Component Help And Water Cooling

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Hello, I recently built my computer and I'm thinking of water cooling it . Specs are below
NZXT S340 Black/ Blue
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P Rev2.0
EVGA 500B 80+ Bronze 500w PSU
AMD FX 6300 Six-Core CPU
Western Digital 1TB 7,200RPM HDD
EVGA 2x4GB DDR3 2400MHZ Dual Channel
ASUS R9 290 Reference Cooler GPU
Now I Have A Couple Questions: My Power Supply Boots My Computer Properly But I Feel Its Being Strained, Should I Buy The RaidMax Vampire Continuous 700W Modular 80+ Gold PSU?
Power Supply Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152056&cm_re=raidmax_vampire-_-17-152-056-_-Product
No Power Supply Recommendations Over $70 Please
Now My GPU and CPU are going to be fine together, barely no bottleneck. Can I Use A Closed WaterCooler CPU Cooler on my GPU? Only These Coolers: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835220082
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856023
Which One? I Want To Use These To Cool My GPU, Can I ? If I Cant , Could I Use It For My FX CPU And Try to OC To 4.5GHZ?
The S340 Case I have ? Whats a good airflow config? Thanks That's It !!
 
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I would personally go with Corsair. They are a well-known company, and have reliable liquid coolers from my experience. The one you linked is perfectly compatible with your CPU, both using the AM3+ socket type. (You'll also be able to overclock!)

Hope this helps.
 
If you really want water cooling the H100 and H100i are some of the best water coolers you can lay hands on. I have the H100i on my FX 8370 and my best stable overclock was 5.3 Ghz @ 1.5 Vcore temps well within safe margins. I would recommend the H100i all day long.
 

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What About The PSU I listed? The RaidMax Vampire 700Watt Continuous 80+ Gold Modular
 

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What About the psu?
 
I'm not over familiar with RaidMax, however usually anything 80+ Gold is going to be good. I believe that 700 Watt should be enough for r9 290 and FX 6300. I know of people being able to overclock their FX 6300 to near 5 Ghz, is that what you want water cooling? If your not planning on overclocking (or pushing a high overclock) you could save some money and go for something like the Hyper 212 EVO.
 
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I would say 700 Watts is more than enough. I'm currently using an EVGA 650W PSU, and it is great for future upgradability.

I also saw in the original question, you had the EVGA 500B 80+ Bronze 500w PSU listed. In which case I would upgrade to a 600-650 Watt PSU with a rating of 80+Gold or higher.

Having a modular power supply is also a very nice choice if you don't want to have a bunch of unused cords hanging around.

As for cooling, the Corsair H60 that you mentioned is still an excellent choice for overclocking as liquid cooling is FAR superior to standard fans. Plus, it's compatible with your CPU and overall a reliable brand.