Watercooling Noob Help - Have Read Watercooling Sticky

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reggae234

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I am thinking about taking the dive into watercooling. As noted I have read the sticky but i wanted some feedback on my planned build before I jump in. Running a 3570k with a zotac 780 ti OC in a corsair 750D. Planning on using following components

Watercooling Kit - http://www.frozencpu.com/products/23378/ex-wat-299/XSPC_Raystorm_RX360_V3_Extreme_Universal_CPU_Water_Cooling_Kit_w_D5_Photon_and_Free_Dead-Water.html?tl=g59c683s2175

supplemental 140mm - http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g59/c673/s2157/list/p1/XSPC_Products-XSPC_Radiators_-XSPC_140-Page1.html

vga block - http://www.frozencpu.com/products/22286/ex-blc-1592/XSPC_Razor_GTX_Titan_780_780_Ti_Full_Coverage_VGA_Block_V2_-_Reference_Design.html?tl=g59c661s2133

vga backplate - http://www.frozencpu.com/products/19433/ex-blc-1432/XSPC_Razor_GTX_Titan_780_780_Ti_770_Backplate_Full_Coverage_VGA_Backplate.html?tl=g59c661s2133

Is this a good setup given my equipment? planning to mount the 360 topside with push/pull and the 140 with the stock 140 rear exhaust fan from my case. Im using the 140 so that my radiatiors all go on exhaust, and do no blow hot air into my case. planning a moderate overclock on the cpu and probably just let the gpu boost as it will given low temps, at least to start.

Would a 120mm RX be better for back exhaust or is there a reason to not use a radiatior on the rear? Any tweaks to my idea or improvements welcome. Thanks!
 
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i7Baby

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The water cooling kit is bare bones - no tubing or coolant. And for CPU only.
You don't really need water cooling, let alone a custom loop, for an i5.

Is it just one loop for the 780ti plus i5? With the 140mm radiator before the cpu block and the 360 before the 780 block?

You'll need more fittings.



 
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reggae234

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right I was planning on adding tubing, coolant, and fittings. I also linked a gpu block and backplate. I want to bring my temps down and decrease noise my rig makes. I will eventually go with a newer unlocked I7 when I upgrade again, and/or another 780ti, But I wanted to get started with cooling now, then upgrade my cpu/mobo and go SLI with cooling incrementally. Since cost of a quality loop is high I though I would get a loop running now and expand as needed with my upgrades. Is this a good plan or am I off in left field? also any tweaks you would recommend to my plan? Either different parts, brands, retailers, or configurations? I just have not ever done this before and I am not afraid to spend the money to do it right, but do not want to make any dumb first timer mistakes, or spend money wastefully. Thanks!
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