Recommended water system.

[xHALORDx]

Sorry for double post. First one wasn't working.
Anyway so I have designed this new PC and there is one thing missing. Watercooling. I dont know a thing about water cooling and want to know what brand/model and whether I should do GPU and CPU or just one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-TB 86.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($189.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card ($1049.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: OCZ Z Series Gold 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.98 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VG278H 120Hz 27.0" Monitor ($549.98 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full (32/64-bit) ($158.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $3030.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-17 21:55 EDT-0400)

 

[austing]

Sorry for double post. First one wasn't working.
Anyway so I have designed this new PC and there is one thing missing. Watercooling. I dont know a thing about water cooling and want to know what brand/model and whether I should do GPU and CPU or just one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-TB 86.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($189.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Video Card ($1049.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: OCZ Z Series Gold 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.98 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VG278H 120Hz 27.0" Monitor ($549.98 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full (32/64-bit) ($158.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $3030.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-17 21:55 EDT-0400)

Unless you want to go and buy a 300$ waterblock for your GPU and then another 200$ or so on CPU block, pump, resivour, and radiator, just buy a Corsair H100 and watercool your Core i7.

Gtx690's do a wonderfull job of cooing on a stock cooler, thats why commercial brands use the stock OEM heatsinks on the card.

 

[velosteraptor]

H100 is about equal to high end air, so i dont really think its worth it. Youve already spent a lot of money on the pc, heck, 1k on the GPU alone, might as well water cool it. It will reduce the noise as well.. if thats something that is important to you.

Also, frozencpu.com has a GTX 690 with the waterblock already installed, for $1,180.


http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...w_EK_Waterblock_Professionally_Installed.html


Or $130 for the waterblock by itself.


http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...ll_Coverage_VGA_Block_-_Reference_Design.html