Trelor
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Looking to Watercool
Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:48 PM
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Hello all, Well it has come to the end of my EVGA 780i, I hear it buzzing and I am pretty sure that a cap is about to pop. I am looking into getting the socket 2011 6core CPU and a ASUS Rampage IV Extreme or the Top end EVGA board. With this being said I am looking to water cool my existing GTX580 and my new CPU. I may want to cool the motherboard in the future so I was wondering can anyone point me in the right direction. I am looking to spend no more than $700 on fittings, a rad, a pump, and blocks. Any tips are appreciated. -Tom
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rhussain
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Re:Looking to Watercool
Friday, March 09, 2012 1:45 PM
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koolance has some nice blocks and stylish pump/rad units that fit into the drive bays. Koolance is a bit pricey but all custom liquid cooling parts are, but you get what you pay for. They have a motherboard / gpu / cpu block selection wizard that points you to the blocks that they have tested with your board this way you know it fits.
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Re:Looking to Watercool
Friday, March 09, 2012 3:52 PM
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For water blocks I'd suggest EK. They are IMO the best performing and best looking when it comes to CPU GPU and motherboard blocks. For rads I'd stick with xspc. They have the best performance to price ratio if I'm not mistaken. They preform just as well as the others but are cheaper. As for pump I'd go with a pump/res combo. Saves you space, looks better and generally is easier to work with. $700 budget for a CPU, GPU, and motherboard block watercooling system is doable. $200 - $300 for the 3 water blocks, $80 for a pump, $80 for a res, $160 for 2 240mm rads or 360mm. That's just rough estimates off the top of my head. You will of course save money if you buy the parts used aswell.
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