Baby's First Water Cooling Loop

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EKWB Coolstream PE 120mm Rad, Noctua NF-F12 fan, EKWB Velocity water block, G.Skill RAM with Monarch heatsinks.
EKWB Coolstream PE 120mm Rad, Noctua NF-F12 fan, EKWB Velocity water block, G.Skill RAM with Monarch heatsinks.
Front facing. Giant front panel case fans removed to make room for reservoir.
Front facing. Giant front panel case fans removed to make room for reservoir.
Case with top removed. Top mounted PSU.
Case with top removed. Top mounted PSU.
Top mounted Seasonic PSU.
Top mounted Seasonic PSU.
Left panel removed. Full view.
Left panel removed. Full view.
EKWB black nickel 90 degree fittings.
EKWB black nickel 90 degree fittings.
EKWB Velocity water block, G.Skill RAM with Monarch heatsinks.
EKWB Velocity water block, G.Skill RAM with Monarch heatsinks.
EKWB Quantum Kinetic 360 Reservoir w/ D5 pump.
EKWB Quantum Kinetic 360 Reservoir w/ D5 pump.
Totally professional looking chart of flow and fan push/pull orientation.
Totally professional looking chart of flow and fan push/pull orientation.

Baby's First Water Cooling Loop

Title says it all. I have built dozens of PCs, but this is my first shot at a complete loop.
Goals for this build were....

  • Minimize empty space in the case.
  • Get at least somewhat better thermals than my air cooled components.
  • Not break my GPU while putting a water block on it.

Overall pleased with the finished product. Originally the system only had one thick 360mm radiator, but I felt uncomfortable with everything being on one rad so I added the additional 120mm rad that I had from another project.

Idle Temps: CPU (33) GPU (30)
3DMark Stress Test: CPU (64) GPU (44)
Color(s): Black
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: Color
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

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Hardware

CPU
$ 260.94
AMD - Ryzen 9 (5900x)
Socket: AM4
Cores: 12
Motherboard
$ 249.99
NZXT - N7 (White)
Chipset: B550
CPU Socket: AM4
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 77.99
G.Skill - Trident Z Neo (3600MHz) (White/Black/RGB)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 32 GB
Graphics
AMD - Radeon
Chip Manufacturer: AMD
Chip: RX 6800 XT
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
$ 127.99
Western Digital - WD Black SN850
Form Factor: M.2
Interface: PCIe x4
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 225.41
Seasonic - Focus PX
Wattage: 850
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Platinum
Case
Fractal Design - Torrent
Type: Mid-Tower
Side Panel: Solid
Cooling
$ 93.40
Alphacool - Ice Aurora Acrylic GPX-A Radeon RX 6800/6800XT/6900XT Reference with Backplate
Type: GPU Block
Cooling
$ 209.06
EKWB - CoolStream PE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 360 mm (3 x 120 mm)
Cooling
$ 75.34
EKWB - CoolStream PE
Type: Custom Loop
Size (WxHxD): 120 mm
Cooling
$ 269.99
EKWB - EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 360 D5 PWM D-RGB - Plexi
Type: Pump/Reservoir Combo
Cooling
$ 89.99
EKWB - EK-Velocity - AMD Copper + Acetal
Type: CPU Waterblock
Cooling
$ 73.99
EKWB - RAM Monarch
Type: Custom Loop
CableMod
CableMod - Full Cable Kit
Mode: Custom
Sleeve: PRO ModFlex
Color: Black, Red, Silver
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