First time custom liquid cooling advice?

Dingleberg

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I've never liquid cooled before and I don't really know what all I need or how much I should spend. Here's my build. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kaKk I don't have it right now, but I'll be buying it in January with one 780 for then.

I'm looking to cool the cpu, chipset, and both gpu's (one for now) and I'd like to keep it in this case, unless there's a better case that I could go with.

My questions are: How much should I expect to spend, What do I need to watercool, How often and what do I need to do to maintain, and What parts should I go with?
 

Dingleberg

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In that case, I'll be sticking with air and a clc. Which cooler would you recommend for the cpu?
 

oczdude8

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the corsair h100i is really popular for watercooling and the Noctua NH-D14 is good if you wanna use air.

Personally I would get the h100i.

If you wanna do a custom loop, just for your cpu, you can get one for around 200-400 depending on what kit you buy. you can get these with a 360mm rad which can outperform the h100i
 

oczdude8

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http://www.frozencpu.com/ if you are in the US is a good site.

You should check out the watercooling kits they have. I've used this specific one before, it is was excellent :http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15036/ex-wat-200/EK_H30_360_HFX_Advanced_Liquid_Cooling_Kit_-_CSQ_EK-KIT_H3O_360_HFX.html?tl=g30c83s137#blank