1600 custom water cooling worth it?

[Elias_OB]

Hey! 

 

I'm planning to upgrade my pc with a new case, psu and custom water cooling. But I'm not sure if its worth it.

I'm really interested in computers and want to bring the looks up with my current rig when I build it I focused on performance. I'm planning to upgrade my rig in the future and want to have an easy upgrade path. 

 

Current specs:

PSU: Coolermaster lite 600 watts 80+ 

GPU: XFX RX480 8GB

CPU: R5 1609 OC

Ram: G.Skill Trident Z 16GB 3200Mhz

Case: Corsair Carbide 100R

HDD: Seagate 1 TB

SSD: Kingston 120GB

 

Planning to Upgrade

Case: NZXT H500i 

PSU: Corsair RM 750x v2

Watercooling: EK-Kit HT240 with extra fittings, drain, pump bracket, coolant, and tools.

Thanks in advance

[hconverse02]

No, upgrade the other parts in your pc before you go watercool.  Get a 1080/ti because that would be a better improvement than getting a small overclock and better temps.

[WkdPaul]

12 minutes ago, hconverse02 said:

No, upgrade the other parts in your pc before you go watercool.  Get a 1080/ti because that would be a better improvement than getting a small overclock and better temps.

^ this

 

Get a GPU upgrade before custom watercoling

[andrewmp6]

I'd wait for a better gpu,And honestly if you want to water cool skip that case also.It can only hold a small 240/280 in the front and the case lacks good enough airflow.If you want to water cool look at like the lian li pc-o11 dynamic or the fractal define r6/define s2,Yeah they cost more but can hold alot more rad space then that 500 will.

[Neo-revo]

yea, Gpu's are the better route than to watercooling, 

if you want to upgrade everything else, but save the case for later, and  not water-cool your gpu till you upgrade it

 

I watercool my 290X's not for performance, but more to stop them from being to loud.  since they work, and i dont 4k  i have no real incentive to upgrade other than shit SLI/crossfire for VR  which i kind of want to play with, but 6-800$ + a gpu    that i would want to add into my loop,

 

What i think i will do is wait for a whole system upgrade for my new gpu and keep this system as it is.  

 

I totally agree with the other respondents, that your system would benefit from a gpu before cooling, unless you are very satisfied with the frames you get at settings you can play at/ etc

[kevinisbeast707]

As someone who owns a 1600 oc and a gtx 1070 ti which are both custom liquid cooled inside a silverstone rvz-03, It's a complete waste of both time and money. With that said, I freaking love it. I actually got it to get lower temperatures and lower noise and hopefully higher overclocks. Unfortunately while the fan noise did go down, there is now pump noise which I find an acceptable trade off since with a 240mm thin radiator I'm getting better temps. The cpu didn't overclock any better and neither did my gpu. However my gpu does now hold its boost indefinitely now staying around 2038-2050Mhz all the time instead of dropping into the 1800's. Due to the exact layout of my loop I have to refill it about every month or two since the inlet to the pump is near the top of my reservoir (and no I can't move it because there's very literally no room). So from a price and time perspective it's not worth it but damn is it fun.