Approximate Purchase Date: slowly buying over the next 2-3months
Budget Range: already spent 1000 looking to spend anothger 1000 or less and wanting to try and sell some of my slightly used stuff
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet
Are you buying a monitor: no
Parts to Upgrade: See below
Do you need to buy OS: Yes windows 7 64bit pro (I dont want 8)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: canadian sites preffered
Location: Canada BC Vancouver
Parts Preferences: Want stuff that wont die in a month reliable
Overclocking: prob not never done it
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future but not right now
Your Monitor Resolution: dual monitor primary is 1920x1080 secondary is 1024x768
Additional Comments: Games playing, WOW, Project SWG, Guild wars, SWGEMU, Star craft 2, guild wars 2, and future new MMOs possibly
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: never upgraded graphics card when i bought this computer want something with more space and wanted to water cool
Include a list of any parts you have already selected
My current PC
Case: CM storm scout (sell)
Mobo: Sabertooth Z77 (Keep)
CPU: i5 2500K (Keep)
DVD: LG (Keep)
Ram: Kingston DDR3 8GB x2 w/ heat shieled/sink built on them (Keep) (I think that is the ram)
HDD: Western Digital black 2tb (Keep)
320gb (dont remember brand)(Keep)
120gb (Dont remember brand) (keep)
Fans: 120mm x8 (keep)(some have blue leds some dont)
Blue Led HDD fan (Keep(
PSU: Rosewill lightning 1000w (Keep)
CPU cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo (sell) (With dual fans push pull)
Graphics card: Radeon 5670 (sell)
PCI slot: 1m blue led strip with PCI controller (keep)
So that is current build with what I want to keep, below is what I want or have no idea what to get. I am also open to alternatives if I picked something that isnt good.
case: xigmatek elysium
DVD bay cooler: Evercool Cross Flow system fan
Graphics card: ?
Black wire sleeving ?
Watercooling: Feel free to add anything I forgot to list or anything you would recommend removingplease include why or why not as i have never watercooled.
Resevoir: Koolance RP-401X2 single 5.25" was thinking of having an internal reservoir as well a tube style for the look something clear?
Calming coils: ? Do they work
Pump: Koolance PMP-400 x2
w/ Heatsink addon
Tubing: want something that will look good with blue/white leds want colored tubing rather then dye?
Coolant: ?
Additives: ?
Fittings: ?
Filters: ?
Radiators: ? was thinking one on the bottom and top need to no what will fit with my pSU being bottom mounted, if i can attach some of my 120mm rans to them even better
Waterblocks: ? CPU/GPU/mosfet/VGA
Any other necessary things?
Ram cooling: Fan? waterblock?
Any PCI Slot add ons that are beneficial: ?
SSD: something like 250gb just to install windows and any programs that cant be installed on secondary
Fans: 80mm for open PSU slot. I will be using the fans that come with the case and will mount my existing 120s anywhere I can
apreciate any help I get thanks
Budget Range: already spent 1000 looking to spend anothger 1000 or less and wanting to try and sell some of my slightly used stuff
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet
Are you buying a monitor: no
Parts to Upgrade: See below
Do you need to buy OS: Yes windows 7 64bit pro (I dont want 8)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: canadian sites preffered
Location: Canada BC Vancouver
Parts Preferences: Want stuff that wont die in a month reliable
Overclocking: prob not never done it
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future but not right now
Your Monitor Resolution: dual monitor primary is 1920x1080 secondary is 1024x768
Additional Comments: Games playing, WOW, Project SWG, Guild wars, SWGEMU, Star craft 2, guild wars 2, and future new MMOs possibly
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: never upgraded graphics card when i bought this computer want something with more space and wanted to water cool
Include a list of any parts you have already selected
My current PC
Case: CM storm scout (sell)
Mobo: Sabertooth Z77 (Keep)
CPU: i5 2500K (Keep)
DVD: LG (Keep)
Ram: Kingston DDR3 8GB x2 w/ heat shieled/sink built on them (Keep) (I think that is the ram)
HDD: Western Digital black 2tb (Keep)
320gb (dont remember brand)(Keep)
120gb (Dont remember brand) (keep)
Fans: 120mm x8 (keep)(some have blue leds some dont)
Blue Led HDD fan (Keep(
PSU: Rosewill lightning 1000w (Keep)
CPU cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo (sell) (With dual fans push pull)
Graphics card: Radeon 5670 (sell)
PCI slot: 1m blue led strip with PCI controller (keep)
So that is current build with what I want to keep, below is what I want or have no idea what to get. I am also open to alternatives if I picked something that isnt good.
case: xigmatek elysium
DVD bay cooler: Evercool Cross Flow system fan
Graphics card: ?
Black wire sleeving ?
Watercooling: Feel free to add anything I forgot to list or anything you would recommend removingplease include why or why not as i have never watercooled.
Resevoir: Koolance RP-401X2 single 5.25" was thinking of having an internal reservoir as well a tube style for the look something clear?
Calming coils: ? Do they work
Pump: Koolance PMP-400 x2
w/ Heatsink addon
Tubing: want something that will look good with blue/white leds want colored tubing rather then dye?
Coolant: ?
Additives: ?
Fittings: ?
Filters: ?
Radiators: ? was thinking one on the bottom and top need to no what will fit with my pSU being bottom mounted, if i can attach some of my 120mm rans to them even better
Waterblocks: ? CPU/GPU/mosfet/VGA
Any other necessary things?
Ram cooling: Fan? waterblock?
Any PCI Slot add ons that are beneficial: ?
SSD: something like 250gb just to install windows and any programs that cant be installed on secondary
Fans: 80mm for open PSU slot. I will be using the fans that come with the case and will mount my existing 120s anywhere I can
apreciate any help I get thanks