Modded and Water Cooled Build

[Billy_Mays]

So Im starting to think about modding my current case for it to support a 360mm in the front and a 120mm rad in the back and repaint the entire chassis white and make a PSU cover and have a spot to mount the res where I can and my current case is a Zalman Z1 Neo and I will replace the power buttons and have a flat front panel and have a bigger side panel by getting a sheet of acrylic that fits the side and I will also make the GPU mount vertically and the parts I want for water cooling I have a strict $500 cad budget for it  ($1500 cad in total for entire build) and Amazon.ca has some parts and they do have white rads but they are alu which doesnt mix well with other metals in a loop and I do want to have a clear CPU block, for the components Im open to either AMD or Intel for the CPU and I would like to have a white motherboard (I know AM4 has only MSI for that) and the theme that I would like to go for is a white and and another colour that looks nice with white (again open to any brand)  butt I dont know what Coffee Lake will bring to the table and I also have a strict budget of $1000 cad for the parts and $500 for the WC parts. So what will be the best choice and I would prefer to WC since I like it and I like it and I also dont need any tools for bending or cutting the tubes except a mandrill or a reamer (same tool), so what will be the best option of parts for me and I do some content creation and video editing 

[jcw150]

I love watercooling but it's the fastest way to piss money away and trying to mod that case the way you've descried will takes ages and will not turn out as well as you hope.

 

But if you choose to watercool please please change your case.

[1Reshiram12]

Not sure if you had a PSU or not already but this should be pretty good.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M MORTAR ARCTIC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($121.43 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.97 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($366.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.99 @ PC Canada) 
Total: $994.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-12 20:31 EDT-0400

[1Reshiram12]

2 minutes ago, jcw150 said:

I love watercooling but it's the fastest way to piss money away and trying to mod that case the way you've descried will takes ages and will not turn out as well as you hope.

 

But if you choose to watercool please please change your case.

You should definitely get a better case if you want to watercool, I would recommend this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.00 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $76.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-12 20:32 EDT-0400

[Billy_Mays]

4 minutes ago, jcw150 said:

I love watercooling but it's the fastest way to piss money away and trying to mod that case the way you've descried will takes ages and will not turn out as well as you hope.

 

But if you choose to watercool please please change your case.

I know it would be better to change my case but I want to save money as much as possible 

 

10 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

Not sure if you had a PSU or not already but this should be pretty good.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($159.75 @ shopRBC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350M MORTAR ARCTIC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($121.43 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($159.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.97 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  ($366.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.99 @ PC Canada) 
Total: $994.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-12 20:31 EDT-0400

I have the GPU all ready but I've noticed it's been maxed out on most heavier titles and it does get the VRAM maxed out (MSI GTX 770 2gb Twin Frozr OC) 

 

12 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

You should definitely get a better case if you want to watercool, I would recommend this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.00 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $76.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-12 20:32 EDT-0400

I'm wanting to try to keep my case but if it's going to be better I will try to do that

[Sanctorum]

2 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

but I want to save money as much as possible 

Uh, then don't do a custom loop

2 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

I know it would be better to change my case

pretty much essential

2 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

I have the GPU all ready but I've noticed it's been maxed out on most heavier titles and it does get the VRAM maxed out (MSI GTX 770 2gb Twin Frozr OC) 

Sorry, so you want a $1000CAD PC to pair with a GTX 770, and then install a custom loop for it? Absolute waste of time and money.

 

You could get something like this;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ PC Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB 6GT OC Video Card  ($329.93 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($100.01 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1055.18

 

and buy an EK A240/A240G.

[Billy_Mays]

9 hours ago, Sanctorum said:

Uh, then don't do a custom loop

pretty much essential

Sorry, so you want a $1000CAD PC to pair with a GTX 770, and then install a custom loop for it? Absolute waste of time and money.

 

You could get something like this;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($135.99 @ PC Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB 6GT OC Video Card  ($329.93 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($100.01 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: BitFenix - Whisper M 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.28 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1055.18

 

and buy an EK A240/A240G.

I could make a custom loop for that and not have to worry about aluminum and it's also going to be PETG for it and I was open to suggestions but I don't want to have aluminum parts since I won't be able to hardline without spending more money, I have tons of free time and I feel like it's going to be worth it because have you had the feeling of true accomplishment it feels nice if you worked on something for a long time and I don't care how long it takes I would like to have something that I can look at and say I did that by myself with no prior experience so you can sorta get where I'm going with it

[Sanctorum]

8 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

I could make a custom loop for that

For what? $1000CAD? Sure you could, then youd be left with $500 for a shitty system.

8 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

and not have to worry about aluminum

Worry?

8 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

and it's also going to be PETG

Definitely not wise for your first custom loop, but fine, buy an A240(G) and some PETG tubing, still cheaper than just a CPU loop.

8 hours ago, Billy_Mays said:

I don't want to have aluminum parts since I won't be able to hardline without spending more money

Uh, what. That makes no sense. You can't use PETG on a custom loop at all without spending more money. An A240G with PETG is still cheaper than just a custom CPU loop.

 

[Not_Sean]

focus on building up a rig worth of water cooler, sorry but a 770 and FX chip and you want to throw money away on the exterior and cooling parts that don't even need it. 

Might as well buy the cheapest bmw you can find but spend huge money on a M3 bodykit so hey, at least it looks awesome even if its a beaten by a prius in reverse. 

[Billy_Mays]

55 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

focus on building up a rig worth of water cooler, sorry but a 770 and FX chip and you want to throw money away on the exterior and cooling parts that don't even need it. 

Might as well buy the cheapest bmw you can find but spend huge money on a M3 bodykit so hey, at least it looks awesome even if its a beaten by a prius in reverse. 

I know about that that's why I want to either buy a new GPU or new CPU/ram/mobo combo or I could go with a workstation LGA 1151 board that uses DDR3 and save on that and it's better than the $100 water cooled test bench I want to make