First Time Liquid Cooling

dio_free

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Hi everyone,

I'm putting together my second custom build, and this time, would like to venture into liquid cooling.
That being said, I'd like to start with a contained unit setup, just to be on the safer side. Something like the NZXT Kraken.

so my question is this, what would you recommend (ie. what do i need) to cool a setup like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($154.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($174.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($170.86 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card ($439.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($105.84 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $2044.58
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-30 22:20 EDT-0400)
 
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Not sure about the GPU, because I have never used that card, however as far as CPU goes, this would warrant CPU liquid cooling.

I have a friend who has the same processor, he runs it OC at 4.5GHz with a Corsair H105, and get's very very solid temps (47°C running on nearly full load for hours)

Honestly though I have no idea how that GPU runs, so I have no idea if you need to liquid cool it, I have an overclocked GPU, doesn't run at the speeds that one does, but my GPU has dual fans, and stays pretty darn cool.

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I would recommend you the corsair H100i Theres alot of reviews and there rly all good but for youre gpu Idk
 

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Not sure about the GPU, because I have never used that card, however as far as CPU goes, this would warrant CPU liquid cooling.

I have a friend who has the same processor, he runs it OC at 4.5GHz with a Corsair H105, and get's very very solid temps (47°C running on nearly full load for hours)

Honestly though I have no idea how that GPU runs, so I have no idea if you need to liquid cool it, I have an overclocked GPU, doesn't run at the speeds that one does, but my GPU has dual fans, and stays pretty darn cool.
 
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