olympiawa

So I'm trying to put together a water cooling loop and would apriciate your input on the products I'm thinking of purchasing. If any of the parts I have picked you think I should avoid, let me know and maybe suggest something better. The cost of the build I have put together will be just under $600 not including shipping so I don't want to spend much more than that. Thanks in advance for your help.

Swiftech Apogee XT CPU Waterblock
Swiftech MCP655Pump (w/ Speed Controller)
EK-Multioption RES 250 rev.2
HW Labs Black Ice GT Xtreme 420 rad
HW Labs Black Ice GT Xtreme 280 rad
Bitspower 1/2" Compression Fittings
Feser 1/2" UV white tubing

PS I'm trying to make this build upgrade friendly, the waterblock is 775/1366 and would like to have it capable of cooling an OC i7 and full mobo.

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Chunky_Chimp

Looks good, though I don't see the reason for a second radiator.

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meticadpa

They're all high-end parts, and will work together well, but you need fans, but I'm sure you already know that.

You don't need two radiators... a single 480 radiator is overkill for a single dual core, never mind a quad radiator and a dual... so I hope you're going to be water cooling your graphics card(s) too.

For coolant, you should use distilled water, with some PT Nuke or silver coils in there, to stop biocides.

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olympiawa

Yeah the reason I'm thinking of two rads is for watercooling the graphics card but I'm waiting to buy the gpu waterblock till I upgrade. I might not get the second rad till then. My intention was to use distilled water so I'll add the pk nuke to my order, thanks for the heads up.

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meticadpa

A 480 radiator could easily handle a quad core CPU and your graphics card... the dual radiator isn't really needed, and would probably only hurt your flow, by adding extra resistance for your pump to push through.

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olympiawa

Ok I'm removing the 280 rad

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