First water build for me.

[Downshift]

Hey guys new member and will be water cooling my PC.

Wanted your advice before I continue.

I have a Intel i7-950 and 2 GTX 480s. No other components will be water cooled. Here is what I have picked out:

-Two XSPC RX360 Triple 120MM radiator.

-Six Noctua NF-F12 focused flow fans for the radiators.

-A Laing D5 Revision 2 Variable Speed Water Pump.

I have no idea if this is overkill, not enough or just right. I have tried Google but no real answers there.

Will I be able to do massive OCs? Have decent idle temps with little to no noise? Will have the fans on a controller.

 

[S_I_N]

should be good, and, what do you consider MASSIVE ?? Anytime you oc you normally have to add vcore and that adds heat. 4.4 should be obtainable and still keep good temps at low rpm. I would think anything above that and you'll have to ramp up the fans to try and keep it close.

 

[Downshift]

should be good, and, what do you consider MASSIVE ?? Anytime you oc you normally have to add vcore and that adds heat. 4.4 should be obtainable and still keep good temps at low rpm. I would think anything above that and you'll have to ramp up the fans to try and keep it close.

Well I can get 4.5 with my Corsair H70 at 1.45volts at 90+ degrees on prime. But I of course don't use that everyday, I was just benching it to see my limit. I keep it at 4.0 at stock voltages.

Also, will a voltage of 1.45 kill the CPU if you can keep the heat down? I guess what's worse for the CPU, Volts, temps or a combination of both?

 

[iLikeGreeeeen]

Well I can get 4.5 with my Corsair H70 at 1.45volts at 90+ degrees on prime. But I of course don't use that everyday, I was just benching it to see my limit. I keep it at 4.0 at stock voltages.

Also, will a voltage of 1.45 kill the CPU if you can keep the heat down? I guess what's worse for the CPU, Volts, temps or a combination of both?

voltage and temps are directly related imo...more voltage = higher temps. i remember TTL saying your voltages can go as high as want as long as you're able to keep safe temps. if your temps are safe, so is your cpu

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[mrDMxtreme]

voltage and temps are directly related imo...more voltage = higher temps. i remember TTL saying your voltages can go as high as want as long as you're able to keep safe temps. if your temps are safe, so is your cpu

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To a point this is true, but for your case NO do not leave ur volts at 1.45 for 24/7 as overtime it will hurt ur chip. the 950's can handle 1.4 safely (from what i've seen on the forums) but from first hand experience i'll give u an example (after i got my WCing, a 60mm 3x120mm rad only for the cpu, i used above the recommended 'safe' volts for my 2500k chip, i used 1.39 volts when i should not have passed 1.37v, for sandybridge, and as a results even though my temps where low (like in the 60's) after a week at 5GHz i would get bsod all the time and then when i dropped my OC back to me previous, stable as a rock, 4.8ghz oc that i had on air at 1.33v it would also bsod, the damage to the chip made me lose a little bit of OCing potential

... but i still run it at 4.5ghz now)

i was unlucky that my chip degraded in just over a week, u might be lucky and it might last u a few weeks, or a few months, but still IMO better safe then sorry now that i know.