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Hi everyone, I am new here and I have been reading quite a bit and I love this forum! Such awesome and inspiring people here! My last build currently running is a 2600K O.C to 4.4Ghz (Asus Maximus Extreme Z) with a corsair H100i on the cooler and recently went from a 7970 Radeon to a GTX 1080 Founders Edition in a Cooler Master HAF 932 and 1000W modular power supply older thermaltake unit.
So finally I decided it's time for an upgrade and I want to go full WC. I have already ordered a MSI Godlike X99 Carbon MB, i7 6850K, Intel 750 Series AIC 800GB PCI-Express 3.0, and CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4, EVGA Supernova G3 1000W P.S. I plan to swap in my GTX 1080 Founders edition.
I am an electrician and an electrical engineer. I bend a ton of conduit and when I saw PETG tubing, compression fittings in a PC's my jaw hit the floor and I said I have to do this!
So here it goes. I love the new thermal take Tower 900 (link below) and it's setup! I want to do something very similar except a different color scheme. I am going to do two separate loops. http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00002974
You guys do this everyday any advice is greatly appreciated!
Here are my concerns: Water cooling budget: $2000
Notes: Two loops: I plan to use a 480 for the GPU cooling loop and a 240 for the CPU cooling loop. Planning to use PETG tubing 13mm. I may expand to an SLI GPU setup but that will be later on.
1: Mixing metals: I noticed with Thermaltake it's an Aluminum radiator so I am tossing that out..because I do not want to risk corrosion.
Which radiator (480mm) is the best to use? Need multiple ports top, bottom (for drain) etc.. I saw EK uses Copper Rads but the reviews are hit or miss..so here is where your experience comes into play.
2: Fittings: Who makes the best fittings? Best places to purchase?
3: Water blocks: I want zero risk of mixing metals so please recommend the best water blocks in your opinion for my GPU and CPU.
4: Reservoirs/Pumps: I really like the pump/resi combo unit. Please recommend something similar to the Thermaltake Pacific DIY LCS PR22-D5 or what you think might be best here.
5: Coolant: I plan to go with Pink on the left and Bright Green on the right. Which coolant will work best as I noticed there are issues with pigments etc...??
UPDATE: PrimoChill 1/2 in. rigid seems the way to go. I will go with UV reactive pink/green tubing so I do not use any dye. Thoughts?
6: Lighting Fans: I am planning to use Thermaltake RGB Riing Prem. lighting so I can control via software.
7: Lighting Case: I am looking into NZXT Hue+?? Looks pretty good...My X99 MSI does not have an RGB header so I missed that
but the mystic light might be nice.
Thank you guys very much in advance!
Hi everyone, I am new here and I have been reading quite a bit and I love this forum! Such awesome and inspiring people here! My last build currently running is a 2600K O.C to 4.4Ghz (Asus Maximus Extreme Z) with a corsair H100i on the cooler and recently went from a 7970 Radeon to a GTX 1080 Founders Edition in a Cooler Master HAF 932 and 1000W modular power supply older thermaltake unit.
So finally I decided it's time for an upgrade and I want to go full WC. I have already ordered a MSI Godlike X99 Carbon MB, i7 6850K, Intel 750 Series AIC 800GB PCI-Express 3.0, and CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4, EVGA Supernova G3 1000W P.S. I plan to swap in my GTX 1080 Founders edition.
I am an electrician and an electrical engineer. I bend a ton of conduit and when I saw PETG tubing, compression fittings in a PC's my jaw hit the floor and I said I have to do this!
So here it goes. I love the new thermal take Tower 900 (link below) and it's setup! I want to do something very similar except a different color scheme. I am going to do two separate loops. http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00002974
You guys do this everyday any advice is greatly appreciated!
Here are my concerns: Water cooling budget: $2000
Notes: Two loops: I plan to use a 480 for the GPU cooling loop and a 240 for the CPU cooling loop. Planning to use PETG tubing 13mm. I may expand to an SLI GPU setup but that will be later on.
1: Mixing metals: I noticed with Thermaltake it's an Aluminum radiator so I am tossing that out..because I do not want to risk corrosion.
Which radiator (480mm) is the best to use? Need multiple ports top, bottom (for drain) etc.. I saw EK uses Copper Rads but the reviews are hit or miss..so here is where your experience comes into play.
2: Fittings: Who makes the best fittings? Best places to purchase?
3: Water blocks: I want zero risk of mixing metals so please recommend the best water blocks in your opinion for my GPU and CPU.
4: Reservoirs/Pumps: I really like the pump/resi combo unit. Please recommend something similar to the Thermaltake Pacific DIY LCS PR22-D5 or what you think might be best here.
5: Coolant: I plan to go with Pink on the left and Bright Green on the right. Which coolant will work best as I noticed there are issues with pigments etc...??
UPDATE: PrimoChill 1/2 in. rigid seems the way to go. I will go with UV reactive pink/green tubing so I do not use any dye. Thoughts?
6: Lighting Fans: I am planning to use Thermaltake RGB Riing Prem. lighting so I can control via software.
7: Lighting Case: I am looking into NZXT Hue+?? Looks pretty good...My X99 MSI does not have an RGB header so I missed that

Thank you guys very much in advance!
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