What would be the most ideal water-cooler radiator placement?

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I'm wanting to water cool the cpu and gpu in the most cost effective way without sacrificing performance or going overboard. I won't be overclocking right away, but i would like to in the future.

As of right now, i was thinking of getting a Corsair H80i v2 for the cpu and then getting one of their gpu cooling adapters along with another h80i (or possibly different) once i upgrade to a better graphics card. Both being single slot radiators, could i mount them both on the top of the case side-by-side without any problems? Would there be a smarter/cheaper way to go about this?
 
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Cheap and better likely aren't going to coincide in the same sentence when it comes to watercooling. For starters, single 120mm radiator closed loop coolers aren't that good to begin with, and secondly, when you consider they're really only good for around 125watts of cooling potential - overclocked CPUs and even mid-range GPUs exceed this TDP threshold. Closed loop coolers are cheap for a reason - they are built with poor flowing pumps and cheap, aluminum radiators (not brass and copper like quality watercooling components).

I'm not trying to be a kill-joy here, but the money you are looking to potentially spend on this mash-up cooling solution isn't going to net you that great of cooling results.

When it comes to liquid cooling...
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Cheap and better likely aren't going to coincide in the same sentence when it comes to watercooling. For starters, single 120mm radiator closed loop coolers aren't that good to begin with, and secondly, when you consider they're really only good for around 125watts of cooling potential - overclocked CPUs and even mid-range GPUs exceed this TDP threshold. Closed loop coolers are cheap for a reason - they are built with poor flowing pumps and cheap, aluminum radiators (not brass and copper like quality watercooling components).

I'm not trying to be a kill-joy here, but the money you are looking to potentially spend on this mash-up cooling solution isn't going to net you that great of cooling results.

When it comes to liquid cooling, consider this - very good air coolers often cost upwards of of $70-$80 or more, but they typically outperform cheaper solutions. Closed loop coolers are on the lowest end of liquid cooling for a reason.
 
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