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This is my first time building a PC, let alone water cooling. A big step to take but I did the research and I'm willing to put in the effort.

Here's my plans so far, let me know if it will work. The case I'm using is a 900D.

Quad rad in the basement
Tri rad mounted to the top of the case configured in push/pull (exhaust)

the order would be res>pump>rad>rad>GPU>CPU>res

I will have 2 intake fans on the front of the case, 1 fan on the back of the case (exhaust) then the tri rad on the top will be pulling up the air from the front intake fans. the back fan will help pull the intake air toward the radiator on the top of the case.

The quad rad in the bottum will be pulling air in, then i will place some fans on the opposite side of the basement, adjacent to the quad rad, taking the air from the radiator and exhausting it back out of the case.

Total of 12 or so fans. Will this work?
 
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For this tower I recommend 2x240 radiators on the side of the case (which is a bit too much imo but it looks nice in that tower) and only pull fans. You don't need 8 fans. Just use a good silent water pump and 1/2" full buffer waterblock. If you can find any OCLabs full buffer waterblocks then I recommend you to buy them. Like this one http://www.oclabs.com/. This block will allow you to overclock the hell out of your chip while keeping very low temperatures. For your graphics card I recommend something like that http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/vga-blocks/fc-geforce/geforce-titan-series/ek-fc780-gtx-dcii-nickel-original-csq.html
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GPU ~ GTX 780
CPU ~ I7 4770k

That is what I'll be cooling in this loop. no SLI setup just single gpu which is why I'm only going to use 2 radiators in this case, and only one of them will be in push/pull because I don't feel like throwing 8 fans on the quad rad in the bottum of my case nor do I think it will be needed.
 
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For this tower I recommend 2x240 radiators on the side of the case (which is a bit too much imo but it looks nice in that tower) and only pull fans. You don't need 8 fans. Just use a good silent water pump and 1/2" full buffer waterblock. If you can find any OCLabs full buffer waterblocks then I recommend you to buy them. Like this one http://www.oclabs.com/. This block will allow you to overclock the hell out of your chip while keeping very low temperatures. For your graphics card I recommend something like that http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/vga-blocks/fc-geforce/geforce-titan-series/ek-fc780-gtx-dcii-nickel-original-csq.html
 
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I already bought an acetal+nickel waterblock for my gtx 780 from frozencpu.com
 
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I decided to go dual rad, but I've changed my mind about the placement. I see everyone doing top case mounts with rads but I think it's rather pointless. And I also decided against push/pull because of the noise.

What I think I'll end up doing with my 900D is, having both rads in the basement of the case; to get the coolest air possible as opposed to top mounting where the hot air from the case would be exhausting through your radiator. The quad rad will be side mounted like you see most people doing with the 900D, pulling air into the case through the rad, and I will have a 360x tri rad parallel to the quad in the basement, taking the air from the quad rad and pulling it through the basement and exhausting it back out if the case. The power supply should also stay nice and cool this way.
 
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