Best Water Cooling

[melikepie]

Which one?

XSPC Raystorm 750
H100i

 

[amuffin]

What do you think? Isn't it kind of obvious?

 

[melikepie]

What do you think? Isn't it kind of obvious?

Nope.

 

[darth pravus]

XSPC is obviously the best but it needs a rad/tubing/pump/res etc.

Much more fun than the corsair.

 

[melikepie]

XSPC is obviously the best but it needs a rad/tubing/pump/res etc.

Much more fun than the corsair.

It comes with that, it's a water cooling kit. The thing is, is it worth the extra money?

 

[darth pravus]

If you need/want the cooling performance for a silent/super oc machine and you want to look badass then yes, yes it is.

 

[melikepie]

If you need/want the cooling performance for a silent/super oc machine and you want to look badass then yes, yes it is.

Will it be easy to replace the waterblock if LGA 1150 is not comparable?
I'm thinking about putting my 8120 to around 5GHz, can that cooler do the trick?

 

[darth pravus]

Quite possible. It's got a lot of cooling power however that CPU will draw HUGE amount of power at 5ghz.

The blacks are easy to replace once you've drained the system.

 

[melikepie]

Quite possible. It's got a lot of cooling power however that CPU will draw HUGE amount of power at 5ghz.

The blacks are easy to replace once you've drained the system.

Well, I have a 750w PSU and a 7970.
Would that be enough?

 

[darth pravus]

What brand of 750 PSU?

 

[melikepie]

What brand of 750 PSU?

XFX

 

[darth pravus]

Then you should be fine

 

[melikepie]

Then you should be fine

Can I do push/pull with a Cooler Master HAF 912?

 

[darth pravus]

I would just push out the top so you keep the convection currents going

 

[melikepie]

I would just push out the top so you keep the convection currents going

Will 5Ghz let me watch this video?

 

[darth pravus]

Erm...?

Not quite sure what you mean. You can watch any video even not overclocked.

 

[melikepie]

Erm...?

Not quite sure what you mean. You can watch any video even not overclocked.

What about 4k videos?

 

[darth pravus]

They will be fine but it's fairly pointless since we don't have 4k displays?

Even non oc'd you can as the GPU takes most of the work.

 

[melikepie]

They will be fine but it's fairly pointless since we don't have 4k displays?

Even non oc'd you can as the GPU takes most of the work.

How would I drain it?
The things you need to do for a water cooler sounds kinda like a fish tank.
So would a thirsty can do the trick?

 

[darth pravus]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/277130-11-read-first-watercooling-sticky

That should give you the answers you need.

 

[melikepie]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/277130-11-read-first-watercooling-sticky

That should give you the answers you need.

Another thing is could I stick the radiator outside the case so I can get a giant double one like this?

 

[darth pravus]

You might have to mod the case but sure you could.

Get some fans with very high static pressure to push a rad that think though.

 

[melikepie]

You might have to mod the case but sure you could.

Get some fans with very high static pressure to push a rad that think though.

Also 2 More Questions:

1. Can you look at this and tell me if it's everything I need (of course not the water), also I'm gonna get one of those silver things to kill mold but is that all?
2. What "Order Of Flow" should I use (of course since I'm comparing this to a H100i so it's a CPU only loop)?

 

[darth pravus]

That seems to come with everything you need. Obviously more fittings and blocks are needed if you want more things in the loop.

Not sure what you mean by order of flow as that's only a CPU kit but you can use a splitter to send one flow to the CPU and one to the GPU and rejoin for the rad so they are in parallel.

 

[melikepie]

That seems to come with everything you need. Obviously more fittings and blocks are needed if you want more things in the loop.

Not sure what you mean by order of flow as that's only a CPU kit but you can use a splitter to send one flow to the CPU and one to the GPU and rejoin for the rad so they are in parallel.

By that I mean what part of the cooling should go first?
Like should the pump, pump directly to the CPU then cool the water or the other way around?

I Also Have 2 More Questions:

1. Should I use Liquid Ice or distilled water?
2. Should I cycle it with water, then dump it out and put in new water so I can get any dust out of the loop?