second loop or tripple rad?

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funkysnair

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my dilema!!

i have a water loop in my rig already with a dual rad upfront----\/

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im wanting to cool my 4850's using full copper blocks, im am just wondering if i replace the dual rad with a tripple would it be enough to cool 2gpu's and a cpu??

would it just be a better idea making a seperate loop for the gpu's?
 
When I get my motehrboard, I can tell you. :) for me a tripple rad was/is enough to cool 2 3870's (GPU only, VRAM is passive cooled) and the CPU (Q6600 @ 3.6GHz )
I should get my motehrboard back anytime now,.. then I can give you temps of the setup I use, might help you. :o
 
Archangel said:
When I get my motehrboard, I can tell you. :) for me a tripple rad was/is enough to cool 2 3870's (GPU only, VRAM is passive cooled) and the CPU (Q6600 @ 3.6GHz )
I should get my motehrboard back anytime now,.. then I can give you temps of the setup I use, might help you. :o
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thanx tha would be helpfull :)


El quad core said:
I would get a triple rad if I were u. A second loop would work too but it would put more of a strain on ur system.
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what would the second loop put a strain on? its a second loop because it is independant of the other loop (using it own pump etc)

im just wondering for cos effectiveness Vs performance

if second loop is going to keep temps considerably lower than 1 loop using tripple rad then i will go with the second loop, if it is only minimal difference i will go with the tripple rad route
 
Frome stuff I've seen from time to time people are getting triple rads.
I amgine though a seperate loop would cool better as it's not adding the heat from the cpu.
Or addding the heat from the 4850's onto the cpu.
Though a triple rad would be cheaper.
See what Arc's getting out of his.
 
pies said:
Frome stuff I've seen from time to time people are getting triple rads.
I amgine though a seperate loop would cool better as it's not adding the heat from the cpu.
Or addding the heat from the 4850's onto the cpu.
Though a triple rad would be cheaper.
See what Arc's getting out of his.
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yes that is my dilema!

i can mount a tripple rad upfront no prob but if i put in 2 seperate loops there is not enough space up front for 2xdual rads!

i could keep a dual rad upfront for my cpu then mount a single above it and a single at the back link them togther for the gpu's! (cant mount dual rad at back because my sound card will get in the way)

means alot of tubing, i dont fancie radiators outside the case-i prefer the computer to stay tidy inside the case
 
What if you mount a dual on the outside with a radbox it should give you enough room to use the sound card just fine.
Like attach it to the lower of the two 120mm on the back?
 
pies said:
What if you mount a dual on the outside with a radbox it should give you enough room to use the sound card just fine.
Like attach it to the lower of the two 120mm on the back?
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but thats what im saying, i dont want anything outside the case!

my case is to big for my desk already, if i mount the rad out back that means it will be hanging 6 inches over the desk lol
 
get a thermochill 120.3, since your in the uk, you should be able to get them cheaply, and then i would get a swiftech radbox, and hang the current rad off the back of the antec case, and if you can manage a dual loop, go that route(unless you can manage to mount it on the two 240mm rads you have more towards the back)
 
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just a noob said:
get a thermochill 120.3, since your in the uk, you should be able to get them cheaply, and then i would get a swiftech radbox, and hang the current rad off the back of the antec case, and if you can manage a dual loop, go that route(unless you can manage to mount it on the two 240mm rads you have more towards the back)
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funkysnair said:
but thats what im saying, i dont want anything outside the case!

my case is to big for my desk already, if i mount the rad out back that means it will be hanging 6 inches over the desk lol
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OP Would prefer not having anything hanging out the back of the case;)
 
actually, i think the swiftech mcr220 is standard fan spacing, so if you could manage to wedge a thermochill 120.3 up front, then mount the mcr220 on those back two 120mm fans, then everything would be internal
 
do you think 2 dual rads will be much better than 1 single tripple rad? if its alot of difference then i will go with the dual loop!

if not i will go the tripple rad route!

seriously this thing is boiling me alive sitting next to it
 
go with the triple thermochill rad, mount that up front, then try and mount the mcr 220, on those back two fans(internally) then if you can manage to do a dual loop, your cpu will be cooler
 
look at what watercooling actually does.
its basically the same as a ait cooler, except the heatsing now isnt attached to the chip directly. (allowing the heatsing the be much bigger, since the motherboard etc dont have to support the weight directly too. my old CPU cooler was about as big as a 120mm radiator (looking at the total surface of the cooler, since thats what matters)

the graphics cards you have, if you combine the surface area of the heatsinks of those cards, you'll be nowhere near the surface area of another 120mm radiator.

so, depending on how you put the radiator, and if the radiator can get rid of the hot air (as in, exhaust fans in the back and top for example) the bits should run cooler on the 240mm Radiator already. (at least, cooler as they would on air coolers,.. wich is the point I think.

PS: if you make it a single loop, I'd go to the CPU, then back down to the graphics cards, and then to the radiator. since the CPU will dissipate less power than the 2 graphic's cards will.

the grafic's cards would only run slighly warmer because of the CPU's heat beeing added to the water. but the CPU would run, I think, warmer because of the added heat of the grafics cards if you put it in the other way around. :)
 
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