Dedicated GPU loop?

[Heebs]

I've thought a lot about WCing over the years and never pulled the trigger.

The last time I ran SLi I had HORRIBLE temps for the second card to the point where it would crap out after a while from the heat.

What would i need to run a dedicated loop for two 570s? Primarily Im interested in how much radiator do I need?

[tinytomlogan]

Minimum of a decent quality 360 tbh dude as they are still some wattage pushing puppies, and youll need a good pump too DDC pro would also be a minimum imho.

[Heebs]

Dont happen to have a nice list of recommended parts do you?

[Jackster]

It's not about a list of parts TBH.

It is a list of minimum you would need and recommended specification.

As you will be going though 2 blocks you will want 500+ lt/hour pump.

Now you are more than likely going to be over clocking?

So maybe a dual rad is required? You will have to wait for Tom to say what you will need as he is the Guru.

More likely going to have a single if you are dedicating it to your GPUs and not overclocking... IDK

You will wan't some descent blocks, I don't or have not WCed a GPU yet so I can't say much but as ever the better one is most of the time the expensive one. Get a branded one, XSPC have a big range but probably not a 570s as they are model specific.

A German company Aquacomputers, have made a block that "fully fits" the 570. Might be worth checking them out.

As I said, I am new to water cooling graphic cards so don't take my advise to seriously.

Well I hope I helped.

Jack,

[Heebs]

Thanks for the reply. I figured Tom would have figured out which are good brands by now since we all know that just because its a 3x120 rad there are superior designs out there.

I figured that I would go with EK blocks if I was going to do a full water block as they seem to have a good reputation.

Would I need to run the loop as such:

water block --> radiator --> water block --> radiator

or is block --> block --> radiator okay? I wasnt sure how much the fluid temp would change from the first block.

[tinytomlogan]

Originally Posted by Heebs

Thanks for the reply. I figured Tom would have figured out which are good brands by now since we all know that just because its a 3x120 rad there are superior designs out there.

I figured that I would go with EK blocks if I was going to do a full water block as they seem to have a good reputation.

Would I need to run the loop as such:

water block --> radiator --> water block --> radiator

or is block --> block --> radiator okay? I wasnt sure how much the fluid temp would change from the first block.

Watch the watercooling guide mate. And I do know what brands but sadly I just dont have time to link all the time.

[Jackster]

Would I need to run the loop as such:

Well having less tubing as posible is better.

So "water block --> radiator --> water block --> radiator" would be allot of work for the pump.

Most of the time it is just Pump --> Block --> Block -->Rad

If you are having 2 rads you will probably be going for a;

Pump --> Rad --> Block --> Block --> Rad

If you look at this:



you can see that the pipe goes directly from one card to another.

If you go though Tom's YT chanel you will see a great SLI water cooling loop in a competition one "i think it is"....

Jack,

[Heebs]

Thanks for the input guys, watched the WC vid Tom, good stuff, no worries I know youre busy, get those 6900 cards reviewed for us

I'll poke around and see what other people are doing and go from there.

Thanks.