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Customer Liquid cooling loop

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September 22, 2014 10:45:33 AM

Hello

I'm about to build my first liquid cooling custom loop and was wondering if the items i have selected will be sufficient and good enough to keep temperatures cool and the case quite.

I would like any help with possible improvements to parts i have selected and possibly if i have gone over the top with certain parts.

Radiators 240mm x2 - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/radiators/rad...
CPU Block - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/cpu-water-blo...
GPU Block - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/gpu-water-blo...
Reservoir - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/reservoirs/tu...
Pump - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/pumps/d5-seri...
Tubes - 10ft - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/tubing/tubes/...
Straight x1 - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/comp...
45 Degree x10 - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/comp...
90 Degree - x3 - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/comp...
Reservoir male to male - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/adap...
45 Degree Outer to Inner - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/adap...
Quick Release Female to Compression - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/quic...
Quick Release Male to G1/4 - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/fittings/quic...
Fluid - 2x - http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/water-cooling/water-additiv...

As you can see all parts are from the same website, this is due to the fact delivery is cheap and within 2-3 working days (UPS).

I have also opted for the pump and reservoir as i hope to have the reservoir on top of the pump and the pump on top of one of the radiators which will be attached to the bottom of my case.

Current Build:
i7 4790k @ 4.6ghz - full load it hits 85 Degrees
R9 290x @ 1100mhz - full load it hits 70 Degrees
MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Motherboard
256GB SSD, 640GB HDD
16GB DDR3 2133mhz RAM
Case - NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case
I basically want to try get temps for my CPU and Graphics cards down by another 30-50% on 100% load, but also overclock the CPU up to 4.8ghz or higher which isn't possible on the current set up (using the H60 for the CPU and the H90 for the GPU), but I just want it to look cool, tidy and manageable.
I have got the Male to Female quick release to make draining the system easy for cleaning and refilling.

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October 1, 2014 2:52:21 AM

Hi,
All are fine but I feel if you can able to accommodate 360 radiator instead of 240 in your case, will help you bring the temperature down which depends on your fan too.
October 1, 2014 7:57:25 AM

With overclocked components, you're likely going to to want to consider more radiator space, especially if you are wanting to go to higher clocks. Given this, you'll have to become very good at overclocking and hope all your hardware (CPU, motherboard, RAM, power supply) and even then, watercooling still might not be what prevents those clock speeds; hardware limitations or OC settings might be. Even so, I would easily account for 500 watts on that loop: ~185-200 for OC CPU and 320+ for OC GPU. If you stick with those XT45 240s (which are great rads), you might want to consider 1500+ RPM fans on them to stay where you want on Delta-T.
October 2, 2014 9:26:00 AM

Hello and thanks all

I have got my CPU in a liquid cooled loop atm and it seems to work perfectly for now at low temps of 65 Degrees Celsius at 100% load (OCCT), I have got a 4.8ghz overclock for now with 1.278v vCore and will possible push further when i add my other Rad and GPU block when i next get paid (Draining the system this time round will be a bitch though as i forgot to put the drain port on the pump but shouldn't take too long).

I do hope the 2nd rad will bring my CPU temps down even further as it seems to be as hot as the GPU is atm with its closed loop H90 :) 

I will keep you all updated when i get these new parts.
!