Water Cooling Plans Antec 1200

ac1d 53rp3n7

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Hello,
I'm wanting to set up a water cooling loop in my Antec 1200, I play a lot of games, overclock a little and want my PC to be able to hand most things.

My Rig at the moment:
Case: Antec 1200
Mobo: Asus P8Z68 V-Pro
CPU: 2500k @~4.5Ghz
GPU: Palit 660Ti Jetstream (Default OC)
PSU: 650W
RAM: 8Gb G-Skill Ripjaws

The water cooling components I've got together (including new GPU) are:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-coolstream-rad-xt-%28240%29-radiator (x2)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/33m-%2810ft%29-masterkleer-1-2-id-3-4-od-hose-dark-green-uv-boxed
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-evga-gtx-770-class-hydro-c-28nm-pcie-30-7010mhz-gddr5-gpu-1165mhz-boost-1215mhz-cores-1536-dport
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-ekoolant-uv-lime-green-premix-1000ml-includes-additives-against-algae-and-corrosion
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm-akasa-apache-black-ultra-silent-fan-hdb-bearing-pwm-fan-w-4-pin-connector-and-rubber-pins-reta (x4)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/xspc-acrylic-dual-525-reservoir-for-laing-d5
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/alphacool-laing-vpp655-d5-pump-t12-%281-2-barbed-connectors%29
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/bitspower-bp-mbcpf-cc5-g1-4-matt-black-compression-fitting-cc5-for-id-1-2-od3-4-tube (x?)
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-supremacy-elite-intel-115x-cpu-water-block

So I'd like to know if this would work (effectively) or if you'd suggest and improvements for a similar price range. The rads would be one in the front and one at the back with 2 fans on each and I'm not sure about hose fittings so would appreciate some advice with those.

Thanks,
Dave.
 

toolmaker_03

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Well I have built and ran a simular system for 3 years CPU + GPU on two thin 240mm radiators this will work but your temps will not be steller I would say 53C to 60C under load and not clocked.
replacing one of the radiators with a 360mm will lower the temps by a couple of C, so on and so forth.
thicker radiators would help alot here, two monstra 80mm thick 240mm radiators would give better results maybe 47C to 53C under load and not clocked.