First WC project. How does this look?

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romeoagogo

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My PC is getting slightly long in the tooth and I need something to hold me over for about 6 months until I step up to core i7. I've always wanted to do a WC build and now I finally have a reason to (squeeze some more Mhz out of my cpu). I also intend to upgrade my video card fairly soon, in the next 2-3 months which is why I went with the D-Tek and its Uni-Sync. My loop will be CPU (currently E6300 @ 2.6Ghz), GPU (7900 GS probably being upgraded to a GTX 260), and the NB on my Gigabyte DS3. I just want to make sure what I have selected will be sufficient to provide good temps and fit the hardware I currently have. Hopefully on my next build I will just need to replace the CPU and NB blocks. Okay so here is the list:

Pump: Swiftech MCP655
Rad: Swiftech MCR320
Res: XSPC 5.25 bay

CPU: OCZ Hydroflow
GPU: D-Tek Fuzion v2
NB: Swiftech MCW30

Fans: 3 x Yate Loon Medium Speed (1800rpm)

Altogether its gonna come out around $350 or so with tubing, clamps, shipping etc. My goal was around $300 but I don't mind stretching a bit to make sure its a good setup.

What do you think?
thanks
 
I don't like Bay Reservoirs... I find them a tad hard to fill... But, other than that, the setup looks great.
 
Yea I wasn't totally sold on the bay res I just figured it would be easier than mounting something else inside the case. I was also wondering if anyone had suggestions for a case that MCR320 will fit nicely into with minimal hassle. I was hoping to have it installed at the bottom of the case as I have seen in some shots rather than mounted externally or at the top. I was looking at the coolermaster HAF but then realized that the PSU sits at the bottom. Same deal with the P180. I would like to spend under $200, any suggestions?
 
I think you should scrap the reservoir and have a tee line and fillport. And I can't recommend this enough....the Feser 240. I use to have the Swiftech MCR 220 and at best, it would cool my 3870 and X2 6000+ with idle around 38 and 43 Celsius. The Feser 240 is around $110 so I don't know if you can squeeze that into your budget but trust me, it is worth it.
 
Okay scraping the res altogether then. Will save myself a few bucks. If the Feser is really that much better I'll go for it, but in my original post I was going with a MCR 320, will the Feser 240 compare with that? I'd much rather get that since it will be easier to mount inside the case. If I still need 3x120 worth of radiator for CPU, GPU and NB then I was also considering using 2 radiators, 1x120 and 2x120 to make mounting them easier. Is this a good idea or will it create other problems than I'm not forseeing?

thanks
 
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