Build Help

[Gombas]

Hi LTT forums! I'm completely lost, I want to build a full Custom Loop rig, but I cant seem to find a way to make it happen. Any advice?

[VicciVicVic]

Dont really know what you mean by this. Is it a monetary issue or can you not find the hardware? Gotta be more specific.

[brob]

11 minutes ago, Gombas said:

Hi LTT forums! I'm completely lost, I want to build a full Custom Loop rig, but I cant seem to find a way to make it happen. Any advice?

Start with a budget. Use a tool like pcpartpicker.com. Ask questions here. Post pcpartpicker permalink or use [cc] button and paste list here for comments.

[Gombas]

Mostly Monetary, but finding parts is also an issue.

[brob]

Custom loop questions are best asked in Liquid and Exotic Cooling

[VicciVicVic]

2 minutes ago, Gombas said:

Mostly Monetary, but finding parts is also an issue.

Alphacool and EKWB are some good brands to start looking. As for the monetary part there isn't really much advice that I can give you other than don't skimp on fitting, radiators, and blocks as this could start a leak and could kill your entire system and other thank that just try and save up some money.

[Gombas]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DZ44MZ

[VicciVicVic]

4 minutes ago, Gombas said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DZ44MZ

You haven't mentioned any watercooling things in here and if you're gonna run those power hungry components your're gonna need more than 520 watts, especially once you add the fans and pump and since you will be running a custom loop I assume you'll be overclocking which 520w simply isn't enough for. I have an i7 8700k and a 1070 (both overclocked) and they take over 500w.

[Gombas]

Noted.

Also, I'm looking for someone to help me find the proper parts.

[VicciVicVic]

1 minute ago, Gombas said:

Noted.

Also, I'm looking for someone to help me find the proper parts.

Well if you can afford it, I'd go with a bigger PSU but unless you're going to do a lot of photo and video editing and encoding I'd go with a 2nd gen Ryzen 5 or Intel 8th gen. Ryzen also is a very warm chip and liquid cooling is almost necessary for heavy duty overclocking. At the same time unless you're playing at 1400p high refresh rate or 4k there is no need at all for a 1080 other than "future-proofing." Liquid cooling also isn't always necessary and judging from your expertise with custom PCs in general I think this might be your first build and doing a custom loop on your first build is just dumb. You're bound to screw something up and maybe even kill something. You don't seem to be balancing the build either. 16gb of ram with top of the line specs on the GPU and CPU doesn't make sense. Get a fixed budget and try to equate specs to eliminate bottlenecks.

[brob]

I'd suggest an X470 motherboard. It relieves you of having to insure that the board has a BIOS that will work with and take full advantage of the 2nd gen Ryzen cpu.

 

The psu is a dated design. Consider something like a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 550W or 650W psu. Custom loops don't really add that much to the psu load.

 

You really should consider getting an ssd.

 

You might consider starting with an EKWB liquid cooling kit, https://www.ekwb.com/shop/kits. I believe Newegg.com also carries the parts. To include the gpu, pick an appropriate gpu block, another radiator, etc.