Addiquate enough?

[blitztech]

Planning to water cool my HD 5770 BUT i will be upgrading it to 2 GTX 460s 1GB models, can a RS240 handle the 2 GTX 460s at stock clocks and voltages?

Also my CPU will be on the same loop but will be feed by another RS240 and my pump is a XSPC X20 DC-200.

Flow plan: Pump > Radiator > CPU waterblock > GPU waterblock > GPU waterblock > Radiator > Resivour.

Can my kit handle keep :

Phenom II X6 1090 @4.0ghz 1.4v between 45-55C

2 GTX 460s STOCK between 50-70C

?

 

[S_I_N]

should be ok kinda hard to say for 100% since 400 series iirc run a tad warmer last card will take the most hit on temps but all in all should be decent enough I'd try rx's though for cooler temps if ya can. the 580 was done on a thin 120mm rad and iirc alot thinner than the rs's

 

[blitztech]

Ok, but i'm planning to this in a Corsair 400R. So RS rads is all i can fit. and it will be mounted on the HDD cage as well

 

[Toxcity]

Not overclocking? Seems a bit of a waste.

 

[S_I_N]

Not overclocking? Seems a bit of a waste.

not if you want it for quiet

 

[Toxcity]

not if you want it for quiet

Still think it's a waste. Fans on your radiator, fans on your heatsink same difference. Unless of course the radiator is cooled passively.

 

[S_I_N]

I guess you dont realize how much easier it is for water to dissipate heat over air. And with water you can turn the fans down to a lower speed making it quieter. Plus rads offer way more surface area for the heat to be dissipated with. Plus theres the OMFG!!!! WoW factor involved with watercooling

 

[Toxcity]

I do realise as I have done my fair share of water cooling, I don't see why you would need water cooling if you aren't going to clock the hardware. At the end of the day these chips are designed to run perfectly fine with the stock coolers so heat isn't the issue. Just changing the stock cooler to another air cooler would suffice when it comes to keep the noise down. Each to there own I suppose.

Free Mhz anyone?

 

[magicc8ball]

First of all the stock coolers are utter crap they allow the chip to run hot decreasing the lifetime of it. If you are going to be upgrading and you want it to last and still be worth something. Installing a cooling solution that will keep the temps down and to also bring down the noise then water cooling is your best bet. There are quite a few peeps out there that do that they rely on selling there current rig to help pay for the new so it is highly suggested to run the best cooling solution you can provide, even if you wont oc.

 

[Toxcity]

First of all the stock coolers are utter crap they allow the chip to run hot decreasing the lifetime of it. If you are going to be upgrading and you want it to last and still be worth something. Installing a cooling solution that will keep the temps down and to also bring down the noise then water cooling is your best bet. There are quite a few peeps out there that do that they rely on selling there current rig to help pay for the new so it is highly suggested to run the best cooling solution you can provide, even if you wont oc.

I agree, stock coolers are crap but degrade the lifetime of a chip? Mmmm debatable. Some of you guys must have used stock coolers in the past? I don't think I have ever seen above 50oC while using one.

ANYWHOO, we digress. I think the two 240 radiators will be perfectly adequate to keep the cards below 70oC.

 

[S_I_N]

while it may keep it at or around 50c surfing the net or checking email it wont when gaming. even if one doesnt overclock it doesnt mean it wont be pushed to its limits.

 

[Toxcity]

You guys must be running your machines in the desert.

 

[S_I_N]

or ur in the artic

lol

 

[magicc8ball]

or ur in the artic

lol

lol I am in Texas so mine as well be.

@S_I_N

 

[Ibanez81]

my 7970 is overclocked and hits 56c playing BF3 on ultra under watercooling, 73c under an aftermarket air cooler at stock.

god knows how your stock coolers run at 50c when your using it.

 

[S_I_N]

lol I am in Texas so mine as all be.

@S_I_N

Howdy Neighbor

 

[Big WigglyStyle]

Ok, but i'm planning to this in a Corsair 400R. So RS rads is all i can fit. and it will be mounted on the HDD cage as well

I'm using a 500r I'm pretty sure the layout is similar, my plan for this case although hasn't been done is to cut out the floor and stick some fan grills on the bottom add 25mm thick fans and a 80mm or 60mm thick rad in the floor a dual 5.25in bay pump/res combo and in the roof a 30mm thick 240 with the fans inside the case. To fit a rad in the bottom just keep the top HDD attached to the 5.25 part and take out the bottom one.

 

[magicc8ball]

Howdy Neighbor

well howdy partner

 

[| raVen |]

my 7970 is overclocked and hits 56c playing BF3 on ultra under watercooling, 73c under an aftermarket air cooler at stock.

god knows how your stock coolers run at 50c when your using it.

My 7970 hits 43c under FurMark stability test

Is overclocked as well.