So I am wanting to watercool my entire system including a second GPU in Crossfire. Here is my plan so far:
1.Buy a Club 3D Royal Ace 290 and the EK full cover waterblock that fits it.
2. Buy 1 dual 120mm rad and 1 dual 140mm rad to add onto my Swifttech H220X that currently watercools my CPU
3. Outfit all 3 rads with Noctua NF-F12 fans for super quiet performance.
Here is the catch, I currently have the 290 Vapor-X OC edition and nobody makes a full cover waterblock that fits it. This leaves me with using a universal waterblock but then having to use alternate cooling solutions for my VRMs. Is the plate on the back of the Sapphire enough for this or do I need to also get some other VRM cooling solutions?
I want to do all of this watercooling partially for the challenge and for overclocking and I'm wondering if anyone has any idea of what type of monitor resolution I should be shooting for when I go to buy all of this (monitor included).
Side note: I currently have a i5 4690k running at 4.7 GHz however I'm concerned about it only having 16 PCI-e lanes, is this not an issue or should I be looking to get a Intel i5/i7 X series processor to accommodate the extra video cards?
Thanks for any advice in advance!
1.Buy a Club 3D Royal Ace 290 and the EK full cover waterblock that fits it.
2. Buy 1 dual 120mm rad and 1 dual 140mm rad to add onto my Swifttech H220X that currently watercools my CPU
3. Outfit all 3 rads with Noctua NF-F12 fans for super quiet performance.
Here is the catch, I currently have the 290 Vapor-X OC edition and nobody makes a full cover waterblock that fits it. This leaves me with using a universal waterblock but then having to use alternate cooling solutions for my VRMs. Is the plate on the back of the Sapphire enough for this or do I need to also get some other VRM cooling solutions?
I want to do all of this watercooling partially for the challenge and for overclocking and I'm wondering if anyone has any idea of what type of monitor resolution I should be shooting for when I go to buy all of this (monitor included).
Side note: I currently have a i5 4690k running at 4.7 GHz however I'm concerned about it only having 16 PCI-e lanes, is this not an issue or should I be looking to get a Intel i5/i7 X series processor to accommodate the extra video cards?
Thanks for any advice in advance!