Water cooling parts advice for the wifes computer

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kombatmedik30

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Evening everyone! First...I am a huge fan of 3 years of Toms Hardware. I have never asked for advice regarding computers or anything in a forum before (please be nice). A little background first....I built a computer before deploying recently so the wife could play "World of Warcraft" while I was gone so she could escape reality from our kids when they go to bed. She has turned out to become an addict of the game. Now I realize that WOW is cpu intensive than gpu, but she doesn't know that and I am going to use that to water cool and upgrade the gpu. I really have no reason to water cool other than I want too. Here are my specs;

Antec DF-85
Asus P8P67 pro (1155)
i5-2500K MB
16gb Gskill ram
3 - 5770's in trifire (would be quad but the MB cant fit a fourth 5770 that I have)
120gb Revodrive x 2 SSD
1000W kingwin PS

I would like to have quality parts (top of the line) as my budget for water cooling is 800.00 USD. I plan on buying a 7970 gpu and possibly another case to fit my water cooling parts into. What I would like to ask of the community is what you would recommend for water cooling parts (not the all in ones that have flooded the market like the H60). I would like to water cool the cpu and gpu as I will most likely play with over clocking. All advice is appreciated and I plan to post pics of the build and any case modifications i may do. Now that I am home once again...I need a hobby so I don't annoy the wife....thank you again for the advice!

 
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Fittings: the kit comes with 1/2" barbs, so you want to stick with 1/2" ID fittings. If you want all compression's, you will need 8 of them for the loop as is. If you use the barbs from the kit, you only need two more to accommodate the extra rad.
If you do get compression's and intend to use the kits tubing, make sure they are 5/8" OD.

Tubing: would stick with 7/16" ID and 5/8" tubing for simplicity, get whichever colour you want.

Fluid: Whatever distilled water is available from your local supermarket, no reason to buy "quality" distilled as it becomes contaminated as soon as it goes into the loop.

You need anti-bacterial solution of some kind, either a silver kill coil or a Biocide like PT-Nuke or Deadwater. If you buy the kit...
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Well...I am eventually going to get an acrylic door for the cosmos 2, with that being said I am also leaning towards aesthetics of my case since i am pouring at least 700.00+ dollars into water cooling....lol.

the crystal link would give it a more pleasing look in theory......
 
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O.K. so some things have changed. The wife says she wants a blue theme(lighting) to the case, and yes more work for me. Most of the parts will be here Wednesday except the clear side panel that is on 10 weeks back order. I am thinking of ditching the bay res for the mcp655 (swiftech) with the mod top. Also I am thinking of getting the XSPC raystorm (blue LED) water block. What do you think?
 
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very wise...very wise. I will look into that. Once the parts get here on Wednesday I will set up and go from there. I am in no rush as i want to do this right. Thanks for the advice and the links!
 
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My xspc Rasa 750 rx240 Watercooling kit got here today. Cosmos 2/gpu water block/and 360 rad on weds- and fittings/tubing/etc by friday. I leaked test the kit today externally and all seems good. Will be posting picks around sat or sun of the build.
 
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ok...so the build is done. I am not totally happy with the way things went...like the fact that a 60mm (360 rad) wont fit on the top due to mother board clearance. I did make it work on the bottom due to my power supply is mostly modular. I am about to post pics once I figure out how too!
 
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I would like to thank mlcaouette and manofchalk for their replies and recommendations (you were the only ones). The wife helped me put it all together and she even helped leaked tested after a couple disasters with leaks. Nothing fried and after 5 hours of prime 95 temps held at 29C (cpu) and 26c (gpu). Only problem is....is I now want to upgrade everything!!! Thank you again guys!!!
 
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Right click on the photos, pick a medium size. Then right click on the new photo that pops up, "Copy image URL".
Then paste the link here with "
" tags around it. That will display the image without needing to follow a link.

The water-bug has bitten :lol:
That be some crazy temps, must be freezing where you live.
 
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Yeah i ran into kinks in the tubes so I added more tubing length. I was worried about cutting off flow. I need some 45 degree fittings in which i will order in about week. I will post better quality pic of the build tomorrow or the day after. Thank you for all the advice you have given micaouette!!!
 
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