HAF-X Watercooling Advice please.

RazerM

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Looking for a little (well a lot of) advice on a custom Watercooling setup for my rig.
Specs are:-

Core i7 980X 3.33GHz (Gulftown) Extreme Edition (Socket LGA1366) (@ Stock for now)
Stock Cooler
Asus Rampage III Extreme X58 Mobo
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Triple Channel (CMT6GX3M3A1866C9)
1 x EVGA GTX 580 SC 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-E (Thinking of adding a 2nd)
Asus Xonar D2 7.1 PCI Sound Card
Corsair 950W TX Series PSU - 78A 12V Rail
All tucked away nicely in a Coolermaster HAF-X case.

I was considering a Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling solution but decided against it for a couple of reasons.
1st, for the same performance I may as well gone with a high end Air Cooler (Noctua etc.)
2nd, Watercooling looks sexy xD

I tried watercooling a few years ago but it was a cheapo kit and i was low on funds (and experience).

So anyways, I thought I would ask you knowledgeable lot to suggest a custom setup for me.

I don't have a clue what parts I need so if you're gonna give me a list please remember to let me know ALL the parts i'll need. (I don't wanna order everything and then find out i've got some parts missing when i'm halfway through putting it together lol)

In order of requirements:-

1: Looks
2: Performance
3: Cost (Budget £300-400)
4: Ease of assembly (Im fairly good at reading instuctions) :D

Thanks in advance.
When it's all bought and setup I'll post some pics.
 
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Look in the watercooling subforum first. There have been a few builds with the HAF X, and the HAF 932 and Cosmos S are similar enough that the same principles still apply. Basically, anything with a triple 120 radiator (360 radiator) would apply to you.
 
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