Daskful wrote:
Hey guys,

Sorry for the late reply, it's been a busy week. Although I've spent some time looking into everyone's suggestions and I've learned a lot more about parts. I have also spent some time looking into videos and build logs that have similar things on their build as to what I want to create mine. Also, I want to include that I decided to upgrade my GPU and I'm pursuing on water cooling it. The water GPU I decided to go with is a EVGA GTX Classified 680, I'm going to look into whether I will go with the Hydro Copper block or something else like the EK block.

I'm thinking of doing something like this:



Although of course I won't be going as extreme as he is. But I'm talking about the setup of where things will go such as pump, etc. I originally thought that I wanted to put the pump at the basement of the 800D but I guess that isn't happening because there's an issue with installing it there. So, I'll place it on top of the hotswap.

I decided to go with Swiftech MCP655 pump because it seems like a future proof pump should I decide to pursue more water cooling components later on. As for radiators, I think I'm going to setup at least two of them: one 360mm radiator on the top and one 120mm radiator at the basement. As for which radiators, you guys have given me plenty of choices here that I find it difficult to decide :confused: But I'll work on that, soon.

As for the reservoir, I really want a tube-like that will be placed similar to the one on the video. But if not, the Swiftech Micro reservoir has received many praises. But going back to the Tube reservoir, it can be:
1.) EK Multi Option Res XK
2.) AquaComputer Aqualis ECO Scratch Resistance
3.) Or the bloody T-Virus from FrozenQ.

Then, there are fans. It really don't seem like it goes to an easy choice. There are plenty to choose from, but I don't particularly intend to spend that much money on them. I looked into the Noiseblockers and they're nearly $30 EACH. And I will need quite a few of them. I will probably go with a Phoyba Nano-G 120mm fans or Corsair SP fans (since they can be bought for in a pair for about $25). Also, I do not intend to place the radiator in a push-pull configuration.

And last but not least, I'm starting to lean on the Swiftech Apogee HD CPU block.

Edit:

My overall build should initially be:

CPU: i7-3930k
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
GPU: EVGA GTX 680 Classified (still on to buy list)
Memory: Dominator Platinum 32gb (still on to buy list)
Boot Drive: RevoDrive 3 240gb
Games/Programs: Samsung 840 Series 500gb (still on to buy list)
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1000w (planning to upgrade to AX1200i)
Chassis: Corsair Obsidian 800D

First of all that is a very sloppy water cooling loop he put together. You want the shortest possible length of tubing between fittings without big loops. Try to keep your tubing as straight as possible from component to component. You may want to throw in some decent single or dual rotary fittings to achieve this. Also don't cross your tubing, it will look horrible. Think of doing a complete circle starting from the pump all the way around through your components and back to the res and pump. Of course it won't look like a real circle, it's just the idea of one.

As far as waterblocks for cpu and video you can't go wrong with EK.

I prefer bitspower compression fittings as they are high end but a bit expensive. Make sure you put a drain port at the lowest point in your loop. I would suggest using the top of the res as your inlet and get a top with more than one port as someone else mentioned.

Black Ice is a very good choice for a radiator brand as well. And you probably already know to make sure your res is above your pump or pumps. As far as tubing I like Tygon but your choice is good as well. I like Mayhems coolant but as stated make sure it is not one of the "for show" varieties. You want a long lasting coolant and add a biocide. Also as stated it's better to just get colored tubing and a colored res instead of using colored coolant and dyes.

The MCP655 pump is your best choice. A single pump is sufficient but if you have several video cards in the loop and several radiators and want extreme performance then go with dual pumps. I like the idea of dual pumps just for redundancy and peace of mind in case one pump fails. Some will say it's overkill but that's what I prefer. It's a good idea to get a pump top and mod kit for that pump to dress it up and make it look nice along with added functionality. Bitspower makes some good kits. There is also a nice res upgrade kit that allows you to mount a tube res directly to the pump top.

Noiseblocker makes very good radiator fans and also look nice. Noctua's are good performers but look like crap. If you don't mind the sound then you could also consider Corsair's high static SP120's. A good fan controller like a Lamptron will help you adjust any of your fans for noise and performance.

There is a lot more to say but I will leave it at that as those are the most important things in my opinion.

I'm currently waiting on the 900D case to come out to do another full watercooling setup with my new system in my sig. Then next year once we have some matured Haswell parts and next gen video cards I will upgrade again.