Hey everyone, I'm building my first water loop, and am looking for rad expertise. I'm planning on cooling a overclocked 4770k, and possibly the voltage regulator and chipset on the motherboard. (mainly just for looks). the board is the formula vi. I was going for a lower db build. Although it doesn't have to be completely silent. I was hoping a single 360 would be enough to keep things cool. Of course if I end up cooling the gpu down the road I would add another 240. If it matters at all, i will be setting up a fan curve using the asus software. I was planning on using a water temp sensor connected to the motherboard.
Here are the items in question:
the rad would most likely be a xspc ex360, however, I also looked at something like the EK-CoolStream RAD XTX, or the Black Ice SR1 360
The fans would most likely be the noiseblocker e-loops 400-1500 rpm pwm. However, I also checked out scythe's gt pwm fans. The only thing i didn't like about them was they had a range starting at 1000 rpm and going up. Which seemed a little high. I have heard that the e-loops make a weird sound due to their design when put in pull, so If i went with the thicker rads they would have to be the gt's for fans, since the thicker rad will not fit in the very upper part under the plastic hood where the stock fans can go. It would have to go above the motherboard. The case is the phantom 820 just so you know. (I hope that makes sense!)
The cpu block would be the ek supremacy, and the motherboard blocks would be this:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=39661
res will either be a ek-x3 250 or Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 250
Thank you anyone who can help give a helping hand!
p.s. Does anyone have a good way of routing the tubing through the chipset block? i've been trying to think of ways to make it look good, just not sure since the gpu will be right there.
Here are the items in question:
the rad would most likely be a xspc ex360, however, I also looked at something like the EK-CoolStream RAD XTX, or the Black Ice SR1 360
The fans would most likely be the noiseblocker e-loops 400-1500 rpm pwm. However, I also checked out scythe's gt pwm fans. The only thing i didn't like about them was they had a range starting at 1000 rpm and going up. Which seemed a little high. I have heard that the e-loops make a weird sound due to their design when put in pull, so If i went with the thicker rads they would have to be the gt's for fans, since the thicker rad will not fit in the very upper part under the plastic hood where the stock fans can go. It would have to go above the motherboard. The case is the phantom 820 just so you know. (I hope that makes sense!)
The cpu block would be the ek supremacy, and the motherboard blocks would be this:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=39661
res will either be a ek-x3 250 or Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 250
Thank you anyone who can help give a helping hand!
p.s. Does anyone have a good way of routing the tubing through the chipset block? i've been trying to think of ways to make it look good, just not sure since the gpu will be right there.
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