Upgrades to prebuilt pc

Pcnewb911

Need some assistance with parts for upgrades. Bought a prebuilt gaming pc, works awesome but I think we can do a little more. List below is currently what I have. Was thinking do some water cooling, really like those intakes with LCD. Maybe upgrade to 3080? Lmk what you guys got! 

Asus strix b550-f wifi 
Ryzen 5 5600x
G.skill trident Z neo 16gb 3600(maxed out memory)
samsung 970 evo plus 1TB
asus rtx 3070 rog strix
evga 750w bronze psu 
lian li lancool 205 mesh
amd stealth cooler

Pcnewb911

magarity

If that was my system the first and only thing I'd upgrade for certain is that CPU cooler. When you say an intake with an LCD I assume you are referring to an AIO with the LCD on the pump block? like this: NZXT Kraken Z53 240mm Water Cooling Kit - Black - Micro Center

They look good but are pricy, if you just want lighting then something like this would be great: Corsair iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB V2 280mm Water Cooling Kit - Micro Center

Otherwise a 5600X and a 3070 are a great pairing. Unless there's something you feel is definitely holding you back I wouldnt bother to change anything else.

Pcnewb911

Nice. Water cooled it is. This one would work fine correct? 

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/40973#Comment_40973

You can use that, just note you'd have to front mount the radiator in your case.

Pcnewb911

So it won’t fit above? Assuming I would move the other two fans above the board 

magarity

It would go in the top, not the front.

From LianLi's own website about that model case, scroll down to the chart: LANCOOL 205/ 205M/ 205 Mesh - Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Chassis (lian-li.com)

RADIATOR Top: 240mm/ 280mm

So either the Z53 (240mm) or Z63 (280mm) will do fine

Pcnewb911

Nice . Tomorrow I’ll go and send you gentlemen an update 

Pcnewb911

Pcnewb911

Alright well today was busy , went with the kraken z53 rgb 240mm and I must say very pleased. CPU and GPU stayed between 60-2 degrees during game play, noticed my GPU fans wasn't working as hard. Question tho, my memory sticks rgb never had those colors before, before the cooler it was rainbow. Notice my GPU has a solid green color and that use to be rainbow as well. My first pic of the Pc was how it use to be before doing the upgrade. Anything I should look out for ?

magarity

I assume you installed some software to set the little LCD on the pump? That software typically has a plugin to the motherboard lighting control which does the RAM and GPU lights. Now the NZXT software is controlling all the lights and that is its default scheme instead of rainbow. You just have to poke around in that software to find how to set those lights.

Pcnewb911

Well I found motherboard software that controls memory sticks and gpu , havent found the fans settings but man there is a lot of 💩 for all this lol. Thanks again. The gifs is a cool touch to have, I enjoy that feature a lot. 

Pcnewb911

Is there such a software that can detect all your rgb and able to sync together to control under one app? 

Ian

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/41017#Comment_41017

There's a few third party apps out there (as in not made by any parts manufacturer) that you can try.

https://rgbsync.com/ and https://www.signalrgb.com/ and https://openrgb.org/ are the ones I'm aware of, going to be personal perference on which one you may want to use.

magarity

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/41017#Comment_41017

Can you be more specific: Did you install the NZXT software for the AIO or not?