Silence and performance watercooling?

[nuhash]

What should I be looking for in rads and fans if I wanted to set up a silent(or near silent) watercooling loop that performs well. Would it essentially be to fit as many low fpi fin radiators in my case and attach low rpm fans?

[Caesar]

You're right.

The more rads you use, the more cooling you get, so you can make things silent without losing too much performance.

[GrandmasBoy]

Low RPM fans paired with low fpi radiators and you should be good to go! Make sure your gpu is water cooled otherwise your system will not be quiet.

[nuhash]

Which fans and rads are commonly used for silencing and whats is the general rad to component ratio (number of 120/140 rads per component)

[Fordox]

for cpu only, you can start with a thick 240 radiator if youd like to have more headroom than a h100 (which will be out performd by a slim 240 rad, but still).

try searching for 9 to 15 fpi rads. those are quite low density. try the silenced version of the corsair sp fans, but there will be a lot of other options.

[Whaler_99]

I usually plan at least 120mm of Rad per block +1 - So, for CPU and single GPU you want at least a 360mm of Rad. Fans... well the corsair SP120's are good, Noctua NF-F12's some of the best. Also the Silverstone AP121's, Scythe GentleTyphoon...

[Dustin1706]

OP is correct. XSPC RX series radiators are excellent for this. I'm running 5x120 for a cpu/gpu/mobo with Noctua NFs PWM'd to 500 rpm and it is nearly silent.

[airdeano]

your low fpi rads are:

Fan speed range 600rpm-1200rpm

Alphacool ST/XT/UT under 9fpi

Hardware Labs SR1 8fpi

XSPC RX/RS under 8fpi

any high static pressure, low DBa fan will work, especially if under 1200rpm.

airdeano

[airdeano]

your low fpi rads are:

Fan speed range 600rpm-1200rpm

Alphacool ST/XT/UT under 9fpi

Hardware Labs SR1 8fpi

XSPC RX/RS under 8fpi

any high static pressure, low DBa fan will work, especially if under 1200rpm.

airdeano

even the EK XT series is sub 9fpi

[GrandmasBoy]

I usually plan at least 120mm of Rad per block +1 - So, for CPU and single GPU you want at least a 360mm of Rad. Fans... well the corsair SP120's are good, Noctua NF-F12's some of the best. Also the Silverstone AP121's, Scythe GentleTyphoon...

I second everything Whaler_99 said. He is spot on!

[nuhash]

would push pull make a significant difference with low fpi rad

[Whaler_99]

would push pull make a significant difference with low fpi rad

Not normally and low FPI are not overly restrictive. Been shown that maybe gain a degree or two. Push/Pull is really good on high FPI rads.