Custom water cooling noob needs serious help

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Bobtheblowfish

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I'm looking to nicely OC my i7 4790K with a custom water loop. I can only use a dual 140 or dual 120 RAD and I want it to be translucent (including the waterblock) for looks. price isn't too much of an issue. Or if you can suggest any AIO's that suit my needs please suggest
 
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synphul
You want the radiator to be translucent? I've never seen a translucent or transparent radiator, they're designed for heat transfer so they're made of metal since metal's a far better conductor of heat than any plastic. If the radiator were translucent it would have to be made of some sort of glass (too fragile I'd think), plastic or a form of plexi/polycarbonate. Those materials would insulate and make it very difficult to remove heat from the cooling loop. Some waterblocks have a translucent cover, but only on top. The contact surface is again metal.

Sounds like a cool concept, but not really feasible/functional.
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You want the radiator to be translucent? I've never seen a translucent or transparent radiator, they're designed for heat transfer so they're made of metal since metal's a far better conductor of heat than any plastic. If the radiator were translucent it would have to be made of some sort of glass (too fragile I'd think), plastic or a form of plexi/polycarbonate. Those materials would insulate and make it very difficult to remove heat from the cooling loop. Some waterblocks have a translucent cover, but only on top. The contact surface is again metal.

Sounds like a cool concept, but not really feasible/functional.
 
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Yeah, rads are metal for a reason so unfortunately glass acrylic or clingfilm are out I'm afraid, what you could do is hide them if aesthetics is a primary drive of your build so we need to know a little more of what you want to achieve before we can best advise an approach :)
Moto
 
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