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How Many Rads

mav359
By mav359
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Hey guys

 

I have a 011d XL case running a 3950x and what will eventually be a 3080. Im planning to water cool the lot slowly getting all the parts over the next couple of months. I am deffo goint with the large front water distribution plate from EK and their CPU Water block but they are purchase for further down the road. Corsairs QL fans have started to arrive and populate the system and i will be up to 10 of these by the end of the month, making my next purchase the rads

 

There are 3 fans at the top, bottom and side and in my head i just planned for 3 rads for each section but is that overkill??? Im deffo going to go with 2 at the top and bottom but its dawned on me that with massive front distribution plate do i need 3 rads. 2 x 360 vs 3 x rads are there tanagble gains/loses in cooling at this point?

without the 3rd rad there is still going to be a tremendous amount of water in the case with a long travel and 6 QL Fans activly cooling the 2 Rads..... will i gain much if anything from the 3rd rad
 

Main Rig: AMD R9 3950x, 32gb Vengenace Pro, ASUS x570 Crossfire Hero VIII, 1080, HX850i, Lian LI 011d XL

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u can add another thin 360 rad on the side

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22 hours ago, mav359 said:

i was going to go 60mm on the bottom and 38mm in the top

That would easily be enough for a 3950X and couple of GPUs, never mind just one.

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