I am looking to build a water cooled overclocked BEHEMOTH, and I would like to know what are some good brands for water pumps, radiatiors, and blocks.
Also, what is a good circuit format. I was thinking of going from pump, to CPU and what not, to radiator, to reserve, back to pump. I was also thinking of having two reservoirs with a really strong pump. I think it's discharge rate was at 300+ gph (1200 lph).
For waterblocks I would suggest either an XSPC Raystorm or a Swiftech Apogee HD. Those are probably the two best blocks on the market right now.
For a radiator get an Alphacool NexXxos full copper radiator.
For pumps, go with a Swiftech MCP655.
Reservoirs are usually more personal preference or whatever fits in your case, but I personally prefer FrozenQ reserviors because I think they look cool. I don't know why you would ever need two reservoirs though. I could see having two pumps, but I really don't see the point in having two reservoirs.
The only thing I was not already looking into was the radiator, but thank you. Good to know I am on the right track.
Almost all of the major brands Koolance, XSPC, EK, Swiftech blocks are nearly identical, they get at most a 2 degree difference. For pumps I generally stick with Swiftech for pumps, but Koolance Laing D5 with EK-D5 X-Tops are apparently super beast right now. For radiators, depends size and density you are looking for, aquacomputer probably has the best. But alphacool and ek have some very nice radiators as well. I also think that aquacomputer reservoirs are some of the nicest, they are not a very common res and the look super bad ass.
Yeah, I've heard the D5 pumps are really nice too. It seems like people are going for either the D5 or MCP655 lately.
Alphacool has some really nice radiators. I personally want to get a 360mm Alphacool NexXxos UT60 and maybe a 240mm Alphacool NexXxos UT80 if I ever end up getting a custom loop together.