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loki1944

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I am getting ready to build my first desktop and want to OC the i7 4770k to 4.5 GHZ, I am completely ignorant on water cooling, but I assume I will need it. If any of you experts out there could be so kind as to tell me what I need or if you think my build is messed up somehow and tell me it would be much appreciated. And when I say I have NO clue on watercooling I mean just that, I don't even know what the proper parts or best parts to get are that are water cooling which is why they are not in my build list yet.

Projected Build:

Computer Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 900D CC-9011022-WW Black Aluminum ATX Super-Tower
Processor: i7 4770k
Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Force LGA 1150
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 1500 Classified
GPU: 2xEVGA GTX 770 4GB FTW
RAM: 32GB G. Skill
SSD: Crucial M500 960 GB SATA
Audio: HT | OMEGA Claro Halo 24-bit 192KHz
DVD drive: Generic

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mr1hm
i'd say go for a all-in-one (closed loop) water cooling kit such as the Corsair H100i, NZXT Kraken X60. i believe both are similarly priced but, the kraken seemed to do slightly better in some reviews. any of those should be suffice for 4.5GHz for your CPU and setup should be quite simple but, anything higher of an overclock may require something like a custom water loop due to the fact that the 4th gen intel chips (haswell) are generally known to run very hot.
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i'd say go for a all-in-one (closed loop) water cooling kit such as the Corsair H100i, NZXT Kraken X60. i believe both are similarly priced but, the kraken seemed to do slightly better in some reviews. any of those should be suffice for 4.5GHz for your CPU and setup should be quite simple but, anything higher of an overclock may require something like a custom water loop due to the fact that the 4th gen intel chips (haswell) are generally known to run very hot.
 
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If you have a friend outside of the US who can order and ship you an H220 I would highly recommend it. It edges out the other closed loops while being quiter and having a much, much more powerful pump for future additions.
 
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Thank you both very much for the response, good info to know as I might have gotten overconfident after 4.5 GHz. Looking at the H100i. I pass through Europe relatively frequently and I have family there, so I will also check on the H220. Thanks again.

 
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