best bugdet kit?

Devo234

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hi all
Just been checking out some water cooling kits and was wondering what the best budget kit is?
 
im getting a coolermaster 430 elite. and im getting a 7870 so not sure if that even needs cooling because it has stock fans...
 
Well in that case you have very little options. The roof of the case is very low so you can't get a rad up there.

If you want to get a good watercooling case then its going to be like 100+
 
Well in that case you have very little options. The roof of the case is very low so you can't get a rad up there.

If you want to get a good watercooling case then its going to be like 100+

Nah - you could get away with a CM690 lite for around 60 quid.

slim 240mm in the roof, and can fit a 60mm thick 240mm in the bottom.

That would be adequate cooling for a cpu (as long as it's not 2011) and 7870
 
If the main reason is noise, the good cpu coolers such as the Noctua D14 can run completely silently at 12v - and if you werent doing watercooling, that would leave you more money to spend on a graphics card so you could get like a windforce 670 or kfa2 670 and have those running completely silently.

'Budget' 'watercooling' and 'silence' dont really go together. To do watercooling properly and quietly, you need to be spending a fair amount on a pump, lots of rad space and very good fans. You can cut down on noise while staying on air far cheaper than with a custom loop, and in some cases you can even stay quieter as you dont have the pump noise
 
An RX360 750 Kit would be ideal for that setup, or a EX if the RX is too pricey. Would you be happy modding case or do you need out of the box compatibly?
 
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