how many radiators do i need?

[Froger]

Hi, f I'm going to build a water cooled system, that is cooling a graphics card and CPU, what sort of temps will I get on the CPU with 240mm pull and another 240mm rad in push (both 60mm thick)
If the spec is,:
I'm 3770k over clock about 4.2 maybe higher or lower at 1.2 volts
And a 660 ti not overclocked
With a d5 pump.
This is all for a future build so its theories.
Thanks for the help.

 

[alpenwasser]

It's very tricky to really predict temps in advance, since they depend on many
factors that are only known once you have actually put together the build.

However, two 60 mm 240's should be decent for one CPU and one GPU. Not
total overkill, but sufficient IME.

 

[tinytomlogan]

A: a cpu and a gpu is no where near enough info and theres far to many variables for anyone that really knows what they are talking about to give a decent answer.

 

[Kei]

I run a pair of thinner (45mm and 35mm) 240mm radiators with a phenom II x4 @ 3.7GHz and HD6970 @960/1500. Maximum temperatures are 53 on the cpu and 56 on the gpu. (ambient of 24) This is with one rad as push and the other as pull and a single D5 pump, plus a koolance 380 cpu block and aqua computer gpu block.

 

[Butterz]

That's almost the same as what I am planning on doing but I went with a 60mm thick 360 Rad and a 60mm 240 Rad cooling VRM's, CPU, GPU's with a single D5 I may change a rad to a quad though I am not sure yet. I'm hoping to hit idle temps at 30C if not better an load temps at 50c that's about the same temps I'm getting now with a h80 in push pull and fans at 1160-1230 rpm case fans at 700 rpm case temp 34 - 38C (all fans are stock)(Case Corsair 300R). all ways tune your system at full load that's all I have to say bud bud