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so I have the Bitfenix colossus white case and I want to get a LGA1151 cpu and water cool and possibly overclock it but the problem is I also want to keep the blue LED's it comes with which pretty much take up the 240mm slot on the top. this leaves a 120/140mm slot on the back only for water cooling. so I was wondering if a 120/140mm water cooling system will do the job I will possibly be putting a 140mm fan on the bottom as well.

any thoughts? I really don't want to remove the top LED lights and fan

also what do I look for when buying a water cooling system I know the CPU socket and fan size that's about it and if possible please explain what I am looking for as I'm new to building.

btw I am buying all in one liquid coolers and using newegg if you needed to know
 
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Ideally you should have your CLC exhausting air out the top so what you're doing at the moment is creating a problem and then having to solve it. If the fans, you currently have, are PWM you can pair them with your cooler but the limitation is that not all coolers rely on the dairy chain connector from the pump. You can go for Thermaltake's Riing LED range of fans(not the RGB 3 fan pack, which relies on a proprietary controller to work) or Bitfenix Spectre Pro's in the size of which your cooler radiator supports.

also what do I look for when buying a water cooling system I know the CPU socket and fan size that's about it and if possible please explain what I am looking for as I'm new to building.
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Ideally you should have your CLC exhausting air out the top so what you're doing at the moment is creating a problem and then having to solve it. If the fans, you currently have, are PWM you can pair them with your cooler but the limitation is that not all coolers rely on the dairy chain connector from the pump. You can go for Thermaltake's Riing LED range of fans(not the RGB 3 fan pack, which relies on a proprietary controller to work) or Bitfenix Spectre Pro's in the size of which your cooler radiator supports.

also what do I look for when buying a water cooling system I know the CPU socket and fan size that's about it and if possible please explain what I am looking for as I'm new to building.
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A question typically ends with a question mark, but I'll jest.

Since watercooling is a diverse topic, I'd have suggested going over the watercooling sticky(linked in my sig) to read each section however if I were to put it in a nut shell, you'll need to first look at your heatware(namely) it's TDP rating to see if your cooler can handle the processor or GPU you'd like to pair it with. Next, you look at it's pricing and expected temp drops since you can almost always get away with air cooling for less than that an AIO cooler's/custom level watercooling loop's price. Then is the compatibility in your chassis. Most often it will fit, but on the odd events that it won't then modding comes into play. The latter will often draw customers away by buying a new case, while they are shopping for coolers.

We could have suggested some coolers though without a TDP, to guide us in our search, we're flying blind.
 
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