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Single 360mm enough for Ryzen 1700 and RX480?

I have the Alphacool Eisbär with a ST30 360mm rad which is keeping my Ryzen 1700 (3.9GHz, 1,35V) at 60 Degrees under load while the fans are only at 800 rpm. My RX480 on the other hand seems so extremely loud now that I want to integrate it into the loop. 

 

Is the 360 rad enough to cool CPU and GPU or should I add another 240mm although it might be extremely tight in my Corsair 460X

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Not really sure but if money isnt a problem it wouldn't hurt to add another one right?

Main system:

i7 6700k @4.8ghz 1.45v

ROG Maximus Hero VIII

Gigabyte G1 980ti Sli @1500 ghz

Samsung 950 pro 512gb

16gb G.Skill Ripjawz V @3400mhz 

Corsair H115i 280mm AIO

Corsair 400c Case

Corsair RM1000i

 

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Intel i3 6100 @4.6ghz 1.52v

Asrock B150M Pro4/Hyper

Intel 750 series 400gb

Radeon Rx 470 XFX

Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm AIO 

inWin 303 case

 

AMD Phenom II x4 940 @3.9ghz 1.65v

Gigabyte 780g mobo

Corsair H100 240mm AIO

Corsair Dominiator 8gb DDR2 @1066

Evga GTX 750ti FTW @1450mhz

Thermaltake Matrix case (modded)

 

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Cooling potential is defitnely enough.

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I run my 3770k at 4.5 and 1080 at 2ghz on a single 360. The case sucks for it but better temps then id ever see on air. They both hit mid to low 50's with the nf12's at pretty much max speed(1200rpm)

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

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I've got three radiators in my Air 540. Tell me about tight.

 

As for your setup, you'll probably end up running the fans a bit higher than you would otherwise if you had extra radiator space.

There's a reason why the rule of thumb for radiator space is 240mm per heat generating component.

 

If you really want to avoid adding the extra radiator, then consider a thicker 360mm rad, and push/pull fans if you can fit it.

The extra thickness will help compensate a bit for the lack of length but you'll likely introduce more resistance to the fans.

 

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I just did it and it's temps are totally fine. While playing Watch Dogs 2 for an hour the CPU reached 41C and the GPU didn't even hit 70C.

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