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Need assistance with watercooling - I'm a beginner
I tried to post in the other thread regarding the start up of water cooling, but since my post wasn't approved after several hours, I thought it might've been disapproved so I decided to create my own thread for it. I apologize ahead of time if I'm not allowed to make duplicate threads.
I essentially have no knowledge of water cooling apart from currently using a closed loop water cooler for my CPU (which isn't really much of a true water cool mod in itself), and the DazMode videos on YouTube.
I am currently Litecoin mining, so my GPUs are generally at 100%, 24 hours a day. I initially did not need to water cool my PC since my fan temperatures were well within reasonable range, but my mother dislikes the heat emitting from the PC, so I kind of have no choice. I don't mind spending the money, as long as it's not blown on pieces that are not necessary for the water cool.
Below is my current build. I likely won't be upgrading much later on, except swapping the HD7850 for a better card, and possibly adding more HDDs (which isn't relevant). I think the biggest issue I have at the moment is my case, which is really cramped. You can look at the example picture below of the case for an idea of what it looks like. As well, SAPPHIRE tends to make non-reference boards, so that might pose a bit of an issue for water cool blocks, but I don't mind figuring out how to use those generic ones. (I don't think I'm missing anything in the list below, but let me know if I did, or if more info is required.)
Case: Cooler Master HAF922
PSU: Silent Pro M 850W Bronze
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P67X-UD3-B3 (Socket 1155)
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k (Currently OC'd to 4.2 GHz)
GPU 0: SAPPHIRE TOXIC R9 280X 3GB (HD7970)
GPU 1: SAPPHIRE HD 7850 2GB OC
RAM: 4x G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL (4GB DDR3-1333MHz sticks; total 16GB)
HDD 0: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 (2TB) (WD Green drive for storage)
HDD 1: Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 15MB Cache) (OS Boot drive)
HDD 2: Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 (2TB) (Storage)
DVD-RW: ASUS DRW-24B1ST (Some generic $20 DVD-RW drive)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Some case fans, but they can be removed
I think the biggest issue boils down to the lack of space in the case. In reference to the example HAF922 picture above, my motherboard is similar in terms of placement and design. My GPUs (in reference to the backplates, where the card leaks out the back for the HDMI to plug in) would be in the 2 & 3 slot, and the 5 & 6 slot (if you look at the left of the picture, where the monitor is connected to the GPU, there are seven plates covering the holes, counting down). They are not in Crossfire X. The HD7850 is beneath the R9 280X, and is solely connected to mine. The PSU's cables unfortunately come out the right side and not on the backpanel side, although I could probably make it work somehow.
In terms of temperatures, at optimal mining config, my R9 280X goes up to ~85 C, and my HD7850 only reaches about ~63 C. Even so, my mother doesn't like the heat coming from it. Hence why I thought that, if I could drop the temperatures of both cards by a significant chunk (half or more), the heat emitted would be (hopefully) virtually unnoticeable.
If anybody could give me a suggestion as to which beginner kit and additional parts to pick up from DazMode in terms of pricing and suitability catering to my build, I would really appreciate it. As well, suggestions as to where to position each of the pieces is highly appreciated as well. Thank you all very much!
I essentially have no knowledge of water cooling apart from currently using a closed loop water cooler for my CPU (which isn't really much of a true water cool mod in itself), and the DazMode videos on YouTube.
I am currently Litecoin mining, so my GPUs are generally at 100%, 24 hours a day. I initially did not need to water cool my PC since my fan temperatures were well within reasonable range, but my mother dislikes the heat emitting from the PC, so I kind of have no choice. I don't mind spending the money, as long as it's not blown on pieces that are not necessary for the water cool.
Below is my current build. I likely won't be upgrading much later on, except swapping the HD7850 for a better card, and possibly adding more HDDs (which isn't relevant). I think the biggest issue I have at the moment is my case, which is really cramped. You can look at the example picture below of the case for an idea of what it looks like. As well, SAPPHIRE tends to make non-reference boards, so that might pose a bit of an issue for water cool blocks, but I don't mind figuring out how to use those generic ones. (I don't think I'm missing anything in the list below, but let me know if I did, or if more info is required.)
Case: Cooler Master HAF922
PSU: Silent Pro M 850W Bronze
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P67X-UD3-B3 (Socket 1155)
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600k (Currently OC'd to 4.2 GHz)
GPU 0: SAPPHIRE TOXIC R9 280X 3GB (HD7970)
GPU 1: SAPPHIRE HD 7850 2GB OC
RAM: 4x G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL (4GB DDR3-1333MHz sticks; total 16GB)
HDD 0: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 (2TB) (WD Green drive for storage)
HDD 1: Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 15MB Cache) (OS Boot drive)
HDD 2: Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 (2TB) (Storage)
DVD-RW: ASUS DRW-24B1ST (Some generic $20 DVD-RW drive)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Some case fans, but they can be removed
I think the biggest issue boils down to the lack of space in the case. In reference to the example HAF922 picture above, my motherboard is similar in terms of placement and design. My GPUs (in reference to the backplates, where the card leaks out the back for the HDMI to plug in) would be in the 2 & 3 slot, and the 5 & 6 slot (if you look at the left of the picture, where the monitor is connected to the GPU, there are seven plates covering the holes, counting down). They are not in Crossfire X. The HD7850 is beneath the R9 280X, and is solely connected to mine. The PSU's cables unfortunately come out the right side and not on the backpanel side, although I could probably make it work somehow.
In terms of temperatures, at optimal mining config, my R9 280X goes up to ~85 C, and my HD7850 only reaches about ~63 C. Even so, my mother doesn't like the heat coming from it. Hence why I thought that, if I could drop the temperatures of both cards by a significant chunk (half or more), the heat emitted would be (hopefully) virtually unnoticeable.
If anybody could give me a suggestion as to which beginner kit and additional parts to pick up from DazMode in terms of pricing and suitability catering to my build, I would really appreciate it. As well, suggestions as to where to position each of the pieces is highly appreciated as well. Thank you all very much!
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