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GamingDj

GamingDj

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Hi!

I want to build a new,custom gaming Rig.Here is what I would use

MB:Asus Maximus VI Formula
CPU:Intel Core i7 4770k
RAM:16 Gb G.skill Ripjaws 1600 Mhz 4x4
SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 128Gb
HDD:Western Digital Black 1Tb
GPU:Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X 3Gb OC
Case: NZXT Phantom 630

My question is about liquid cooling.I would like to use a NZXT Kraken X60 CPU Cooler.But the Asus motherboard supports Liquid cooling,too.My question is:How could I make Liquid Cooling to the Motherboard,too? What should I buy? Does anyone who has a similar setup tell me,what is he using for motherboard liquid cooling? Or should I buy custom parts? I plan to buy from eBay.Please someone who has experience give me a list with the thing I should put into my PC

Thanks,GamingDj
 
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getochkn

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The cooler you listed is a closed loop cooler. It's meant for the CPU and that's it. You can't add things to it. For taking advantage of that motherboard with it's liquid cooling addons, and the cpu, and probably the gpu, you'd want a custom designed or open loop cooler. These you have to maintain, change water, clean tubes, etc. The closed loops you don't, but you can't add to them either.

Depends on how much you want to spend and how much time you want to take trying design a system and learn them, worry about microbubbles, changing liquid and how confident you are with your plumbing skills to put something together with $2000 worth of PC and hope it doesn't leak. lol.


If your not going to build a custom system to advantage of that board, you could drop to a different board and save a ton of money.
 
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GamingDj

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I asked for a tip what to buy,not what not to buy.I don't want to change my motherboard.I asked what parts do you recommend.

 
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getochkn

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Well sorry for trying to explain the difference between the different water cooler systems. You don't even know what a closed loop is or that you can't hook it up to your motherboard, so I was trying to see if you were ready to take the plunge into doing a custom system and felt confident doing it, but whatever, go buy some ebay stuff and have fun.
 
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Closed loop= you can't connect/disconnect or add other tubes to it.Good.I understood.I was asking,that INSTEAD of the X60,what parts (radiator/CPU block) should I buy? What custom parts?
 
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