looking to watercool my setup, hopefully this is the right section.

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Hello,
I have recently built a computer for gaming and some internet browsing and am looking to get a water cooling setup. I have an Intel Pentium G3258, Asrock H97m anniversary motherboard, and a XFX R9 280 GPU. I am assuming it will need to be a "custom loop" if i want to water cool both my CPU and GPU. I am having trouble finding a water block for my GPU though. I am assuming that it is the same size as the XFX 280X but i do not want to guess and have it not fit.
If someone could direct me to what i would need to make a quality custom loop (as in piping, pumps and other parts) and a water block for my GPU that would be great.
Thanks

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/23233/ex-blc-1678/Alphacool_NexXxos_XP_Light_CPU_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_Nickel_Edition_-_Intel_AMD_12165.html?tl=g30c85

I assume this is an okay water block for my CPU too?
 
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geofelt
Exactly.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, the consensus is that voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
I have been unable to find any official Intel recommendation on what is a safe vcore limit.
If you are an enthusiast, you can go...
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What do you wish to accomplish with custom water cooling?


If it is just for fun and the thrill of it, OK. I can go with that.
If you think you are going to get some magical performance increase, not so much.

It is better to spend such cooling funds on stronger cpu and gpu parts in the first place.

Once your G3258 needs a vcore past 1.30v, heat rises rapidly. How much more than 4.5 or so do you really need?

Ditto on the 280, how much more is a few fps worth it to you?
 
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After researching and finding out how much a custom loop can be, i would only want to water cool my cpu. considering i can get an i5 4690k and continue to use the same water block i do not think it would be a waste.

Also, I am trying to get paste 4.5 ghz on my current chip, not that there's a need but just for fun. I am currently running at 4.3 ghz at 1.3 vcore and would like to go further. The only thing holding me back currently is the temperatures. would it be bad to go above 1.3 vcore? if so there really wouldn't be a point in watercooling at all.

Thanks for your reply btw.
 
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Exactly.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, the consensus is that voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
I have been unable to find any official Intel recommendation on what is a safe vcore limit.
If you are an enthusiast, you can go higher. But, I think, at some risk to the longevity of your chip.
Even if you can handle the heat, how much do you really need that extra multiplier from say 4.4 to 4.6?
 
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