Load on a PA120.3

[Bungral]

Howdy all,

I'm going to be adding my RAM to my CPU loop soon. I don't expect the RAM to really add that much heat to the loop but it would be restrictive so I'm going to Y off and run it parallel. This is how it's going to be set up for a couple of months until the 9900's make their appearance.

My question is, will the PA120.3 be able to deal with CPU (will be overclocked Q6700) and GFX? (9900GTX hopefully). Obviously we don't know what sort of heat these cards are going to kick out but guesstimates would be welcome. Basically just to get an idea would a PA120.3 deal with a highly overclocked Q6600 and a current 8800GTX?

I know their are different levels over "deal with" too... It will obviously cool it, but to a decent level so it's actually worth doing it?

Loop goes at the mo, Rad - CPU - Res - Pump - Rad. Looking to add the Y off for the RAM between the Rad and the CPU and join back up between the CPU and the Res.

 

[cybermaniac]

i bloomin well hope so.

for now im going to be running mobo, cpu + grfx card on the pa120.3 with 1/2 pipes.

later on when my finances stabilise i'll whack in a second loop with a 120.1 to take the mobo and relieve pressure from the other components.

 

[w3bbo]

Yeah it will cope fine. Obviously CPU temps will be slightly affected by the added heat dump into the loop from the GPU and memory but it won't overload the rad. I would however consider sticking hte memory on a separate loop as the restriction may be more detrimental than the heat should you have a resrictive block such as the EK supreme which requires good flow. If you have a D-tek then all is good.

 

[cl0ck_ed]

This my be a bit of a nooby question. But if the flow is going to the cpu and the ram from the Y junction and the ram blocks are more restrictive than say a FuZion. Won't that mean more flow will go to the cpu block?

Thanks

 

[Mr. Smith]

This my be a bit of a nooby question. But if the flow is going to the cpu and the ram from the Y junction and the ram blocks are more restrictive than say a FuZion. Won't that mean more flow will go to the cpu block?

Thanks

I'd say the ram is more restrictive so yes, more water to cpu... Which isn't really a bad thing.

Bungy- As stated the 120.3 will handle the loads no probs

 

[Bungral]

Yeah it will cope fine. Obviously CPU temps will be slightly affected by the added heat dump into the loop from the GPU and memory but it won't overload the rad. I would however consider sticking hte memory on a separate loop as the restriction may be more detrimental than the heat should you have a resrictive block such as the EK supreme which requires good flow. If you have a D-tek then all is good.

Well that's why I'm Y-ing off rather than running in sequence.. It wont really effect the flow to the Supreme much at all as my pump can handle Y without too much bother. Both components will be getting cool water this way too. I think In future I'd put the GFX after where the RAM joins back so the only thing slightly suffering from lowered flow would be that. But again I'm thinking it will cope.

I shall be sticking it on a different loop when I buy a bigger case (A70 or G70) for Nehalem... This for now is how it's gonna have to be as I'm using a cramped 900.

This my be a bit of a nooby question. But if the flow is going to the cpu and the ram from the Y junction and the ram blocks are more restrictive than say a FuZion. Won't that mean more flow will go to the cpu block?

Thanks

Yup... Not a nooby question. It was my thinking when I decided to Y off rather than run in line.

I'd say the ram is more restrictive so yes, more water to cpu... Which isn't really a bad thing.

Bungy- As stated the 120.3 will handle the loads no probs

Good good.... Only thing I might wanna change is my fans when it comes to slapping in a high end GFX card. My red-wings will be fine for now and would cope with the extra load I'd imagine, but they are silent at full whack so my fan controller is a lil pointless at the mo. Think I'll slap on some more powerful ones when GFX is added to the loop so I can crank them up for benching when I wouldn't care about noise.

Oh yeah Smithy!! You need to get on msn more.. I want to ask ya something.

 

[inonefly]

pa120.3 is good for low cfm fans, it's not worth the extra noise with the gain in performance