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warlordtifa

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thinking about doing my cpu as watercooled a little lost on it all looking for some help. first off should i go with one that is an all in one like they have on newegg ? and if so witch one ? or should i buy a kit off frozen pc or another site like it. and if i do buy the kit what are all the things i need ? when i do look at these site to buy the kits i get a bit lost on all the things they do have not sure what i do need and what i do not :-( also on the all in one they do have on newegg the spec will say its for a 1150 mobo but when u watch a video on it it dose not listed a 1150 mobo being able to use. so all in all lost. here is my mobo/cpu/case and here is the all in one that i have thought about getting. any and all help would be great as im in the final part of building :)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181032

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147157

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
 
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Get something like the Kraken x60, that is a great cooler. You should be able to get to 4.5 with that. Custom loops are very difficult, just avoid them your first time around.
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well not to for sure on how far i will go just getting in to the oc side of it but would rather have it and not use it to the fullest then not have it at all and want to push it to push it to the fullest. so all in all going for a high oc plan ondoing video card down the road but it will be on my 2nd round of ordering things like 2nd video card 2nd monitor and so on
 
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There's also a very high chance you will destroy your parts with your first custom loop. You have to put the water into the pumps, and do all the piping, sealing and mounting of radiator and tanks yourself. I've been building PCs since I was 11 and still haven't attempted because I don't really have a system that can afford to have destroyed when my noobishness at custom loops means a seal comes loose and sprays the inside of my machine with a tanks worth of water.

+1 on going with the Kraken
 
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Yeah custom loops absolutely terrify me, I just got a Corsair H60 because I've been worried about water cooling at all (it is much safer than it used to be). The Kraken will cool your computer without destroying it, so go for that. If you're fine with destroying it, I suggest ice cubes.
 
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thanks for the help guys. and the Kraken x60 will work with a 1150 mobo ? and lets say i have some who has a strong back ground on how to make things not leak/spry/what ever it may be, what would i need for a custom loop ? kinda like the hole idea of the hole uv thing. but i also like the safe route as well.
 
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It is compatible with 1150. Please don't go with with a custom loop your first time around, it ALWAYS leaks. You need a pump and tubing and a radiator and a fan and fittings, all of which have to be perfectly compatible with eachother.
 
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FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY:

You need a waterblock, a radiator, an exchanger/pump, a tank and tubing. There's also a lot of bits and bobs you will need to buy. Clips for the tubes, seals for the pipes, and you will need to make sure the tubing seal types are the same as the rad and pump seals as well as buying backplates for your CPU and barbs.

Oh and you need distilled water else it will damage the pump, and you need to make sure your barbs/tubing/pump/block and anything else a tube connects to is perfectly the same size.
 
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I very much doubt I want to start even showing him the option of rubbing alcohol. If that leaks he won't actually know until it start melting through things. Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) eats through anything oil based, so that means plastics and that means you need tubing that can take it as well as being highly flammable. Be confident in the knowledge than in ANY event of leakage you will be dealing with a solvent that eats through your mobo and components and can be ignited by any sparks that come from that and literally start fires inside your case.
 
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thankyou everyone for taking the time to help me after lots and lots of reading looks like i will stay away from the custom loop until i get a better understanding of it. Cm-Patrick thanks i will be looking into those as well..
 
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