Depends if you want to overclock or not and if you're looking for performance or silence

Also, if you could get a picture of your case atleast then that'll be good for us so we can see what case it is or what we can fit in there.

Also, do you have a budget and currency that we can work off?

This is pretty much my setup but a different gpu, cpu and mobo of course because they've updated the hardware since I purchased mine. I have also already overclocked my GPU and used the turbo clocking feature on my CPU.

I also have a DeepCool CPU Air Cooler. I believe it is the Ice edge Mini FS V2.0 but I'm not certain as I bought my computer pre-built from BestBuy.

What do you mean you want to "upgrade to liquid cooling"? A custom loop? Or you want to buy an AIO for your CPU? I am assuming it's the CPU you're looking to cool, and not the GPU? Why do you specifically want to liquid cool? Is there any reason for this, is your CPU thermal throttling? It makes almost exactly no sense to install a custom loop for a 5+ year old CPU.

That reference 480 on the other hand, could do with better cooling IMO.

13 wrote What do you mean you want to "upgrade to liquid cooling"? A custom loop? Or you want to buy an AIO for your CPU? I am assuming it's the CPU you're looking to cool, and not the GPU? Why do you specifically want to liquid cool? Is there any reason for this, is your CPU thermal throttling? It makes almost exactly no sense to install a custom loop for a 5+ year old CPU.

That reference 480 on the other hand, could do with better cooling IMO.

I'm not concerned with cooling the CPU, I want to liquid cool the GPU with an AIO, not a custom loop. This is so my GPU doesn't bottleneck when I overclock due to the temperature.

Speakest wrote

13 wrote What do you mean you want to "upgrade to liquid cooling"? A custom loop? Or you want to buy an AIO for your CPU? I am assuming it's the CPU you're looking to cool, and not the GPU? Why do you specifically want to liquid cool? Is there any reason for this, is your CPU thermal throttling? It makes almost exactly no sense to install a custom loop for a 5+ year old CPU.

That reference 480 on the other hand, could do with better cooling IMO.

I'm not concerned with cooling the CPU, I want to liquid cool the GPU with an AIO, not a custom loop. This is so my GPU doesn't bottleneck when I overclock due to the temperature.

A GPU won't bottleneck from an overclock...

And an AIO for the GPU? You're going to need to buy a hybrid card at that point; which is upgrading your GPU and completely killing any sort of budget which could be used for a CPU upgrade or a flat out custom loop. You have a reference card, which is a blower design. High temps are going to happen unless it's watercooled, which you just don't go and get "an AIO" for it and call it a day, unless you plan to buy a whole new GPU. Yeah, there are kits, but they require a radiator already and most connect to an AIO CPU cooler. If you're trying to cool your GPU, you are looking at either upgrading to an open-air design, a hybrid design, figuring out how to get better cooling in the case overall from case fans/ambient temperature or doing a custom loop; which if you do for your first time, I would opt for soft tubing.

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Speakest wrote

13 wrote What do you mean you want to "upgrade to liquid cooling"? A custom loop? Or you want to buy an AIO for your CPU? I am assuming it's the CPU you're looking to cool, and not the GPU? Why do you specifically want to liquid cool? Is there any reason for this, is your CPU thermal throttling? It makes almost exactly no sense to install a custom loop for a 5+ year old CPU.

That reference 480 on the other hand, could do with better cooling IMO.

I'm not concerned with cooling the CPU, I want to liquid cool the GPU with an AIO, not a custom loop. This is so my GPU doesn't bottleneck when I overclock due to the temperature.

A GPU won't bottleneck from an overclock...

And an AIO for the GPU? You're going to need to buy a hybrid card at that point; which is upgrading your GPU and completely killing any sort of budget which could be used for a CPU upgrade or a flat out custom loop. You have a reference card, which is a blower design. High temps are going to happen unless it's watercooled, which you just don't go and get "an AIO" for it and call it a day, unless you plan to buy a whole new GPU. Yeah, there are kits, but they require a radiator already and most connect to an AIO CPU cooler. If you're trying to cool your GPU, you are looking at either upgrading to an open-air design, a hybrid design, figuring out how to get better cooling in the case overall from case fans/ambient temperature or doing a custom loop; which if you do for your first time, I would opt for soft tubing.

I appreciate your advice, I'm not exactly sure of what I'm doing when it comes to working on my gaming PC. All I know is that I'm tired of having to ramp up my fans so my GPU will stay cool when I'm gaming. I overclocked it so it will run my games better and achieve a higher FPS at higher quality but that also comes at the cost of the GPU heating up so instead of my fan running at 3000 RPMs while I'm gaming I'd like to look into some new cooling methods I could use without altering much. I'm content with my CPU it does good for all the games I play as of right now.

By the way, I'd like to stay in the cheap range for my budget. I have no idea what is reasonable as far as pricing goes. I do have a couple hundred dollars I'm willing to put into it. My computer is only 7 months old at this point in time.

Buy an NZXT Kraken G12 and a Kraken X42/X52 and you can have an AIO on your GPU. It's the cheapest way to water cool your GPU, but it looks pretty ugly IMO. Also, you need to understand before you buy any of this that it won't necessarily mean a better overclock. All it will promise is better temperatures.

That said, I'd definitely be saving the money for a CPU upgrade rather than water cooling the GPU, the CPU is definitely holding you back more than an extra 50MHz or something from the GPU lol.