Question on some XSPC components

[Mgutierrez33]

I am trying to map out a water cooling loop for my rig (it sits in a Graphite 600T), and having a hard time planning it all out. Reason being: I ultimately want to have two reference-design GTX 670 GPU's and the processor being water-cooled, but I'm unsure of how much pump I would need for the entire loop, or for that matter how much radiator I would realistically need. For the moment, I was looking at the dual bay res and pump from XSPC (X20 750), their Raystorm CPU block, XSPC Razor GPU block w/backplates, and the RS240 Radiator. I know that that one rad will probably not cut the mustard for incorporating the CPU AND two GPU's (I intend on doing some overclocking), so the other options I was looking at were to mod the top of the case to incorporate a 360mm rad with an additional 120 at the rear, or leaving the top alone and doing a 200mm rad in the front. Any recommendations based on personal experience/known good configurations? Also, is the pump incorporated into the reservoir going to be enough for a loop like this? If so, how would I tell/what are standard rules on pump sizes?

 

[Mgutierrez33]

also for anyone wondering about the other components, they are in my signature (although one should assume that there is a Gigabyte UD3 or similarly shaped board instead, as once I get the scratch the Maximus IV I have will be getting replaced with something next gen).

 

[airdeano]

the 750 isnt enough pump (restrictions of blocks) to stay alive long. the mpc35?
and D5 will be the pump choices.

rads with overclocking and SLI needs a 360 in the roof and fat 240. like in Toms
watercooling guide on the 600T follow that and it will be golden. the single 200mm
rad in the front is meah at best. the 670(s) dont heat alot until you really lean on
them on the top of the overclock. so for adaquate headroom, the ex360/st360
in the roof and the rx240/ut240 in the floor/front. thats about it for the 600T.
limited as it is..

going ivey bridge will deffo need some thought to cooling support if you are
contimplating 4.6+ on overclock. or getting a heavy contollable board like the
UD7, MPower, extreme or formula.

 

[Mgutierrez33]

Yeah I saw the guide and definitely liked what I saw... just wanted to try and keep the 200mm fan in the front. A fat 240 does make much more sense though. As far as ivy is concerned i don't see much of a performance difference to justify going to one over my current Sandy which is really only restricted by heat at this point... and a shitty "keuler" (if you catch my drift). I think I'm just going to wait till the generation after this coming one since I see no need to swap out my Sandy just yet. I don't know that I will ever require boards with that much control or with that many features on them; I want to overclock and have a good tuneable rig but I don't think I'll ever want to or NEED to go that hXc for home use. This has given me quite a bit better idea of what I will need to do, thanks very much for the input airdeano!

 

[airdeano]

right on. im looking to sack the MIVE-Z and 2700k for the 3770k and M5F and
give that a go. and if i can get US.NCIX to ship my fd mini i'll put the MIVG-Z
to work as well.

i love my old H100, but sold it to someone needing a better solution. so i bought
another one on a deal. i like these H100s more and more. when i tested the H100
vs H80 hands down 13° better in temps being both stock (H80 push/pull - H100
just dual fan).
now on the other hand, custom loops are another jump better in temperaure control.
far better temps, but expense, vanity and access isn't always the norm.

 

[Mgutierrez33]

Yeah I hear ya on that one. I am still contemplating having a stand-alone loop for the GPU's and just keeping the processor cooled with an H100i or just keeping the GPU's at stock (my 670 naturally clocks itself to around 1100 Mhz on it's own O_O). Still kind of on the fence on anything atm. Yeah I saw a review on the H80/H80i somewhere else and I saw similar results... the H80i seems kind of a waste, especially when you consider the price point and the performance versus oh, say, anything else x-). The main reason I would even do a full water loop is if I were to bring my case theme to fruition and make the whole thing look like The Joker (green BitFenix Spectre Pro fans throughout, purple pin-stripe jacket look on the outside, white on the inside with a big smiley face in the open area of the left-side panel, and UV tint writing on the side window reading "why so serious?" with toxic waste green coolant). I just look at the price points for everything I would need, and logic always seems to win on the basis of cost... but damn would it look sweet!

 

[airdeano]

there is always step progression on these things. but the first step would be a CPU
loop. ex360, raystorm, D5 pump/res.. done overclock the dog snot for reps and
then a usable 4.6/4.8
later add GPU and 2nd rad.. future
gussie ups and pinstriped cooling hose, remote res and pump.. future future

 

[iLikeGreeeeen]

I agree with airdeano. you would need at least a DDC pump for that loop, but a D5 would be my top choice

As for a 120 rad in the rear, I wouldnt go there as it could get really messy in front of the cpu block. I'd go with the 240/200 option in the front since it'll look clean AND provide better cooling capacity.