Water Cooling Help

[lik3abau55]

Hello all,
I have decided to upgrade my cooling from my H100 to a full liquid loop. I have a Haf XM case and do not have major water cooling abilities. I was thinking of buying the XSPC RayStorm 750 RS240 WaterCooling Kit and adding a 140mm rad at the back of my case so I have a total of 360mm of cooling surface area. Would this kit with the added rad be able to cool my 2700k and GTX 670 (NOTE: The block required for my GPU is a 680 since my card is a non-reference PCB). Can you recommend parts or something of the like?

Thanks very much! 😀

 

[prototype18]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHNFhTAvvBA

Check this parts they used. And in part 3 you have the temps

 

[TheBigTroll]

you should be good. which 670 do you have? if its a totally custom design, a 680 block wont help at all

 

[bryonhowley]

I truth I feel the GPU's today have such good coolers on them already that they really do not need water cooling. Unless you are going for looks more that performance I would skip water cooling the GPU but that just me. I was going to water cool my Sapphire HD 6950>6970 at one point but ultimately skipped it.

As for the RayStorm I have found it to be a very good block. I have upgraded my system with that block and the RX240 rad for my AMD FX-8120 and FX-8350 rigs.

If you go for cooling the GPU as well make completely sure that a 680 block will fit correctly on your 670. You said it is a non-reference PCB do you mean it is a 680 reference PCB?

 

[lik3abau55]

Yes, I have the Gigabyte windforce 670, which uses the 680 PCB. I plan on cooling the GPU for the silence that watercooling brings.

 

[TheBigTroll]

the windforce is already pretty silent.

 

[lik3abau55]

If I want cool it and my cpu how much radiator space should I have?

 

[TheBigTroll]

id try to get 4 120mm mounts worth. but 3 should be suffice

 

[prototype18]

Well check the link i sent you. He says its not important if fans are pushing or pulling air.

 

[lik3abau55]

Is it worth just cooling the CPU from an H100?

 

[TheBigTroll]

depends. you can get a little more juice out of your i7 by doing custom