Hi guys,
I recently built a new PC (a few weeks ago) with a 4790K and a Noctua NH-D15 cooling it. This is all in a Fractal Design R5 case.
I'm thinking of upgrading to water-cooling. Why? Yesterday I received my EVGA 980Ti SC+ ACX+ video card, but I'm not really happy with the temps I'm getting.
I'm considering buying a water-cooling block for the video card and am now also contemplating getting a block for the CPU. I want this to be relatively low maintenance, also because this will be my first time playing with water-cooling.
So my idea is to have a 140mm radiator/fan with a block connected to the GPU as the out-take fan, and then having a radiator with fan as an intake to cool the CPU (not sure yet what size block I wanna get, depends on the space in my case, will have to look inside and take some measurements before I order anything). So I would have two separate/independent cooling blocks in my case, one for the CPU (currently thinking of having that mounted at the intake position in front) and one for the GPU (currently thinking of having that mounted at the outtake position at the back of the case).
Is this a good way to go? Also, if I were to get those AIO solutions from say Corsair or NZXT, what are the risks in terms of any leaking that might happen?
Thanks!
I recently built a new PC (a few weeks ago) with a 4790K and a Noctua NH-D15 cooling it. This is all in a Fractal Design R5 case.
I'm thinking of upgrading to water-cooling. Why? Yesterday I received my EVGA 980Ti SC+ ACX+ video card, but I'm not really happy with the temps I'm getting.
I'm considering buying a water-cooling block for the video card and am now also contemplating getting a block for the CPU. I want this to be relatively low maintenance, also because this will be my first time playing with water-cooling.
So my idea is to have a 140mm radiator/fan with a block connected to the GPU as the out-take fan, and then having a radiator with fan as an intake to cool the CPU (not sure yet what size block I wanna get, depends on the space in my case, will have to look inside and take some measurements before I order anything). So I would have two separate/independent cooling blocks in my case, one for the CPU (currently thinking of having that mounted at the intake position in front) and one for the GPU (currently thinking of having that mounted at the outtake position at the back of the case).
Is this a good way to go? Also, if I were to get those AIO solutions from say Corsair or NZXT, what are the risks in terms of any leaking that might happen?
Thanks!