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This is what I have far:

Mobo : Crosshair V Formula
Cpu: FX8120
Psu: Themaltake 1350W
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Gpu: 3x 7970s reference
3x500gb hdd
2x 120gb ssd

Pic of current build http://imgur.com/NSKUk
. Did a hasty job of cable management knowing that I am going to watercool it soon.
And this is what I was planning on cooling the pretty with:

Feser One F1 Cooling Fluid - UV RED - 1 Liter $20.95
Tubing Spring Wrap, Steel Black [For OD: 13mm (1/2")] $2.47
Tubing, Clear UV-Reactive PVC, 1ft/30.5cm [ID: 13mm (1/2") OD: 16mm (5/8")] $1.79 Quantity: 5
Change Koolance Nozzle Single Black Swivel Angled NZL-L13-BK $7.49
Nozzle Single, Compression [For ID: 13mm (1/2"), OD: 16mm (5/8")] $4.69 Quantity: 10
TNK-501 Single 5.25" Bay Reservoir $79.99
Cooler Master Turbine Master Mach 1.8 120mm Barometric Ball Bearing Case for Fan (R4 TMBB 18 FK R0) $11.99 Quantity: 4
XSPC RX240 Black High Performance Copper Fin Radiator $74.95 Quantity: 2
Swiftech MCP655 - Liquid cooling system pump $89.95 Koolance
AMD CPU Waterblock G1/4 (0.25mm fins, 0.30mm channels) CPU-370SA $59.99
3x Swiftech Komodo 7970 4x Swiftech G1/4 male male lok seal SLI & Crossfire connector

I'm new to the watercooling game, and I'm hoping you guys could give a novice some advice. I was planning on putting the two radiators where the psus are suppose to go and the psu vertically in the drive bay (going to the metal shop later to but the hole on the bottom and put plexiglass on the side panel) . I'm not sure if this type of orientation would be beneficial due to airflow from the fan or bad due to the turbulence. And if there is a better deal for any part please let me know.
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Originally Posted by RQsi1tour View Post

This is what I have far:
Mobo : Crosshair V Formula
Cpu: FX8120
Psu: Themaltake 1350W
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932
Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Gpu: 3x 7970s reference
3x500gb hdd
2x 120gb ssd
Pic of current build http://imgur.com/NSKUk
. Did a hasty job of cable management knowing that I am going to watercool it soon.
And this is what I was planning on cooling the pretty with:
Feser One F1 Cooling Fluid - UV RED - 1 Liter $20.95
Tubing Spring Wrap, Steel Black [For OD: 13mm (1/2")] $2.47
Tubing, Clear UV-Reactive PVC, 1ft/30.5cm [ID: 13mm (1/2") OD: 16mm (5/8")] $1.79 Quantity: 5
Change Koolance Nozzle Single Black Swivel Angled NZL-L13-BK $7.49
Nozzle Single, Compression [For ID: 13mm (1/2"), OD: 16mm (5/8")] $4.69 Quantity: 10
TNK-501 Single 5.25" Bay Reservoir $79.99
Cooler Master Turbine Master Mach 1.8 120mm Barometric Ball Bearing Case for Fan (R4 TMBB 18 FK R0) $11.99 Quantity: 4
XSPC RX240 Black High Performance Copper Fin Radiator $74.95 Quantity: 2
Swiftech MCP655 - Liquid cooling system pump $89.95 Koolance
AMD CPU Waterblock G1/4 (0.25mm fins, 0.30mm channels) CPU-370SA $59.99
3x Swiftech Komodo 7970 4x Swiftech G1/4 male male lok seal SLI & Crossfire connector
I'm new to the watercooling game, and I'm hoping you guys could give a novice some advice. I was planning on putting the two radiators where the psus are suppose to go and the psu vertically in the drive bay (going to the metal shop later to but the hole on the bottom and put plexiglass on the side panel) . I'm not sure if this type of orientation would be beneficial due to airflow from the fan or bad due to the turbulence. And if there is a better deal for any part please let me know.

No NOT get Feser coolant. You will regret it. Get distilled water and a silver kill coil or Mayhems Coolant.

The fans you picked are WAY too fast for that rad. You need 600-800 RPM fans for the RX. If you want to use those fans get the XSPC EX240 rad instead. It requires higher RPM fans.
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Originally Posted by Fuganater View Post

No NOT get Feser coolant. You will regret it. Get distilled water and a silver kill coil or Mayhems Coolant.
The fans you picked are WAY too fast for that rad. You need 600-800 RPM fans for the RX. If you want to use those fans get the XSPC EX240 rad instead. It requires higher RPM fans.

I second this about the coolant especially, you can find many articles on here how coolants such as feser has gunked up blocks causing hotter temps making watercooling pointless. Stick with distilled water and silver.
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post #4 of 4
Clear Anti-Freeze FTW! Don't use coolant at all. Unless if you wanna kill your blocks and the whole PC afterwards.
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