Liquid cooling recommendation

[SeraphxWings]

I need a decent and somewhat easy to install liquid cooling kit for a i5 4690k and Nvidia gtx 970, currently I have 1 970 but am getting a second soon.

This is my first time dealing with any kind of liquid cooling, so treat me as full potato.

Antec 900 case
650w semi mod psu
I5-4690k
Gigabyte z97 ud3h bk
Nvidia gtx 970 (soon to sli
16gb Ddr3
Dlink 566 wifi card

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Custom loops are not so easy to install - enthusiasts use them for a reason. If you really want a solid custom loop, you're probably looking at $400+ for a quality pump + radiator + resorvoir + fittings + tubing + blocks. Why do you feel you need to watercool? Performance wise with your rig I think it's wasting money. The money can be put into better components that will make performance better. If you're doing it solely for the aesthetics, understandable.

 

[faalin]

For a full custom loop your going to be looking at spending some money. Youre also going to need to know the exact model of your 970 because not all of them will accept full cover waterblocks.

Anyway ballpark prices
CPU 60-75$
GPU 100-120$ each
Pump 75-100$
Radiator - your going to need a 480mm radiator to cool the CPU and 2 GPU's 100-150$
Res 40$
fittings/tubing/clamps 50-100$
Fans 40-80$ depending if your going just push or pull or push and pull, about 10$ a fan

As you can see to get a true custom loop is expensive the first time around. The next time gets cheaper since you would only need to buy new tubing and GPU blocks. Intel's socket mounting holes haven't changed since the 1156/1366, so the block that i bought for my i7 950 still fits my i5 4670k.

 

[SeraphxWings]

I'm not doing it it for high performance or anything mainly for looks and to keep it all cool at the same time.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Yeah, cooling two GPUs and a CPU, I'd expect $600.