Going to try watercooling for first time help!

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Warring Triad

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So for this holiday system I was thinking about an all in one kit for watercooling but I heard that you cannot add a GPU to the cooling process (which i might do but if i don't im still going to try to do watercooling)

so then I went to webssites like xs-pc and ekwb and i got VERY confused by all the different resevoirs,Pumps, and resevoir+pumps! (is getting that a bad idea? because i dont see many people using them (Jayztwocents,Linustechtips, and all those helpful people) all I wish to do for the moment is to watercool my CPU (AM3+) maybe i might add a GPU in the future

watercooling for a CPU and possibly two GPU's in the future is it possible to get all of that for 200$ or less? (my case is the NZXT Phantom I will mod my case if necessary, oh and Blue LED's if possible!)
 
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This is what I use:

EK Waterblocks: Supremacy CPU Block, GPU Blocks, compression fittings, tubing, Laing D5 pump, EK Res x3 Reservoir
XSPC: AX series radiators
Primochill: Rigid acrylic tubing + Connectors

I personally stay away from pump+res combo just because of personal use, but NEVER get a bay reservoir. The reason: the rigid tubing will pop off when you pull the res out for refilling. For normal tubing: You have to cut more so you can pull it out, making the look less "clean". No, the cheapest watercooling solutions that barely perform cost at least 300 USD. My personal rig uses 800 USD in water cooling.

 
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300USD dollars just to watercool a CPU and have the radiator space for another 2 or 1 GPU's that wont perform good? my lord i might go to a Corsair H100i and get a aftermarket cooler for a GPU if i would ever need it,

In my opinion (unless i had tons of money thats different) i really cant say thats worth it right now i have a Cooler Master 212 EVO i got it because my stock AMD fan was a jet engine and now since i have the money and i hate how that thing looks like a brick in my case i wanted to watercool but if its AT LEAST 300USD dollars to even get something then i might consider a Corsair H100i its around 80-100USD right now
 
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The Hyper 212 EVO does a great job, but I would recommend upgrading to a Corsair H100i. For the GPU, there is a company named "Arctic Cooling" and they sell third party GPU coolers. I personally love the Arctic Accelero Extreme III. It is one of the best and quietest GPU coolers. Just a note: You need to buy a Torx T6 screwdriver to take apart your Graphics card, as it uses different types of screws.
 
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Torx T6 screwdriver can take apart any modern day GPU that is either AMD and NVIDIA?, and i know this 212 evo is great but it looks bad and its stock fan was rather loud i replaced it with 2 of my NZXT 120mm case fans and noise went down by A LOT temps shot up about 4-5C but i was not overclocking to begin with so I did not mind it at all (4-5C core temps) and since the 212 evo is huge i cant put on my 200mm case fan on the side so that's another reason, and i tried looking up the Arctic Accelero Extreme III but every place seems to be out of stock, and my final question is if the GPU gets to 76C full laod while being plugged in to 2 monitors would it overheat if it were to be in SLI? ambient temps are around 23-25C ish but that depends because in florida summers are HOT, thank you for your time.(EVGA GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB non overclocked edition if that helps)
 
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The Torx T6 is for Nvidia GPUs, and AMD uses phillips head (the standard "cross" screwdriver). I still recommend the H100i for the CPU. Yes and no for GPU overheating. In SLI, as long as there is ~1 slot of space, it won't overheat, but in tri-SLI and quad-SLI, it will overheat. There are two ways to overcome this issue with stock coolers (the REFERENCE ones with one fan at the non-video output end): 1. Use liquid cooling/install or use a different cooler/GPU or 2. Use something to pry open a bit more space. I HIGHLY discourage the second option as it can damage the GPU/motherboard by bending the PCIe slot permanently.
 
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Then that's what I will do, again thank you so much for your time, and how would i close this topic, I've read the forums on here before but I made this account yesterday and really don't know how to do certain uh "features" like closing the topic.
 
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