using soft tubing 

Hard to say dude. Really depends on how handy you are and if you make any mistakes that need troubleshooting.

An experienced builder could do that in an hour or two. For a complete beginner, with double checking everything, reading manuals, looking up how-to's, maybe more like 4-5 hours?

[apaar123]

1 minute ago, VVoltor said:

Hard to say dude. Really depends on how handy you are and if you make any mistakes that need troubleshooting.

An experienced builder could do that in an hour or two. For a complete beginner, with double checking everything, reading manuals, looking up how-to's, maybe more like 4-5 hours?

Yeah that would be fine I guess

[Mick Naughty]

Build the entire pc from scratch or just convert to a custom water cooled system just for a cpu?

[apaar123]

4 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Build the entire pc from scratch or just convert to a custom water cooled system just for a cpu?

from scratch

[Mick Naughty]

Depending on the amount of components, case size and experience Ill say all dam day. Assuming you have everything you need which is almost never the case, then at 2am you need something and end up stopping or rigging up something to work.

[apaar123]

i will have everything arranged and then start

[Mick Naughty]

Still not enough info. Case size, components?

[apaar123]

case size is

19.57" x 8.54" x 18.78"

 

gpu - gtx1080 ti zotac

motherboard- asus z270e

cpu - i7 kabylake

 

[Mick Naughty]

Got a case name? isn't a premade right? Rad size, pump/res?

[apaar123]

rosewill cullinan

[Mick Naughty]

Pretty standard build, still gonna put you at 8 hours before its running and bled. Also depends what kind of builder you are though.

[apaar123]

i have learnt a lot from videos tho

[Mick Naughty]

Idk, I haven't built a rig that just cooled the cpu from scratch. I do everything, do all cable managing while I build and do some sort of mods while I building. Prolly why is takes me so long. I try not to rush and worry about how long it takes. That's when mistakes happen.

[apaar123]

yeah thats true

[Mick Naughty]

Well start a stop watch, ill make a side bet. Good luck either way.

[apaar123]

thank you

[aithos]

This is an impossible to answer question, it depends how meticulous you are and whether you really know what needs to be done or if you're going to be having to constantly look at instructions/guides.  If you've never done a PC build of any kind then I would expect *JUST* the components to take you anywhere from 3-5 hours because you're going to have to figure out where everything plugs in, how to route cables, etc. 

 

For water cooling it really depends on how many components you're cooling, whether you care about appearance and have to re-route tubes, how/where you mount things, how thorough you are about testing/bleeding before powering up, etc.  I would wager that the water loop will take at least as long as the build, but I've personally never done a custom loop so all I'm going on is what I've seen/read over the years while I've debated doing one.

 

I've built dozens of machines over the years and I still typically take at least a few hours because even though I'm faster I also care more about aesthetics and so the time I save knowing what goes where and how it all connects is lost by wanting a nice clean case with minimal cables.  My next build is going to even include cable combs, so if I do a water build I'll probably plan a whole day off to get it situated.

 

Note: for the love of god.... make SURE you power ONLY your pump to leak test before you plug anything else in.  If you don't and you spring a leak because your fittings aren't properly installed and you destroy your brand new components you're going to have a bad time...

[apaar123]

1 hour ago, aithos said:

This is an impossible to answer question, it depends how meticulous you are and whether you really know what needs to be done or if you're going to be having to constantly look at instructions/guides.  If you've never done a PC build of any kind then I would expect *JUST* the components to take you anywhere from 3-5 hours because you're going to have to figure out where everything plugs in, how to route cables, etc. 

 

For water cooling it really depends on how many components you're cooling, whether you care about appearance and have to re-route tubes, how/where you mount things, how thorough you are about testing/bleeding before powering up, etc.  I would wager that the water loop will take at least as long as the build, but I've personally never done a custom loop so all I'm going on is what I've seen/read over the years while I've debated doing one.

 

I've built dozens of machines over the years and I still typically take at least a few hours because even though I'm faster I also care more about aesthetics and so the time I save knowing what goes where and how it all connects is lost by wanting a nice clean case with minimal cables.  My next build is going to even include cable combs, so if I do a water build I'll probably plan a whole day off to get it situated.

 

Note: for the love of god.... make SURE you power ONLY your pump to leak test before you plug anything else in.  If you don't and you spring a leak because your fittings aren't properly installed and you destroy your brand new components you're going to have a bad time...

for sure i will do that. Thank you

[PrimeSonic]

Set aside an entire weekend to do this.

 

You might get it done in a day if it's just the CPU and you don't have as many radiators as I went for. So at least expect to spend from morning well into the afternoon/evening between setup and final leak testing.

 

The extra time is buffer in case you do run into any leaks and need to tighten any fittings or really any problems that might have you draining and re-filling the loop.

 

My first loop involved CPU block, GPU block, three radiators, and case modding.

I spent a whole 3 day weekend on it.

 

So in your case, just be ready to spend the whole useable day on your first loop.