good cooling set up for the following parts ..

[mayhem]

Wondering what a good cooling set up would be for the following parts

Asus p5k permium

q6600

Geforce 8800 GTX

8600 GT 256Mb

running 4 1tb samsung F1's do they need cooling.

Would it be good to go for 2 loops or 1. Can the 8600GT be water cooled if so what with.

Would a double rad do the job or would i be better off with triple.

Size makes no difference on this build as its going into a custom cab.

price wise im not looking to spend more than £150 to £200

any advice would be help full as i haven't water cooled for about 1 to 2 years now. so im a bit out of date with what's good and what's pants ....

 

[TonyG]

Make sure the 860GT is a reference design,as some blocks dont fit. I know from experience.

 

[mayhem]

Its a ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GTS

Not GTx i didnt look properly ....

 

[mayhem]

so any one lol ... im so out of date hehe

 

[tinytomlogan]

right what size memory does the 8800gts have, and why the 8600, is that just for physX?

 

[PeterStoba]

Pointless cooling the 8600GT tbh if its Physx only, not many games use it so it won't be loaded much? and it won't run too hot anyway, perhaps a better or a passive heatsink for it?

The GTS, will be a 512MB as Zotac didn't produce any G80 GTS' iirc. So a waterblock on that and the CPU, on a triple rad with some good fans should be fine and not push your budget too much, and allow you get a possible aftermarket nb cooler if you feel the need

 

[tinytomlogan]

Ive got an 8800gts 512 block here FS actualy, if you give me a hoot mate I might be able to sort you out a full system.

 

[mayhem]

yeh its all for show but will need to be quiet. the 8660 is just physx only based. Its all so used as well for a Touch scean system that i use so it is not hammed.

This will be the set up im going to stick inside my project (hopefully saving some money on hardware)

I can fit any size rad in it and space is not a problem as i have loads to play with.

I would like to cool all sections of the Motherboard if possible and keep noise down to a minimum noise. The system will be slightly over clocked but not to much as there is no call for it and stability is a must.

Tom yeh if you send me a price i can pass in onto my lass and she will let me now if its a goer .. that would be grate thks.