Best Liquid cooling solution for my system?

Zaje23 · Jul 18, 2016

i just moved my rig into a new home (thermaltake Core v71)

i removed 6 or the front drive bays and put a 140mm on bottom where the drive bays used to be. its worth noting that in addition to the two 200mm fans i have on top of the case i also have a corsair h100i GTX up top aswell,

Ram: DDR3 Dominator Platinum 2400 (Clocked @ 2600MHz atm) 2x8GB
CPU: I7 4790k clocked at 4.8 GHz
SSD: samsung 850 Evo 250GB
HDD: Cavier Blue 1TB
GPU: Gigabyte R9 380 g1 gaming
MOBO: Gigabyte Z97x Gaming 5

hopefully will be upgrading my cpu/mobo/ GPU when i can find a Zotac GTX1080 AMP Extreme for retail. im looking to get a 6700k and move up to a Z170 mobo. now onto my question, with this case and these components what is the best liquid cooling solution i would be able to fit inside. please also let me know if i should get rid of my four 200mm fans

jimmyEatWord · Jul 18, 2016

corsair provides the most expensive closed loop liquid cooling i think

Zaje23 · Jul 18, 2016

jimmyEatWord :

does it also provide one of the best? im not looking to spend over 2k on the water cooling

jimmyEatWord · Jul 18, 2016

Zaje23 :

it seems like corsair is the best , zalman seems to be pretty decent too and i think it's available where you live

geofelt · Jul 18, 2016

I like 200mm fans.
They push a lot of air and are quiet in the process.

I like your new case.
14nm skylake i7-6700k runs cool. No liquid cooling is necessary.
I cool a I5-6600K@4.8 with only a Noctua NH-U12s with a 120mm fan.
Your case appears to allow two 200mm front intakes. I assume they can be filtered.
If all your intake comes from one source, you have a positive pressure airflow and your case will be kept cleaner.
Use only a 140mm exhaust fan to direct airflow. Any stronger and it will draw in unfiltered air from nearby openings destroying your positive pressure airflow.

At the very least, try this arrangement, you can always change it out later.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

Zaje23 · Jul 18, 2016

jimmyEatWord :

Zaje23 :

it seems like corsair is the best , zalman seems to be pretty decent too and i think it's available where you live

any specific liquid cooling loop i should be looking for?

neieus · Jul 18, 2016

Corsair is pretty good and it's what I use but it mostly comes down to the type of fans installed on it also. Most review sites say that the Kraken x61 is the best closed loop around though. Check out the best cooling link on Tom's and you'll see it's among the best.

Zaje23 · Jul 18, 2016

geofelt :

I like 200mm fans.
They push a lot of air and are quiet in the process.

I like your new case.
14nm skylake i7-6700k runs cool. No liquid cooling is necessary.
I cool a I5-6600K@4.8 with only a Noctua NH-U12s with a 120mm fan.
Your case appears to allow two 200mm front intakes. I assume they can be filtered.
If all your intake comes from one source, you have a positive pressure airflow and your case will be kept cleaner.
Use only a 140mm exhaust fan to direct airflow. Any stronger and it will draw in unfiltered air from nearby openings destroying your positive pressure airflow.

At the very least, try this arrangement, you can always change it out later.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

tyvm for your reply

, the whole front, bottom, and top have dust filters covering them completely, the only real reason i wanted to get a liquid cooling loop is for the looks, and possibly get a bigger OC, also want to get a water block for the 1080, and some kind of cooling solution for my ram to try and get it up to 3000 MHz if possible. so are you saying i should use my bottom fan as an exhaust instead of an intake?

jimmyEatWord · Jul 18, 2016

Zaje23 :

jimmyEatWord :

any specific liquid cooling loop i should be looking for?

i think the 120mm (1 fan) is enough and i think there would be only one model of that cooler for the 1151 socket , i've got a 1 fan liquid cooler and it's enough for an i-5

Zaje23 · Jul 18, 2016

neieus :

i think i may have said it wrong, im not looking for just a cpu cooling but a full liquid cooling loop, reservoir and all for gpu and cpu, with possible hard tubing and colored nanofluid cooling

Zaje23 · Jul 18, 2016

jimmyEatWord :

Zaje23 :

i think the 120mm (1 fan) is enough and i think there would be only one model of that cooler for the 1151 socket , i've got a 1 fan liquid cooler and it's enough for an i-5

im sorry for the confusion, im looking for a full liquid cooling setup for gpu and cpu, water blocked, with hard tubing, nanofluid, reservoir and all.

Inkiad · Jul 18, 2016

For that you need to do custom loop.
Beware they are expensive.

Most people get custom water cooling parts from EKWB.
You will need -
Water Block, pump, reservoir (we have pump and reservoir combo), coolant, tubings, fittings. And tools for cutting the tubes.

Get a kit. Will save you some bucks. And as you are doing it first time, save you some hair which you will pull out yourself - https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-kit-l240-1 . It is only for the cpu though. EKWB does not have a full waterblock for your graphics card. I suggest doing separate loop for the graphics card. But that will cost you nearly $400, making sure you get the correct fittings - https://www.ekwb.com/blog/fittings-and-tubing-guide/ . I suggest getting a better card like RX 480 without dumping that much money.

Do liquid cool your pc if it is top of the line. Otherwise get better components.

Zaje23 · Aug 18, 2016

Inkiad :

i ended up getting a gtx 1080 by gigabyte, the g1 gaming, i'll also use your link to get that loop

is there a way to change the tubing ? its not bad looking im just curious

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