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so guys, im about to build my first custom loop. here is what im kind of unsure about though. my set up will be roughly the same as the pic with the way the tubing will run and the rads will be placed but with the pump mounted on the rad/fan at the bottom . both the 360mm rad at the top and the 240mm rad at the bottom will be cooled by 120mm noctua 2000rpm fans three for the top rad two for the bottom(. then there will also be two 140 noctua 2000rpm fans at the front of the case and one at the exaust. what i want to know is the best way i should position the fans rads (push, pull, fans on inside or ouside etc) thanks for any help. also i am not using sli it will be one 5930k processor and 1 titan x sc

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so guys, im about to build my first custom loop. here is what im kind of unsure about though. my set up will be roughly the same as the pic with the way the tubing will run and the rads will be placed but with the pump mounted on the rad/fan at the bottom . both the 360mm rad at the top and the 240mm rad at the bottom will be cooled by 120mm noctua 2000rpm fans three for the top rad two for the bottom(. then there will also be two 140 noctua 2000rpm fans at the front of the case and one at the exaust. what i want to know is the best way i should position the fans rads (push, pull, fans on inside or ouside etc) thanks for any help. also i am not using sli it will be one 5930k processor and 1 titan x sc

Looks like a solid loop design and concept with that photo I don't see any problems. The Noctua Industrials are a bit low even on the lowest setting if you want absolute silence though.

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so guys, im about to build my first custom loop. here is what im kind of unsure about though. my set up will be roughly the same as the pic with the way the tubing will run and the rads will be placed but with the pump mounted on the rad/fan at the bottom . both the 360mm rad at the top and the 240mm rad at the bottom will be cooled by 120mm noctua 2000rpm fans three for the top rad two for the bottom(. then there will also be two 140 noctua 2000rpm fans at the front of the case and one at the exaust. what i want to know is the best way i should position the fans rads (push, pull, fans on inside or ouside etc) thanks for any help. also i am not using sli it will be one 5930k processor and 1 titan x sc

 

 

Looks like a solid loop design and concept with that photo I don't see any problems. The Noctua Industrials are a bit low even on the lowest setting if you want absolute silence though.

 

He meant Loud on the lowest setting,  I'd suggest just going with regular NF-F12s, if your going for black fans there are other options such as gentle typhoons.  As for Fan orientation, you'd want Front/bottom Intake, and top/rear Exhausting.

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Looks like a solid loop design and concept with that photo I don't see any problems. The Noctua Industrials are a bit low even on the lowest setting if you want absolute silence though.

 

 

He meant Loud on the lowest setting,  I'd suggest just going with regular NF-F12s, if your going for black fans there are other options such as gentle typhoons.  As for Fan orientation, you'd want Front/bottom Intake, and top/rear Exhausting.

i dont mind the fan noise at all, apart from the fan of the titan when above 50 percent. so that does not effect me, but what i do want is a really cool system while under load.

  • CPU
    Intel i7 6700k
  • Motherboard
    Asus Maximus Formuula VIII
  • RAM
    16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4
  • GPU
    Asus Strix GTX 1080 ti
  • Case
    Be Quiet Silent Base
  • Storage
    256GB Samsung Pro M.2 SSD and 2TB Samsung SSD
  • PSU
    Corsair AX860
  • Display(s)
    Asus Rog Swift pg279q, 165Hz IPS
  • Cooling
    Be Quiet Dark Rock 3
  • Keyboard
    Razer Huntsman Elite
  • Mouse
    Mionix Castor (waiting on stock for the G Pro Wireless)
  • Sound
    Asus Xonar Essence stx, Audioengine A5+, Sennheiser HD650

 

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i dont mind the fan noise at all, apart from the fan of the titan when above 50 percent. so that does not effect me, but what i do want is a really cool system while under load.

2k rpm is over kill. I don't even use my regular NF-F12's Above 1-1.1k rpm.  Typical Range is 700 idle to between 1000 and 1100 underload, that keeps my overclocked 4670k under 65 degrees under load.

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i dont mind the fan noise at all, apart from the fan of the titan when above 50 percent. so that does not effect me, but what i do want is a really cool system while under load.

2k rpm is over kill. I don't even use my regular NF-F12's Above 1-1.1k rpm.  Typical Range is 700 idle to between 1000 and 1100 underload, that keeps my overclocked 4670k under 65 degrees under load.

 

I guess if you really want to, the best rads that benefit from higher RPM, pressure fans are usually thick rads say from alphacool the UT60 or Monsta(80mm).

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