Bitfenix Prodigy - watercooling advise

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Gabor Petlyanszki

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Hi all

I would need advise on watercooling (upgrade) my new rig.

Its in a bitfenix prodigy case with asus maximus Vi impact, Galaxy 780 gtx HOF, i5 4570K, and 16 gb 2133 mhz ram

Currently I use a corsair H100i to cool the cpu and the gpu is on its stock cooler, which hardly fits into the case :)

I am planning to change the gpu to watercooling as well, as soon as EK comes out with the waterblock for it. My question is that since the space inside the case is very limited what of these options would give the best results in the an overclocking environement.

1 - leave the cpu on the corsair h100i and install a new 200mm radiator to the front of the case for watercooling the GPU (only that) - question here if 200mm is enough, cause i am quite sure the 240 mm wont fit

2 - ditch the h100i, get a 240mm slim radiator to the top and a 200mm to the front and create a CPU + GPU custom waterloop - question here: is 440mm radiator space enough to cool a 4.5 ghz overclocked i5 and an overclocked GPU ? I currently use a 680 watt bequite gold rated PSU, will that still be enough ?
 
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for that setup your going to want to have at least a combo of a 360 radiator. I think going full custom water loop is going to be hard in that case without some serious modding going on. if it was my case (just thinking out loud) would have to measure to see if it fit, but would put a 240 rad with push pull between the handles on the top on the outside and a 120 inside push pull on the back of the case. remove the HDD rack to put a pump there and a res in the cd-rom cage.

another option is looking at Swiftech Apogee Drive II Pump & CPU Waterblock Combo I have one running on one of my systems with a 770 and a 360 rad and does just fine. could also look into the Koolance G1/4" Threaded Acetal COV-RP400 Pump Base w/ Pump + Reservoir Installed this will save some room as well and give you your cd-rom bay back
 
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Gabor Petlyanszki

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a 240 and 120 would fit easily, the 240 on the top and 120 to the front as well, seen some videos where they could fit even a 200mm to the front and have the res + pump combo just behind it, the question is mostly around what is the minimum radiator size that would run this system with a quite good overclock ? 360mm would be no problem (tough with two radiators)
 
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a combo equaling 360 is what you going to need at the minimum. for overclocking the cpu a 240 a very good starting point, then add 120 for every component after. since your only doing a single 780 you only need to add one 120 rad to the mix.

If you really want to you can put a 240 on top a 200 in front and a 120 in back both pulling into the case and blow air out the side of the case. but I think that would be overkill.
 
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I know of one (other than the above) who has water-cooled with a Prodigy. Basically he mounted his reservoir externally, as well as an additional radiator outside the case he could include to the loop with disconnects. Whenever he takes his machine away from the desk, drop any overclocks and run off entirely off the internal 240mm radiator (wanted the drive bays).
 
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Gabor Petlyanszki

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Thanks for the answer guys

So I think I get it more or less.

I can easily sacrifice the drive bay, where i can install a 200mm radiator and then still have enough room for a reservoir + pump combo.

Now i just need to wait until EK comes out with the waterblock for GTX 780.
 
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