Liquid Cooling a PC

[Larry_The_Great]

Dear Toms Hardware Forum

Here are the parts for my current PC.

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Dual Superclocked ACX Video Card
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Series Primo Aluminum ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold S 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

I now want to water cool my PC and was looking for some help. My aim is to make a cool looking custom watercooling loop through my PC (to be completely honest I am mainly water cooling for looks not for the performance) that cools the CPU and graphics card for a price around $500. My first problem is I don't think my GPU is compatible with any water blocks. I know you can custom cool the voltage and that stuff to make it work but I'd rather have a block that cooled the entire gpu without any hastle. So firstly...

1. Should I buy a new GPU for watercooling? If so Which one and what water block? Or what other options do I have?

I haven't decided on the other parts of the watercooling, I am aware of all the parts I need but am unsure which ones would best suit me. I want acrylic tubing and I am prepared to bend it myself as I believe that looks the best. For radiators and that should I go conservative considering my cpu and gpu aren't that intensive? But then again I don't really want to have to upgrade my watercooling loop once I upgrade my parts. So secondly...

2. Can someone please recommend what parts I should use for the rest of the watercooling loop.

I am open to all options regarding the parts and gpu although I would like to try and aim for $500 as I said before or if that's not possible maybe a bit over. Thank you to anyone who has taken the time to read and reply to my post I really appreciate it!

 

[i7Baby]

1. You don't need to water cool a Xeon. They don't get hot.

2. Watercool your GPU and lose the warranty.

Buy a X79/4930 and put 2 x 780Ti's then watercool the lot. But not for what you've got.

 

[jaslion]

just as i7Baby (lol you must love i7's ) said a xeon doesn't need insane cooling and watercooling your gpu is just stupid if you don't have an insane setup with sli and an oc'd i7 cpu and so so just no.

 

[SU11YBEAR]

Ok your budget is actually kind of tight for doing a full loop... CPU chip is going to be 100-150, Full cover GPU is 150 again, RAD is going to be around 100+, Pump and Res Combo another 100+ and then fittings at 10 per (these costs add quick), plus tubing, so prices add up fast. For checking GPU's I generally use EK's website (its just there stuff but they cover all the normal PCB's and some of the custom ones, didnt see yours there unfortunately)
http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/

For any loop a quick estimate is 120mm fan per 100W of heat, so for a normal 1 CPU and 1 GPU would be ~100W+200W for a triple RAD

A small piece of advise is to include a drain port (i do mine with a T adapter and ball valve, doesnt look as clean but very handy)

As mentioned you don't NEED a water loop for your setup, that said most of us don't need as powerful of computers as we have so not judging on that lol.