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So I am finally pulling the trigger on a liquid cooling set-up. I read through several threads, that were very helpful, and came up with the following parts list below. I want to air cool the case and liquid cool my CPU and GPU. I want to start small with room to expand if I decide to get another GPU in the future. I am more interested in performance rather than aesthetics and would like the best price to performance products. I have looked on frozencpu.com, but it is not very "beginner" friendly. I have heard good things about EK products, so I picked out several parts from EK.
Please let me know if there are other reputable brands or other specific products that I should look at.
Parts:
CPU Water Block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/19630/ex-blc-1445/EK_Supremacy_EVO_Universal_CPU_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_Nickel_EK-Supremacy_EVO_-_AcetalNickel.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7829
GPU Water Block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/25959/ex-blc-1919/EK_Gigabyte_GeForce_970_GTX_WF3_VGA_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_Nickel_EK-FC970_GTX_WF3_-_AcetalNickel.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7831
GPU Backplate: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/25983/ex-blc-1926/EK_Gigabyte_GTX_970_WF3_Backplate_-_Black_EK-FC970_GTX_WF3_Backplate_-_Black.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7830
Radiator: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14315/ex-rad-311/EK_Ultimate_Performance_CoolStream_240_XTX_Series_Liquid_Cooling_Radiator_EK-CoolStream_RAD_XTX_240.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7832
Reservoir/Pump: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21022/ex-pmp-251/EK_D5_X-RES_Top_100_w_D5_Vario_Pump_EK-XRES_100_D5_Vario_incl_pump.html?tl=g57c595s1938&id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=8631
Fans, Fittings, and Tubing: TBD... I feel like its a commodity product.
Does it make sense to have all the water blocks made of the same material (i.e. nickel plated)? Also, does it matter to keep everything one brand or mix and match? Is there a need for a GPU backplate (other than aesthetics)? Please advise?
Thanks!
Current System:
- Intel i7-3770k (OC @ 4.0Ghz)
- Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 (OC)
- 180GB Intel 520 SSD
- 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM
- MSI 277A-G41 (LGA 1155 / Intel Z77)
- 16GB 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series
- Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium HD
- Nanoxia Deep Slience 5 Case
- ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q
Please let me know if there are other reputable brands or other specific products that I should look at.
Parts:
CPU Water Block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/19630/ex-blc-1445/EK_Supremacy_EVO_Universal_CPU_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_Nickel_EK-Supremacy_EVO_-_AcetalNickel.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7829
GPU Water Block: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/25959/ex-blc-1919/EK_Gigabyte_GeForce_970_GTX_WF3_VGA_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Acetal_Nickel_EK-FC970_GTX_WF3_-_AcetalNickel.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7831
GPU Backplate: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/25983/ex-blc-1926/EK_Gigabyte_GTX_970_WF3_Backplate_-_Black_EK-FC970_GTX_WF3_Backplate_-_Black.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7830
Radiator: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14315/ex-rad-311/EK_Ultimate_Performance_CoolStream_240_XTX_Series_Liquid_Cooling_Radiator_EK-CoolStream_RAD_XTX_240.html?id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=7832
Reservoir/Pump: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21022/ex-pmp-251/EK_D5_X-RES_Top_100_w_D5_Vario_Pump_EK-XRES_100_D5_Vario_incl_pump.html?tl=g57c595s1938&id=M4e6poUR&mv_pc=8631
Fans, Fittings, and Tubing: TBD... I feel like its a commodity product.
Does it make sense to have all the water blocks made of the same material (i.e. nickel plated)? Also, does it matter to keep everything one brand or mix and match? Is there a need for a GPU backplate (other than aesthetics)? Please advise?
Thanks!
Current System:
- Intel i7-3770k (OC @ 4.0Ghz)
- Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 (OC)
- 180GB Intel 520 SSD
- 1TB WD Black 7200 RPM
- MSI 277A-G41 (LGA 1155 / Intel Z77)
- 16GB 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series
- Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium HD
- Nanoxia Deep Slience 5 Case
- ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q
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