Was forwarded here by a nice person who goes by the name of Conundrum. So here I go.
Hey, I'm looking to assemble an extreme water cooling system, however it will be my first time to WC a system, and I only built my first PC a couple of weeks ago.
For my next PC, I will of purchased all the parts and be ready to build it in a few months. Which means I have plenty of time to research and decide on parts.
My issue is that I'm so new I have absolutely no idea what to get, if I was looking to do some mediocre cooling I would just buy a swiftech H20 220, but I'm going to do some hard overclocking on my i7 920 D0. As for my GPUs, they will be high end, likely GTX 480's or 5870/5970, but as I said I won't be deciding on anything for a couple of months so it's not final.
In the end I want something that will cool my system exceptionally well, and look like this.
http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showpost.php?p=419419&postcount=18
or
http://forum.xcpus.com/mods/21121-titan-dual-loop-obsidian-800d-watercooled-system-2.html#post353831
Either one is good, and the first link has a list of parts he used, although he did some modding to the case I might be unwilling to do.
So yeah, you probably get what I'm asking for now, and I'd really appreciate any input
As for a list of my PC components, I'm looking at:
i7 920 D0
GTX 480 / 5870 / 5970
ASUS P6X58D
Obsidian 800D
The case if very good for water cooling I've heard, and looks wonderful, If for some reason I get the GTXs, I will really want to WC them as I've heard they've very loud on stock fans. I want to OC my CPU as much as possible without having to raise the fans on the radiator to a noticeably high noise (pretty much don't want it disturbing me at all).
Thank you for reading and I look forward to your input
EDIT: Is it really necessary to add waterblocks to my mobo? I will be OCing the RAM, CPU and maybe GPU. What do I gain from cooling the mobo?
EDIT: When should I test for leaks?
Hey, I'm looking to assemble an extreme water cooling system, however it will be my first time to WC a system, and I only built my first PC a couple of weeks ago.
For my next PC, I will of purchased all the parts and be ready to build it in a few months. Which means I have plenty of time to research and decide on parts.
My issue is that I'm so new I have absolutely no idea what to get, if I was looking to do some mediocre cooling I would just buy a swiftech H20 220, but I'm going to do some hard overclocking on my i7 920 D0. As for my GPUs, they will be high end, likely GTX 480's or 5870/5970, but as I said I won't be deciding on anything for a couple of months so it's not final.
In the end I want something that will cool my system exceptionally well, and look like this.
http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showpost.php?p=419419&postcount=18
or
http://forum.xcpus.com/mods/21121-titan-dual-loop-obsidian-800d-watercooled-system-2.html#post353831
Either one is good, and the first link has a list of parts he used, although he did some modding to the case I might be unwilling to do.
So yeah, you probably get what I'm asking for now, and I'd really appreciate any input
As for a list of my PC components, I'm looking at:
i7 920 D0
GTX 480 / 5870 / 5970
ASUS P6X58D
Obsidian 800D
The case if very good for water cooling I've heard, and looks wonderful, If for some reason I get the GTXs, I will really want to WC them as I've heard they've very loud on stock fans. I want to OC my CPU as much as possible without having to raise the fans on the radiator to a noticeably high noise (pretty much don't want it disturbing me at all).
Thank you for reading and I look forward to your input
EDIT: Is it really necessary to add waterblocks to my mobo? I will be OCing the RAM, CPU and maybe GPU. What do I gain from cooling the mobo?
EDIT: When should I test for leaks?
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