Hi,
A couple months ago I purchased about £600 ish worth of watercooling parts (Corsair HydroX) from OCUK in hopes I could start my first Watercool build. Ultimately, I failed miserbly..
In the end it was a faulty pump, but I gave up and put everything back together and shoved all the old watercooling parts under my bed.
I now want to give this another go, but am a bit lost again. If anyone could spare some time and help me with my below questions? I just want to get a better understanding (And feel free to completely shut me down and tell me off if I have made any assumptions or mistakes below)
1. My case is: Phanteks 719 (Luke 2/Enthoo 2), I just bought it a few weeks ago. This is my current build (Forgive the one fan that is white as one of my black ones were faulty when moving cases).
View: https://imgur.com/DpD9fZP
2. The current working (as far as I'm aware) kit I have is:
Corsair Hydro X Series XR5 360mm
Corsair Hydro X Series XD5 RGB Reservoir / Pump Combo
I have lost all the fittings and tubing.
I do have the Hydro X CPU block (intel) but I have lost the backplate.
So basically I am wanting some suggestions on what to get:
- For the CPU Block I am thinking the Heatkiller IV Pro.
- I wanted to get the Phanteks D140 Distribution plate and put it in the back as did this guy:
https://i.redd.it/qf0jmspx7sd41.jpg
- I am thinking of getting another XR5 360mm Rad, is it worth it? I was going to mount one on the front of the case and one on the bottom. The case has a Inlet on the top to fill and a outlet on the front bottom to drain the loop.
- I am a bit lost on what GPU block to get as I have a EVGA FTW3 Ultra Gaming but I cannot find any blocks compatable (For sale) right now
- I need tubing. I am not sure if I should just go Clear Hard tubing or not. I am a bit cautious about all the horror stories about leaks vs soft tubing but I do want my build to look nice.
- I also need fittings. I have none left. I am not sure where to start.
- The look I was going for was a white build (Despite the black case) I wanted to use White liquid and I will probably order some PSU cables as the cheap ones I got from Ebuyer are too long and I can't fit them in the back of the case (Due to all the fans I have, starting to regret RGB now!!!)
I have a budget of around £600, £700 at the maximum.
Any suggestions, help, maybe pushing me in a different direction is fully welcomed and I thank you in advanced!
PC Specs:
i9-9900k
Noctua NH-U12A
Asrock Taichi Ultimate
EVGA 2080TI FTW3 Ultra
970 Pro NVME
A couple months ago I purchased about £600 ish worth of watercooling parts (Corsair HydroX) from OCUK in hopes I could start my first Watercool build. Ultimately, I failed miserbly..
In the end it was a faulty pump, but I gave up and put everything back together and shoved all the old watercooling parts under my bed.
I now want to give this another go, but am a bit lost again. If anyone could spare some time and help me with my below questions? I just want to get a better understanding (And feel free to completely shut me down and tell me off if I have made any assumptions or mistakes below)
1. My case is: Phanteks 719 (Luke 2/Enthoo 2), I just bought it a few weeks ago. This is my current build (Forgive the one fan that is white as one of my black ones were faulty when moving cases).
View: https://imgur.com/DpD9fZP
2. The current working (as far as I'm aware) kit I have is:
Corsair Hydro X Series XR5 360mm
Corsair Hydro X Series XD5 RGB Reservoir / Pump Combo
I have lost all the fittings and tubing.
I do have the Hydro X CPU block (intel) but I have lost the backplate.
So basically I am wanting some suggestions on what to get:
- For the CPU Block I am thinking the Heatkiller IV Pro.
- I wanted to get the Phanteks D140 Distribution plate and put it in the back as did this guy:
https://i.redd.it/qf0jmspx7sd41.jpg
- I am thinking of getting another XR5 360mm Rad, is it worth it? I was going to mount one on the front of the case and one on the bottom. The case has a Inlet on the top to fill and a outlet on the front bottom to drain the loop.
- I am a bit lost on what GPU block to get as I have a EVGA FTW3 Ultra Gaming but I cannot find any blocks compatable (For sale) right now
- I need tubing. I am not sure if I should just go Clear Hard tubing or not. I am a bit cautious about all the horror stories about leaks vs soft tubing but I do want my build to look nice.
- I also need fittings. I have none left. I am not sure where to start.
- The look I was going for was a white build (Despite the black case) I wanted to use White liquid and I will probably order some PSU cables as the cheap ones I got from Ebuyer are too long and I can't fit them in the back of the case (Due to all the fans I have, starting to regret RGB now!!!)
I have a budget of around £600, £700 at the maximum.
Any suggestions, help, maybe pushing me in a different direction is fully welcomed and I thank you in advanced!
PC Specs:
i9-9900k
Noctua NH-U12A
Asrock Taichi Ultimate
EVGA 2080TI FTW3 Ultra
970 Pro NVME