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Thinking of building my first watercooled computer
I'm sure you guys hate n00b threads, but I've tried to do a little research before making this, now I need some feedback before buying.
I've always wanted a watercooled system and I'm thinking of building one.
Here is what I have in mind so far.
Case: Lian Li A7010
Rad: Feser X-Changer Quad
Pump: MCP350 or MCP355 with XSPC top
Blocks: ???
Res: EK Waterblocks EK-Multioption RES 400 rev.2
Tubing: ???
System will be a i7 920 at about 4GHz and a single GTX 285 clocked as high as I can get it.
Now there are some things I'm sure of.
1) No outside radiator. I want everything in the case, and from the specs, the quad should fit in the top of the A7010.
2) Single loop. I don't want to mess with dual loops.
Onto the questions:
1) Will this be enough to cool the components I have listed? What if I added MOSFET and chipset blocks? I want significantly lower temps than watercooling.
2) What blocks should I get? I heard the GTZ is really flow limiting, but other than that it looks good.
3) I have no idea what size tubing to get, I want something on the larger side, but not the 1/2 stuff that's huge.
4) Pump - it looks like the MCP350 is a lot quieter so I'm learning towards it, but would I be giving up a lot of cooling performance? I don't expect a silent system, but I want it pretty quiet.
I'll probably have more questions later.
Thanks
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