Some ideas about watercooling.
Contents
Thermal load and capacity
- Estimated heat load is ~325 Watts
- At best I can fit 2x 120mm rads in the case
Rad config |
Cooling capacity |
Notes |
Slim + Regular |
313W |
- |
Slim + Thick |
372W |
- |
Single 280mm |
417W |
If I were to build in the ssupd meshlicious |
Cost estimates
Barrow makes some cheap options that perform well, may be a compromise on appearance or quietness. The premium option is of course EK or Alphacool or whatever.
|
Cheap |
Premium |
Notes |
Rad thick |
90 |
90 |
- |
Rad thin |
30 |
30 |
- |
GPU block |
150 |
150 |
Barrow and Bykski are the only options, no one else serves my GPU |
CPU block |
- |
70 |
70 for the Barrow option, ~105 for EK |
Pump |
135 |
150 |
135 for a pump-block-res combo (Barrow LTPRP-04), 150 for a Barrow-D5-style pump |
Reservoir |
- |
60 |
60 for a Barrow flat res YKZR-01, similar to the EK FLT 120 |
This doesn't cover the fittings and tubing and all that other stuff.
Also, I won a FLT-120 w/ D5 pump off ebay for ~190 AUD, whoo!