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Hey guys i know a little about water cooling i know the basics and what i need but i need help deciding what exact parts i need. I have a lga 1150 i5 4690k corsair spec o1 case, there are two 240mm spaces for radiators also i have a gtx 970 strix, i would like to build my own loop includiong cpu and gpu and my theme is red so please help me pick out some parts. Thankyou in advance!
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Rule of thumb, for overclocking headroom you want at least 240mm of rad space per item being cooled, so in your instance CPU+GPU so minimum of 420mm* worth of rads
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Moving on, I would reccomend a case upgrade first before you do this, the more radiators the better and putting a nice custom loop in a cheap case seems silly. Take your pick out of the Fractal Design Define S, Phanteks Enthoo Pro (Full tower, can vouch for and I have a review in the hardware reviews sticky of it) and the Phanteks Enthoo M.
As for the loop we need to know a budget and a currency before we can help with that.
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970 is very low power even when overclocked you'd be able to get away with a 360 rad with plenty of headroom.
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Still, it can get very hot when heavily overclocked which is what you would do with a custom loop..
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