Any advice on making this water cooled build better?

[LuxorsWorld]

I want to keep the price between 1800-2000 [CAD]. I'll use it for gaming mostly Arma. Any advice on what I can do to make it preform/look better is great! I'd like to know if coloured sleeved cables are possible with the price. Also some case LED's? Maybe an SSD, but I can always buy one later.. I'm big on this thing looking good!

Here's what I've started with


http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vh4T

 

[Josh Weston]

Moved to appropriate sub forum.

 

[NeverBackDown]

The XSPC 720 is meant for 1 cpu and 1 rad. After that it struggles to keep up and therefore will burn out faster. Get the D5 RX360 kit at minimum to cool that cpu and a gpu.

Why get 2011 when a z77 is better for the same price? The 3820 is essentially the same as a 3770k, 2011 is only worth it when you buy the 6-core variants.

Check with other people who play Arma and ask if it performs better with Amd or Nvidia. Though besides that game a 7970 is generally better than a 680.

 

[airdeano]

welcome to the OC3D forums.

so this is just really a daily driver with mostly gaming use.
your list is quite impressive, but excessively overkill.

others will chime in and help with your selections.

 

[S_I_N]

gotta agree with NBD total waste plus you choose 2011 which is quad channel but only went with dual channel ram. Also as NBD says the 720 is great for a 360rad and single block. I've had one and it was good for that. I wouldnt try and push another rad and block with it. And I agree the RX360 D5 kit would be a great starting point. Otherwise price out a custom loop. Have you ever done water cooling before?? If not please research your arse off before tackling it.

 

[SeekaX]

do i see a single slim 280mm rad for a cpu and a gpu? that's not worth it.
iirc there are no really great 140mm pressure fans, so you might as well get 120mm ones, the switch810 got enough space for a 360mm and a 240mm, so use it, one 280mm rad won't give you any good temps.
i agree with the others on the 2011/1155 stuff, even though the 3820 is overclockable it does make more sense to just get a 3770k or a 4770k when haswell releases.
The RAM isn't really great for overclocking either, 1600MHz is rather limited.
I wouldn't put a black bay res in the switch 810 gunmetal, it will look a bit weird and as the others stated, the pump isn't really great.
If you really want to go with nvidia i would recommend getting a 670 with a 680 pcb, it's about 100$ cheaper and performs almost as well. Other than that, AMD really is the way to go if you want to overclock properly, i am not a fan of the whole kepler boost shit.
Get an SSD, it's worth it. Even if it's just a 60GB one.

 

[NeverBackDown]

60gb on an ssd is very limited. With 120gbs becoming cheaper everyday mine as well shoot for that instead.