It's my first time watercooling. I'm planning on cooling my processor and graphics card, I might also cool the northbridge. I'm getting two 240mm and one 280mm radiator, might even try getting a 120mm too. Is 5 meters of tubing enough? What kind of pump do I need?
Help, First time watercooling. Micro Atx
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15 feet of tubing should be plenty for any build, especially in a micro atx space. D5 and DDC pumps are pretty popular, but theres a lot to choose from.
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l2/g30/c107/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-PC_Water_Cooling_Pumps.html
just to give you something to peruse...
also with that much stuff to restrict your flow, it would not be a bad idea to have 2 pumps in series not only for better flow but also redundancy if one fails. you'll likely be fine with just one though. or you could make 2 seperate loops. one for the cpu, one for the gpus. but im guessing space is going to be your biggest issue in a micro atx case.
you're also going to need a reservoir, fittings, blocks, etc. i would also suggest getting what you need to have a drain port at a low point in the system.
to start getting an idea of how things are down, i suggest looking up jaystwocents on youtube. his watercooling videos are what gave me the confidence to try it for myself.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1415725/a-guide-to-water-cooling-multiple-gpus
and i'll leave that if you want to get a lot more in detail.
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l2/g30/c107/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-PC_Water_Cooling_Pumps.html
just to give you something to peruse...
also with that much stuff to restrict your flow, it would not be a bad idea to have 2 pumps in series not only for better flow but also redundancy if one fails. you'll likely be fine with just one though. or you could make 2 seperate loops. one for the cpu, one for the gpus. but im guessing space is going to be your biggest issue in a micro atx case.
you're also going to need a reservoir, fittings, blocks, etc. i would also suggest getting what you need to have a drain port at a low point in the system.
to start getting an idea of how things are down, i suggest looking up jaystwocents on youtube. his watercooling videos are what gave me the confidence to try it for myself.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1415725/a-guide-to-water-cooling-multiple-gpus
and i'll leave that if you want to get a lot more in detail.
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You'll need to know what components you are actually cooling in the loop...CPU? GPU? Both? 2x GPUs? TDP is what you need to account for and how you need to plan for how much radiator space to get. The watercooling sticky and a radiator TDP estimator sheet are linked in my signature line below.
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