Rate My Build (Plan)

[FinneousPJ]

You guys are quite toxic. If you can't be civil and helpful, please leave. "You are building a horrible loop" is a completely useless comment if you're not going to explain why and how to fix it.

 

[X71200]

I'm not toxic, I already explained why it was horrible. Maybe try actually reading into the posts. The fix is ditching it and getting the Liquid Freezer II spoken about.

 

[FinneousPJ]

I'm not toxic, I already explained why it was horrible. Maybe try actually reading into the posts. The fix is ditching it and getting the Liquid Freezer II spoken about.

And how does the liquid freezer help cool my GPU?

 

[X71200]

The base Navi will have no problems being cooled under the stock cooler. Heck, you could use the Wraith on the new 6-core.

 

[FinneousPJ]

The base Navi will have no problems being cooled under the stock cooler. Heck, you could use the Wraith on the new 6-core.

Yeah, that's not helpful lol. I'm asking about how to make a great steak and you're saying I should make pizza. That does not help.

 

[X71200]

You want good cooling on the GPU? Get a card with a big custom cooler. The designs are already in the drawing. As for the CPU, it will pull what, 50-100W? Monsta design is bad for acoustics / performance. You were told to ditch the Noctua fans for cheaper, better fans too. These were all explained by another user in a very long post in fact. However, you listened to none of it and went on with your bad choices. Did I miss something?

 

[FinneousPJ]

You want good cooling on the GPU? Get a card with a big custom cooler. The designs are already in the drawing. As for the CPU, it will pull what, 50-100W? Monsta design is bad for acoustics / performance. You were told to ditch the Noctua fans for cheaper, better fans too. These were all explained by another user in a very long post in fact. However, you listened to none of it and went on with your bad choices. Did I miss something?

No, I want water cooling on the GPU. What fans are better for the 45 mm rad and based on what?

 

[X71200]

I could pull up a rad efficiency chart according to how very thick rads perform better with higher pressure fans, and how you don't need them. They're actually a bad choice for most applications. You want HW Labs rads. Common sense tells you need more pressure for air to go through thicker density fins, resulting in more noise and worse performance at lower RPMs. You seem to be dead set on water cooling a mid - high end card alongside of a mid range CPU and I'm not going to help you with that.

 

[FinneousPJ]

I could pull up a rad efficiency chart according to how very thick rads perform better with higher pressure fans, and how you don't need them. They're actually a bad choice for most applications. You want HW Labs rads. Common sense tells you need more pressure for air to go through thicker density fins, resulting in more noise and worse performance at lower RPMs. You seem to be dead set on water cooling a mid - high end card alongside of a mid range CPU and I'm not going to help you with that.

Noctua fans are high pressure though. At least on the higher side. But ok thanks for your help.

EDIT: now that I'm on the computer, let me get some facts out

EK Vardar

Performance characteristics:
- Max Air Flow: 63 CFM = 107 m³/h
- Static Pressure: 2.24mm H2O = 22 Pa
- Sleeved cable length: 300 mm
- Noise Level: 29.5 dBA

Noctua NF-A12x25

Airflow
102,1 m³/h

Acoustical noise
22,6 dB(A)

Static pressure
2,34 mm H₂O

 

[FinneousPJ]

I secured the order for the 5600X and X570 TUF Gaming. There was no availability for the water cooling parts I wanted, so I will probably go with another solution for now. But the critical components are now on order!

 

[X71200]

Just use stock really. The TUF, while a decent board, not the best in its genre but would work with that CPU anyways. Yeah, you're looking at the less common WC stuff. The 5600X should be efficient enough to go on stock for a while or even work decently. If you want to really push it though, maybe get a good AIO. Even a solid air cooler would do, actually.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Just use stock really. The TUF, while a decent board, not the best in its genre but would work with that CPU anyways. Yeah, you're looking at the less common WC stuff. The 5600X should be efficient enough to go on stock for a while or even work decently. If you want to really push it though, maybe get a good AIO. Even a solid air cooler would do, actually.

Maybe I will grab the Artic Freezer II 120 mm since everyone is singing its praises. I will transfer to custom WC later.

I looked at quite a few X570 reviews, and the TUF Gaming seemed like a winner for 200 EUR. What would you have picked?

 

[X71200]

Probably the Tomahawk as I've done it myself. TUF is not bad, just that there are better options tbf.

I wouldn't bother with a 120 AIO regardless of rad thickness. At least get the 240, actually, grab the 280. 140 fans so it would be even quieter than the 240.

You may not even want the custom WC with that cooler, maybe do push-pull if you want to overkill.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Probably the Tomahawk as I've done it myself. TUF is not bad, just that there are better options tbf.

I wouldn't bother with a 120 AIO regardless of rad thickness. At least get the 240, actually, grab the 280. 140 fans so it would be even quieter than the 240.

You may not even want the custom WC with that cooler, maybe do push-pull if you want to overkill.

Probably I will want custom water, because the GPU water cooling is the main point.

 

[FinneousPJ]

At least it's not hard to resist the temptation to buy a 6800 rather than 6700, when it looks like 6800 will not be available this year.

Spoiler

Actually I did succumb and place the order but I cancelled it now, a couple days later. There was no confirmation.