Thinking about watercooling

[crimsonyoshi]

This would be my first time getting into this neck of the woods, and I'm a few months away from a new rig as I've got the patience to wait for Haswell-e + hopefully by then 880GTX cards.

Regardless of the above, sky's the limit for a budget here - saving for a while helps with that! I've got some real early and hopefully basic questions to pose to the cooling forum!

The dream setup for me
Top end Haswell-e cpu (whatever that happens to be)
Max RAM
3x 880 GTX's (provided they're out by then, otherwise 3x 780 GTX Ti's)
Mobo to support it all (possibly whatever ROG's next E iteration board will be)
Running 3x Asus PG278Q's all DP'ed into each card (or surround if Nvidia ever gets their act together and allows two DP on one card)

And the usual after that which is unrelated to cooling (SSD's, Blu-ray drive, etc.) Now, I for sure want to water-cool all 3 GPU's. I've yet to actually overclock a CPU, so I'm not as crazed about that however I have nothing against water-cooling a CPU even if I never overclock it. I also typically don't run the highest demanding games which push the limit of hardware, but I also don't want to limit this monster of a system with sub par cooling ability. So without further ado, here's the initial questions:


Cases.
I've seen loads of cases advertised all over the place for "the best case for watercooling with, tons of space, tons of this, tons of that" but really, when looking for the best case to support comfortable watercooling, what is your opinion on the best one(s)?

Cooling
Fortunately I've got someone here who can give me some hands on how too with water-cooling, however I have absolutely no idea where to start. I've read on the benefits of reservoirs vs. no reservoirs, and a few other details, however which brand(s) is/are the best for something as above? What kind of setup too? All in one, split loops? Totally custom loops? Links to specific products always welcome.

Really what I'm going for is a cooling system that I may never get the maximum effect out of as I may never tax the system that hard (I say may because when I have that much power, I just may be tempted to use it), however I want to know which cooling systems can take that kind of punishment and allow my system to reach high!

Last point to make is I'm located in Canada, which doesn't make a huge deal when buying things from across the border, however there is the odd place that doesn't ship up here so that right there would be a black mark for said company.

Thanks for your time in advance!

 

[Reality]

Caselabs M10 if money isnt an option, I have an M8 but you can fit bigger rads in the TH10, http://www.caselabs-store.com/magnum-th10-case/

439 for the M10, 549 for the TH10

caselabs makes the best cases available for watercooling and installing a rig into them is a pleasure

I'd definitely go with a cylinder reservoir with an mcp35x, or get the swiftech dual pump top and run two 35x's in serial. nicest cylinder res on the market right now in my opinion is the glass XSPC Photon

fittings, bitspower and xspc fittings are good, radiators XSPC, Alphacool, Black Ice... Depends on how much noise you want from your fans. fans... gentle typhoons , noise blockers, cougars, akasa, all good options

waterblocks for CPU; EK Supremacy, XSPC Raystorm, Alphacool XP3, Aquacomputer Kryos, honestly these are all going to give you temps within a degree of each other, go with what you think looks best or fits your budget

best gpu blocks, Watercool, Aquacomputer, bitspower are my favorites

 

[crimsonyoshi]

That looks like a solid case. I think I'm going to need to invest in a dolly with this thing loaded up.

In terms of noise, I've got a pretty noisy beast right now with 10 case fans so I'm no stranger to it. However this thing will be sitting all of 5' away from me so perhaps I should look to keep noise as low as I can - without sacrificing capability!

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Reality]

yeah if you wanna build a beastly water loop, might as well make it near silent as that's one of the perks of going h2o vs air, so I'd recommend some Noiseblocker PL2's, no fan controller needed, they're dead silent at 12v, and since these aren't super high static pressure fans, I'd choose alphacool UT60 radiators (you decide whether you wanna go 360 or 480). These rads are full copper, 60mm thick, average fin density which means you don't need super crazy fans to get the most cooling from them, plus the end tank on these rads has 6 openings for hooking up your fittings plus a 7th opening on the opposite end as a drain port. I use this port on my alphacool rad with a Koolance ball-valve for draining