Watercooling My PC (HELP!!!)

yonatanbesser

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Hello all,
I wanted to get a watercooling loop, so I could overclock my GTX 780 and i5 more without fear of the heat damaging them.
I wanted to build a custom loop, but it proved too difficult because I have no idea what I'm doing, and it's really hard finding the right parts that will fit together!
I have an EVGA GTX 780 (the superclocked version) which I would like to watercool, an i5 quad core on one of the ASUS z87-k mobo, and a Corsair C70 case.
I would appreciate if someone would assemble a list of parts for me to make a custom loop, or point me in the direction of a good kit from a large company or even some 3rd party website
I have a budget of around $300 USD

Any and all answers would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!
 
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diazalon

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Well, if you don't want to do a custom loop there is the Kraken G10, it is basicly a mount so you can mount a closed loop liquid cooler to your graphics card, it is not available (to my knowledge) yet but will be soon, for your graphics card you could use preferably more than a 120mm water cooler for it since they run hot and look at the list of compatible water coolers before you decide, maybe something like the Kraken X40 since its 140mm which you can hool upto the back or the front, you will also need to measure the tubes to make sure they are long enough, the for the cpu get a 240mm water cooler like the H100i or i believe the Kraken X60 fits (just relised this is all NZXT things ... :p ) its a 280mm rad so will be VERY good and you can get some great overclocks, maybe even swap them around so the betetr cooler is on the gpu.

If you want a full water cooling loop you might have more luck on watercooling forums or here: http://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling
I do have some knowledge of it, if you want some help from me then just ask ;)
 
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tcohen

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Your best bet is a custom water loop because closed loop coolers are not designed for GPUs. Custom will offer the best cooling, silence, looks, and value. Let me know which route you decide.