[SOLVED] Help Me Watercool My Rig

For CPU, I rather like the XSPC Raystorm block for its high flow and built-in Acrylic LED slits; there are a few others that perform as well too.

For GPUs, there's enough options out there that are so similar I'd say just to pay attention to flow rates and then go for appearance. I say pay attention because some have a psi drop of 5+ at 1gpm while others are less than 0.8.

For RAM, decide on which RAM you will use first: there are quite a few water blocks that support Corsair's Dominator spreader screw placement, but GSkill gives you more options. You may end up needing to attach your own copper spreaders.

Be sure to pay attention to what motherboard blocks are available while choosing your mobo. There are generic blocks, but they usually interfere with GPU cards. If you're going to have one or more RAM blocks and more than one mobo block, you may consider puting some of them in parallel soas not to restrict your cpu and gpu block flow. Having half the flow rate through ram and mobo blocks will not matter much if at all.


If you want specifics, you'll probably need to post about what components you are going for.


Random things to keep in mind:
- It seems there has been quite a bit of shoddy nickel plating going around; though EK has been the most advertised, the problem is not limited to them. Do some research if you go for anything nickel-plated.

- If you use dye, pay attention to what coolants and additives are ok and which are not for that dye: there are too many compatibility issues to mention them all.

- Be sure to research the properties of your tubing: some will decay in UV light, some will drop plasticizer if you run certain coolants in them, etc.

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Bitspower has a universal RAM block, but you will need to have Corsair Dominators otherwise. EK and MIPS make really good motherboard blocks, but Koolance's ASUS Rampage IVE FB block is also great. For your CPU, I'm going to recommend EK, as I am a fan of their copper blocks and I like their designs a lot. However XSPC's Raystorm is very affordable and does great. XSPC's RAM block is also cheaper than EK and Bitspower's but is probably as nice. I would say you should get waterblocks that sort of, you know, match? With watercooling I think there to be a theme. Watercool and EK's full cover GPU blocks are also great!

They're fine, but other companies have come up with improvements in some cases. For example, the Swiftech D5 used to be pretty common, but now the Koolance and others' versions also include an RPM signal. The Swiftech kits are still used, but others like XSPC offer kits with better performance.

Swiftech Apogee HD, some GPU Blocks, and MCP35X pump are all top-notch stuff, in fact the pump is, IMO, the absolute best.