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I have been thinking of upgrading my computer recently and will be getting 2 780ti's as well as a new power supply and i thought about the possibility of getting a custom water cooling loop but i dont know what i would need for it. In the loop i would need to cool an i7 3770K and 2 x 780ti's. I would be able to fit a 240/280mm radiator and possibly a 240mm radiator if i was to modify my case. i could look at tutorials for advice of how to build the cooling loop but i wouldnt know what to buy. The main thing that would affect whether i would get the custom loop is cost so i was hoping someone could give me suggestions for a loop with the overall cost.
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If your (still) planning to cool a i7 3770K and 2 x 780ti, you definitely need more than 1 240mm rad (no matter what thickness)

Some use the thumb rule of 120mm rad per block + additional 120mm. This would result in 480mm of radspace with your setup. In general, go as thick as you can... Alphacool ut60 or the slimmer xt45 are good low fpi rads. Again others use 360mm radspace for their overclocked CPU... But 480mm just be sufficient if you don't do heavy oc.

Concerning the cost: my planned single GPU only loop will cost about 340€ - and that's just for 1 gpu!

You need a pump (d5 is ~90$ on amazon), a reservoir, fittings, tubing, GPU blocks (fullcover blocks cost ~100$ each-> 200$), the radiators (alphacool ut60 240mm is 75$ on...
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I have an NZXT Phantom 410. If i were to remove the hard drive bays and use the 5.25" bays for hard drive i could install either a 240 or 280mm radiator in the top and a 240mm radiator in the front.
 
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If you plan on keeping the case, I would suggest getting two 2x120mm radiators (not a 2x140mm radiator for the top, as there are better 120mm radiator fans than 140mm fans). Get radiators as thick as you can fit in the case, along with the fans.
I would run everything on the same loop. Make sure you get a good pump that is strong enough for the radiators, cpu, and graphics cards.

Here's a couple websites that have a lot of liquid cooling products:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/
http://www.frozencpu.com/
 
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Thanks and yeh i was hoping to keep the case because i dont really want to be spending an extra £200 on a big case which is what most people seem to do with custom water loops. Is there any parts you could suggest because i know very little about water cooling components and could do with a bit more advice.
 
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I have never actually built a water-cooling system, although I plan to.

Here's some good pages on water-cooling:
http://www.techspot.com/community/topics/the-watercooling-guide-from-a-to-z.180876/
http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/454619-cooling-your-new-pc-water-cooling-options-explained/
 
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If your (still) planning to cool a i7 3770K and 2 x 780ti, you definitely need more than 1 240mm rad (no matter what thickness)

Some use the thumb rule of 120mm rad per block + additional 120mm. This would result in 480mm of radspace with your setup. In general, go as thick as you can... Alphacool ut60 or the slimmer xt45 are good low fpi rads. Again others use 360mm radspace for their overclocked CPU... But 480mm just be sufficient if you don't do heavy oc.

Concerning the cost: my planned single GPU only loop will cost about 340€ - and that's just for 1 gpu!

You need a pump (d5 is ~90$ on amazon), a reservoir, fittings, tubing, GPU blocks (fullcover blocks cost ~100$ each-> 200$), the radiators (alphacool ut60 240mm is 75$ on amazon.com -> 150$) and a CPU block (let's say 50$). So without the unstated estimated prices that's around 500$, so you will probably end above 600$ with a loop of that size. Hope I gave you an idea ;D



 
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