Watercooling Noob

[Methodic]

Heya forum people!

 

Today I'm just looking for some info on what some easily put together water cooling loops for a beginner are, anything would help! 

 

Thanks -Methodic

[W-L]

11 minutes ago, Methodic said:

Heya forum people!

Today I'm just looking for some info on what some easily put together water cooling loops for a beginner are, anything would help! 

Thanks -Methodic

Welcome to the Forums!

 

This would be a good starting point I would suggest to get a kit if you are wanting to start out. To provide some perspective for a quality custom watercooling loop you would be looking at around $500 USD for a CPU and GPU loop, a bit less for the all aluminum fluid gaming kits. 

 

 

Edited March 25, 2018 by W-L

[B4Quattro]

hi,

EKWB offers watercooling kits in different sizes. What do you want to cool? CPU only, or CPU and GPU(s)? If you want to cool only your CPU, you could also buy an AIO. Your budget is also a factor, because watercooling loops can get very expensive....

[For Science!]

11 minutes ago, Methodic said:

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As a minimum, a watercooling loop consists of the following:

 

- Coolant

- Pump

- Reservoir

- Tubing

- Fittings

- Radiators

- Fans

- Blocks

- Drain

 

You will have to consider how much radiator space you need depending on what is going into the loop. Materials of the metals will dictate which coolant are compatible. 

 

Watercooling is quite complex so you should do your research to get a grasp of things first. It's quite a large

 

Welcome to the forums.

[Damascus]

13 minutes ago, For Science! said:

research to get a grasp of things first. It's quite a large

 

Welcome to the forums.

<:D

[JR88]

Send me 500$ all day then..You're  on crack...I'll put together you a loop for $100-200 and it won't be shit...it's not hard.... 

[tikker]

15 minutes ago, JR88 said:

Send me 500$ all day then..You're  on crack...I'll put together you a loop for $100-200 and it won't be shit...it's not hard.... 

Get a CPU and GPU block and you're pretty much at/over $200 already, so it's going to cost a little more.

 

44 minutes ago, For Science! said:

 Watercooling is quite complex so you should do your research to get a grasp of things first. It's quite a large

 

Welcome to the forums.

Something got lost here ^^

[For Science!]

5 hours ago, Damascus said:

<:D

Spoiler

>:D

 

It's quite a large amount of information to digest to get up to speed with everything that could be considered for watercooling. There are kits out there that make your life easy from EKWB for example. But the more you research, the better your loop will turn out.

 

Some good videos to watch are Jayztwocents older videos (I personally find his more recent stuff not so helpful). I also like Science Studio's old videos since it shows progression of what not to do (he's pretty good now, but his early builds were full of facepalm). 

5 hours ago, tikker said:

Something got lost here ^^

Oops! looks like I really shouldn't type my responses in sporadic order. What I really meant to say is that it's quite a large

 

 

[Shadow_Storm56]

12 hours ago, Methodic said:

Heya forum people!

 

Today I'm just looking for some info on what some easily put together water cooling loops for a beginner are, anything would help! 

 

Thanks -Methodic

Do not underestimate the power of water and electronics.... careful you must be.