Help me build my first watercooling setup

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AZBOOSTIN

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Guys, I have ordered everything to build my workstation except cooling, with the money I have spent there is no way I could cheap out on air cooling. I do want to watercool however I am nervous of leaks etc... I have never used watercooling in 20 years in the hobby...


here are my specs

corsair 900d case
rosewill 1300w psu
ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS
Dual E5 2687 v2 cpu's
quad evga 780ti video cards

The only thing I will try to overclock is the video cards the memory and cpu's will not overclock I want a stable cool running rig!

can I build a nice setup for $600 budget?

would like to cool both cpu's and all 4 videos cards if possible in that budget minimum the cpu's
 
CPU's only, yes, it is possible to do with a $600 budget. With GPU's, no. You're looking at $120-150 per GPU block, putting you at $480-600 for GPU blocks alone.

With a 900D case, I would recommend the following as your core components:

Alphacool Monsta 480mm radiator for top
Alphacool UT60 480mm radiator for bottom bay
XSPC dual D5 reservoir with 2 D5s- you will have a fairly large loop, and two pumps in series offers redundancy. Single loop is fine, even with 2 CPUs and 4 GPUs. Just need to keep flow rates high.
XSPC Raystorm, Swiftech Apogee HD, or Koolance CPU-380i are my recommended CPU blocks
Tubing: I like Primochill tubing. Acrylic tubing is fairly nice as well, but might be a bit overwhelming for a beginner.

Are your 780ti reference models?
 
Please replace the Rosewill power supply. They have never made a unit that is worth anymore than a doorstop. Voltage control is so out of whack that you'll burn up your other components. 49 out of 335 reviews at newegg were 1 or 2 eggs due to DOA or very early failure!
 
jrweis said:
Please replace the Rosewill power supply. They have never made a unit that is worth anymore than a doorstop. Voltage control is so out of whack that you'll burn up your other components. 49 out of 335 reviews at newegg were 1 or 2 eggs due to DOA or very early failure!
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What the fuck are you on about?

Rosewill has several extremely good units, and for a good price. Sure some of their line is shit, but the same could be said about Cooler Master, Thermal take, Silverstone, etc etc etc.
 
what do you think about the evga 1300w supply??

anyways yes they are ti's sorry I did not put that in my post
 
I have the rosewill unit currently, I have not even fired up the workstation until I get the cooling does it is no big deal to swap out the psu for another
 
AZBOOSTIN said:
I have the rosewill unit currently, I have not even fired up the workstation until I get the cooling does it is no big deal to swap out the psu for another
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Don't waste your time or money. It's a perfectly fine PSU.

As for the blocks, I'm partial to Heatkiller and Aqua Computer blocks. I've been burned by EK, and I think Swifttech blocks are hideous. Koolance and XSPC seem to be middling to me, look and function fine, but nothing stellar.

I agree with Tsumi's recommendation on XSPC rads. XSPC has the market pretty much cornered on price to performance. I haven't worked with Alphacool though.

Tsumi wasn't asking if the 780s were Tis, he wanted to know if they are reference boards. We could figure it out if you give us the model number and brand.
 
The only reason I wanted to order a single kit was I have no clue on all the little adapters etc I am trying to put together a parts list would like to run 2 480mm radiators for everything
 
It's quite easy actually. Two fittings per independent component (i.e. pump/reservoir combo counts as one independent component). The only time it gets more complicated is when you're running multiple loops or you're adding 90s and 45s. Just make sure the fittings are the same size as the tubing you choose to get.
 
Tsumi said:
It's quite easy actually. Two fittings per independent component (i.e. pump/reservoir combo counts as one independent component). The only time it gets more complicated is when you're running multiple loops or you're adding 90s and 45s. Just make sure the fittings are the same size as the tubing you choose to get.
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I have a question about fittings when using bitspower Dual Rotary 45 Degree IG 1/4" Adapters do they require just one extra compression fitting since they will screw into the CPU water block?
So one adaptor plus one compression fitting would be correct?
Not trying to threadjack just doing something similar to OP and didn't want to start a whole new thread.
 
Krazy925 said:
I have a question about fittings when using bitspower Dual Rotary 45 Degree IG 1/4" Adapters do they require just one extra compression fitting since they will screw into the CPU water block?
So one adaptor plus one compression fitting would be correct?
Not trying to threadjack just doing something similar to OP and didn't want to start a whole new thread.
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If the adapter is also a fitting, then you don't need to buy an extra fitting. If the adapter is not a fitting (it has a G 1/4" thread on both ends, one side male and one side female), you need the fitting.

i.e. This requires an additional fitting but this doesn't.
 
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