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Will 1*120mm and 1*140mm rads be enough to cool CPU and GPU, no overclock?

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So, planning a watercooled build in a Bitfenix Prodigy, but I want to keep the optical drive. Will 1*120mm and 1*140mm rads be enough to cool CPU (i7-3770) and GPU (7870), no overclock? Thanks

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You might have to run some pretty aggressive fans. But yes

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Can be, but if you dont plan overclocking why go watercooling? You can also consider a pre done watercooler like the H80 ?!

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You can fit a 240mm rad easily on the top of the bitfenix prodigy. And to be honest, I wouldn't water-cool both CPU and GPU. I'd just put an H100/i and leave the GPU to take fresh air from the outside of the case...

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You can fit a 240mm rad easily on the top of the bitfenix prodigy. And to be honest, I wouldn't water-cool both CPU and GPU. I'd just put an H100/i and leave the GPU to take fresh air from the outside of the case...
And I forgot to say that if you do buy a 240mm cooler for the CPU like the H100/i. I'd recommend you to overclock it...
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You can fit a 240mm rad easily on the top of the bitfenix prodigy. And to be honest, I wouldn't water-cool both CPU and GPU. I'd just put an H100/i and leave the GPU to take fresh air from the outside of the case...
Clearly you didn't read the OP.
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The old rule of thumb for a quick basic is 120mm of rad per block plus an additional 120mm, for a minimum. Since you are no overclocking, may be doable. As Boosted mentions though, get some top quality static pressure fans though to help with the cooling.

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The old rule of thumb for a quick basic is 120mm of rad per block plus an additional 120mm, for a minimum. Since you are no overclocking, may be doable. As Boosted mentions though, get some top quality static pressure fans though to help with the cooling.
Here is a build to check out...

http://rog.asus.com/152712012/news/prodigy-projekt-a-watercooled-overclocked-mini-itx-lan-monster/

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You can fit a 240mm rad easily on the top of the bitfenix prodigy. And to be honest, I wouldn't water-cool both CPU and GPU. I'd just put an H100/i and leave the GPU to take fresh air from the outside of the case...
I did. But there is no reason not to use a 240mm if your case supports it... And the bitfenix prodigy does, so why not?!
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You will be just fine with that setup. You wont have the ice old temps that some water coolers have but you will not come close to any kind of dangerous levels.

I personally run a i7-930 at 4ghz and a gtx 670 ftx at 1200mhz on a single 280mm rad. I hit about 70 degrees on the cpu and 50 on the gpu during a stress test of both.

For day to day I run it at 3.61 ghz and stock on the gpu. I get 58 degress on the cpu and 45 on the gpu.

So more rad surface area is always better but you would be surprised that you really don't need much to still get good temps.

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Thanks for your help everyone. The setup at this time will most likely be a single 120mm rad and a 240mm, but the 240mm has to go at the front of the case because I need space for an optical drive. The downside of a 240mm is I may have to mod the case slightly to fit it in below the ODD, hence why I was considering the worth of a 140mm in its place. Not that modding the case concerns me as I am planning to add windows anyhow :)

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