Liquid cooling setup?

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

When I get all of the money together to buy a new gaming pc id like to get liquid cooling with it, but I have no clue where to get the parts for it. Id like a nice looking case with see through tubes and leds, and colored, glowing coolant, and a good radiator. I also need fittings and a pump. If you guys could provide some links for these things or just tell me where I could find them in general , then thatd be great! Any comment would be appreciated

Counteragent77 · Feb 23, 2015

Hi,

I'd check out: www.frozencpu.com

They got everything you need.

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

Counteragent77 :

are there any canadian stores??

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

i am so confused....

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

Liquid cooling is confusing, Tell me more about what I could explain you. Please.

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

prettyflvcko :

I understand the radiator, the coolant, the fittings and lighting. I dont get which tubing to get with which fitting. Id like a clear tubing and blue coolant, and some sort of lighting. I dont know which sleeving I should get because Id like my computer to look all neat and tidy. And I dont know what to get to cool the gpu. Im going to get a pny gtx 970 probably. I also dont know which cpu block to get and I dont really want to go spending $500 on just liquid cooling. Id like liquid cooling, just not so expensive. Im going to be getting the corsair 760t case too if that helps anything. My ideal endproduct would be this: http://www.ncix.com/article/NCIX-PC-Rogue-X.htm

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

First of all please don't buy colored coolant, most of them create corrosion and this isn't good for the system. Get colored tubing instead. For the CPU block you're going to choose whatever you want.... obviously I like the EK waterblocks, some people prefer swiftech, anyways as I said you can pretty much take whatever you want. For the GPU block I also prefer EK waterblocks, I've seen some temperature drops since I changed the waterblocks on my both R9 290x for EK (7c drop). By the way as I proposed you before the best in you situation would be to buy a water cooling kit as I linked you before. They come with all you need and also come with an installation guide.

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

So heres what ive got so far:
-http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17481/ex-blc-1346/EK_Supreme_LTX_Intel_CPU_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_CSQ_EK-Supreme_LTX_-_Acetal_CSQ.html?tl=g30c325#blank
-http://www.frozencpu.com/products/25888/ex-blc-1911/EK_GeForce_970_GTX_VGA_Liquid_Cooling_Backplate_-_Black_EK-FC970_GTX_Backplate_-_Black.html?tl=g57c613s2315
-http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21322/ex-rad-646/EK_High_Performance_CoolStream_360_PE_Series_Liquid_Cooling_Radiator_EK-CoolStream_PE_360_Triple.html?tl=g57c597s1901

I still dont know what sleeves, fitting, tubing or lighting I should get. How do I match up the fittings with the tubing? Also, how do those people get that glowing effect for their tubing?

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

As I said before forget about the colored coolant. Go with colored tubing instead just like this one :
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/22861/ex-tub-2759/Alphacool_AlphaTube_HF_Tubing_38ID_x_12_OD_-_3_Meter_Retail_Pack_-_Blue.html?tl=g30c99

Now for the fittings you gonna wanna use compression fittings like these(choose your color) :
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/26418/ex-tub-3551/EK_G14_Thread_Advanced_Compression_Fitting_-_10mm_ID_x_13mm_OD_38_x_12_-_Black_EK-ACF_Fitting_1013mm_-_Black.html?tl=g57c593s1952#blank

Glowing effects are created by LED's in the waterblock wich are more expensive.

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

what about sleeving and which size should i get? and does the tubing size matter for the radiator and cpu block holes? also could you give me a link for those leds in the waterblock and explain how it works please?

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

Here you go for the lighted CPU block. The way it works is that there's an led pointing right into the tubing wich creates a glowing efect.
http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1233_Alphacool-NexXxoS-XP--Light---Plexi-Edition---Intel-AMD.html

Please use the tubing size I linked you, this is the regular size using bigger tubing may give you pump problem since there won't be enough pressure into your water loop.

Andddddd for the cable Sleeving :
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-CU-1300-B9

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

prettyflvcko :

Dylan1999 :

Here you go for the lighted CPU block. The way it works is that there's an led pointing right into the tubing wich creates a glowing efect.
http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1233_Alphacool-NexXxoS-XP--Light---Plexi-Edition---Intel-AMD.html

Please use the tubing size I linked you, this is the regular size using bigger tubing may give you pump problem since there won't be enough pressure into your water loop.

Andddddd for the cable Sleeving :
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-CU-1300-B9

is there any other cheeper cable sleeving? and do I have to put leds in that cpu block or do they come preinstalled and if they are what color are they?

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

prettyflvcko :

is there any other cheeper cable sleeving? and do I have to put leds in that cpu block or do they come preinstalled and if they are what color are they?

Please at this point lookup on eBay or amazon, the CPU block comes with the lights pre-installed and they are white, so if you have some blue tubing the glowing effect will be blue.

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

ok, and I have two more questions. how do I match up fittings with the tubings with the holes in the radiator/cpu block? and do I need my graphic cards liquid cooled?

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

The interior of the fitting need to fit the inside diameter of the tubing wich is 1/2 for both fittings and tubing I linked you earlier. But that's not all the Exterior tubing also need to fit in the compression fitting wich is 3/4. So the conclusion is that you need 1/2-3/4 for the tubing and the fittings. For the Graphics card you don't really need to water cool it if you don't plan to overclock it. If you want to then I'd tell you to buy some EK waterblocks for it or them depending on your setup

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

prettyflvcko :

ok, thanks for all the help! i also noticed that there are different versions of the alphacool cpu block. are those different colors or just different performances??

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

prettyflvcko :

ok, thanks for all the help! i also noticed that there are different versions of the alphacool cpu block. are those different colors or just different performances??

Some of them has higher quality components. When you'll have no more question please don't forget to pick the solution.

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

prettyflvcko :

Dylan1999 :

Some of them has higher quality components. When you'll have no more question please don't forget to pick the solution.

are there any of those cpu blocks with blue leds instead of white?

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

prettyflvcko :

are there any of those cpu blocks with blue leds instead of white?

No and anyway you better go with white led's because the glow will be brighter with the blue tube

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

my final question: what lighting do you recommend?

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

What do you mean By ''lightning'' ? do you mean the color of the led ?

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

prettyflvcko :

like led strips or the cathode spectral bar thing. lights to make the case look nice ;D

prettyflvcko · Feb 23, 2015

Dylan1999 :

I personnaly use these on all my computers. They are amazing.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812170027&cm_re=nzxt_led-_-12-170-027-_-Product

Dylan1999 · Feb 23, 2015

prettyflvcko :

Dylan1999 :

I personnaly use these on all my computers. They are amazing.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812170027&cm_re=nzxt_led-_-12-170-027-_-Product

how are these?? http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17222/lit-332/Akasa_Vegas_LED_Strip_Light_-_60cm_-_Blue_AK-LD02-05BL.html?tl=g6c77s126

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