Cheap Custom water loop

[ps3hacker12]

Hi guys,

So i've recently aquired an R9 290X 4GB with a EK-FC-R9-290X Acetal and Nickel Ek Water block attached to it.

My current PC specs are:
Fractal Design core 1000 case (microatx case)
i5 2500k
asus p8p67m mobo (microatx)
two 1TB drives in RAID0
two 7770s in crossfire
corsair cx430 power supply

I will ofcourse be upgrading my power supply.

I don't have much to spend on parts maybe £60~, I will be buying from the UK.

From what i've read up i'll need a CPU cooling block, a pump, resovoir and a radiator right?

Thanks!

 

[affinitydesigns]

Any one of those parts is going to run you at least 60. Watercooling isn't inexpensive. If you didn't already have the 290, I would have said to get the EK predator series since that's premade and is expandable, but that's going to run $250+US. My custom hardline watercooling for 2 980 Ti's and 5820k was about $1,200.

 

[vrumor]

Spend that cash on an aftermarket air cooler or buy a used air cooler from the stock version of your card off ebay and install it. You wont find any custom watercooling parts worth their salt around your budget, as a whole or individually.

 

[Gam3r01]

The cheapest I would say you could do is get an H240X just for the 290x. Take off the CPU block and keep it for later, attach it to the 290x, and refill the unit.

 

[cosmoji]

i dont even think you're going to find any parts bad or good inside that budget. you could maybe find a cpu block inside that price. maybe a small radiator. but either or. you'd use up the budged on just one part. you'll want about 250-300 to throw at a custom loop.

i agree your money is better spent finding an air cooler for it, or if you aquired this card from somebody you can still contact, ask if they have the original air cooler for it. if they wont just give it to you, they'll likely trade for the waterblock thats worth more.

 

[ps3hacker12]

yeah, that's what i've been thinking, reckon I could make some money selling the water block on ebay?

any air cooler reccommendations?

 

[affinitydesigns]

You could definitely make some money putting it on ebay. I'd just search it and see if there's anyone else selling it to be competitive. Are you looking to cool your GPU or your CPU?

 

[Gam3r01]

Heres a quick read: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/r9-290-accelero-xtreme-290,review-32828.html

 

[ps3hacker12]

Could I just get an all in one water cooler to just attach to the graphics card water block?

 

[Gam3r01]

It would have to be an open loop cooler, not a CLC. Any cooler like corsairs hydro series would not work.
Swiftechs coolers would work, however since they are open loop, and use custom components (ie proper waterblocks, pumps, and res) they cost more than your budget: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/swiftech-cpu-cooler-h220x

 

[affinitydesigns]

Same as what Gam3r01 said about the AIO EKWB stuff. You could get a watercooler, but it's still going to blow your budget.