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Need Watercooling Kit advice

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  • NZXT
  • Water Cooling
  • Intel i5
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October 31, 2013 3:16:18 AM

Ok so to begin I have:

NZXT Phantom Full Tower
i5-2500k
will have the R9-290X very soon like tomorrow

I have never watercooled but I can learn quickly, however, I'm looking at this kit:
Swiftech H20-220 EDGE HD Series Liquid Cooling Kit
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14569/ex-wat-185/Swif...

That seems to have everything into one so I won't have to buy a whole lot of extra parts except waterblock which comes to my next question.

Which EK waterblock should I get(acetal+nickel, nickel, acrylic)? I'm at least getting the backplate for aesthetics.

That above watercooling kit also has a 320 version. It says its not compatible with the Phantom but I've seen youtube videos making it possible. Would it be a good idea or should the 220 be enough?

Is there anything else I should make myself aware of in pursuit of cooling my system?

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October 31, 2013 4:18:52 AM

I'd invest in a setup that allows for more flexibility in case you want to water cool you R9-290x in the future like the XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 Extreme Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit . It comes with everything you need to start a custom loop.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21235/ex-wat-270/XSPC...
It's like a $90.00 savings, better parts and the money saved will go a long way towards a block for your GPU. The EK Radeon R9-290X VGA Liquid Cooling Block goes for $106.99 so that means for $17.00 more than you pay for just a CPU cooler you can do an entire CPU/GPU loop.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21665/ex-blc-1564/EK_...
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