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 Liquid-cooling 2 GPUs and CPU, What components I need and how much?

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TSstringfellow
post Apr 14 2013, 06:07 PM, updated 13y ago

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Good evening.

I've been busy reading articles and watching Youtube videos with regards to the topic at hand, still unsure how I should tackle this.

What do I need to liquid cool two graphics cards in SLI and a CPU? Specifically two Titans and an i7 3930. I believe the CPU waterblock is universal, but the graphics card waterblock is not.

What waterblock(s) would you suggest used for this purpose, and if any, types/brands recommended.

I also understand that, besides waterblocks, I'd have to get fittings (barb/compressions), tubings( Tygon/Durelene, anti-plasticisers?), reservoir (I like how the FrozenQ spiral res looks like, although with proper lighting, a normal cylinder res still looks awesome), pump(Laing manufactures these pumps, Koolance and Swiftech rebrands them, correct?), coolant( distilled water? mixture, dyed or non-dyed with colored tubings to get that themed look?) and radiators( which depends on the size of the case and the radiator itself). The range of options and pros/cons of them are mind-boggling, it's kinda intimidating to a first-time custom liquid cooling user like me.

What would you recommend, brand/type-specifics-wise, and how much would they cost? I am open to suggestions, any recommendations are most appreciated. Thanks!
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post Apr 14 2013, 07:41 PM

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QUOTE(stringfellow @ Apr 14 2013, 06:07 PM)
Good evening.

I've been busy reading articles and watching Youtube videos with regards to the topic at hand, still unsure how I should tackle this.

What do I need to liquid cool two graphics cards in SLI and a CPU? Specifically two Titans and an i7 3930. I believe the CPU waterblock is universal, but the graphics card waterblock is not.

What waterblock(s) would you suggest used for this purpose, and if any, types/brands recommended.

I also understand that, besides waterblocks, I'd have to get fittings (barb/compressions), tubings( Tygon/Durelene, anti-plasticisers?), reservoir (I like how the FrozenQ spiral res looks like, although with proper lighting, a normal cylinder res still looks awesome), pump(Laing manufactures these pumps, Koolance and Swiftech rebrands them, correct?), coolant( distilled water? mixture, dyed or non-dyed with colored tubings to get that themed look?) and radiators( which depends on the size of the case and the radiator itself). The range of options and pros/cons of them are mind-boggling, it's kinda intimidating to a first-time custom liquid cooling user like me.

What would you recommend, brand/type-specifics-wise, and how much would they cost? I am open to suggestions, any recommendations are most appreciated. Thanks!
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For titans, you can go for EK (two variants, full cover and full cover xl), Aquacomputer (two variants, full cover metal, full cover acrylic glass), XSPC if you like bling and there's also Watercool Heatkiller.

Fittings if you wanna cheap out, you can just use barbs. If you want some thing more showy there are many brands to choose from.

Popular tubing now would XSPC Premium tubing, Duralene clear tubing, and Primochill Advance LRT tubing.

Reservoir, well this is one is all pretty much similar unless you have needs for certain features.

Pumps, yes, Laing manufacture, the rest rebrands. Though Koolance pumps have a little more kick to them, I'm not too sure why.

Coolant you can use EK, Mayhems, EC6 if you can get your hands on it. Otherwise plain distilled works fine.

Popular radiators would be XSPC, Swiftech and EK. Other than that there aren't many options locally. Anything else has to be ordered.

Pros and cons of everything is mainly mounting methods and temperature differences. Anything else would be like packing, stuff that comes with it, and finish quality.

If you like lighted stuff, go with XSPC blocks. The Raystorm CPU block has LEDs and so does the new XSPC Titan block.

If you couldn't care for LEDs, pretty much just choose what you fancy.

As for prices, well, they vary according to how premium the brands are.

Also, you can take your discussion to the Watercooling forum here

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