Custom Water cooling loop

Gnasher2556 · Feb 28, 2014

Hi guys, I recently purchased an i5 4670k and received a zalman 9900max free with it. I was wondering if this is a good overclocking cooler? or should i purchase a better air/ liquid cooler? Or a third option, could i go with a custom water cooling loop. including my GTX 760, what parts would be recommended?

nikoli707 · Feb 28, 2014

alphacool or xspc if your going to go full hydro. but its not necessary unless you want to overclock like crazy. depending on the model of your 760, it may not have the right voltage controller and cannot be overclocked high enough where water becomes necessary. the 4670k will likely hit at least 4.8ghz with a thick 240mm rad with a decent pump. but a simple hyper 212 evo air cooler will work fine, unless you want to get a phantek which is the king of air coolers. but full water cooling has a learning curve and is best done with careful planning.

manofchalk · Mar 1, 2014

A CPU only water-cooling loop would cost you ~$300 if you got something thats easily expandable later on. The GPU I wouldnt bother TBH, not much point water-cooling a mid-range card.

Gnasher2556 · Mar 4, 2014

manofchalk :

Could you perhaps suggest a pre assembled cooler that would be best for overclocking? Also, zalman cooler has become almost unbearably loud. Would the corsair h100i be a good option? Or is there a suitable air cooler that would match the performance however cheaper?

Thanks

nikoli707 · Mar 4, 2014

the h100i is a very decent cooler and has many advantages over air coolers. its has very decent to upper end performance, its small and fits in places large air coolers cannot, and its lightweight doesn't put stress on the mounting points of the motherboard which makes moving an assembled computer safer than large air coolers. if you dont plan on ever moving your computer, like putting it in a car and taking it to friends, or other frequent situations that are similar, then the second advantage may not be useful for many.

but the king of air coolers the phanteks($80) is so close in performance to many of the water coolers, even beating them, without the trouble of dealing with "water" that for many it offers the overclocking performance and temp control that its hard for many to justify spending $110+ on water that doesn't help out that much more.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Phanteks/PH-TC14PE/6.html

euphoria4949 · Mar 4, 2014

Gnasher2556 :

Hello there,

Just a suggestion to try save you a chunk of cash, try the Zalman cooler first. It makes sense if you already have it. It's not the best closed loop cooler on the market, but it's not the worst either. Give it a try, see what the temps and voltage are like "At Stock Clock" first, then if they are fine and you have some head room try OC'ing a little bit at a time.
You may find your chip runs fairly cool and you don't need a better cooler, or it maybe a really bad OC'er and won't OC past 4GHz and it would be a waste of money buying the H100i or a custom loop, or it may run extremely hot and you might need a custom loop...... You never know till you try.

Well that's my opinion anyway =)
Hope this helps,

Regards

manofchalk · Mar 4, 2014

Gnasher2556 :

If your after a CLC, just get a H100i. Thats pretty much going to do what you want, their might be better out there but its not going to be by much. The only other one I would consider would be a CLC-Custom hybrid like the Swiftech H220 (I think Coolermaster have a similar thing as well).
As for Air, the standard big heatsinks. Noctua NH-D14 and the Phanteks PH-TC14PE (they really need a better name for it) are the top end of air cooling and will pull even with a H100i for a bit less cash.

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