960mm rad surface area :D

[madman1876]

Was just scrolling through aqua tunings site and realized that the 480*30 rads cost only like $92. Would that be a good option to cool triple 290x's?

with 8 nff12 that is?

[Anthony10]

Should be good, might wana do 2 loops at that point, I guess cpu+gpu and gpu+gpu loops?

[madman1876]

Should be good, might wana do 2 loops at that point, I guess cpu+gpu and gpu+gpu loops?

Couldn't the D5 manage since they're only 30 mm thick?

[SparkySamZa]

why not Cpu , gpu + gpu +gpu ? get a h80 for the cpu and a cool custom loop for the gpu's aha , i kid but still i don't exactly know if it could possibly but one thing i do know , the more water being pumped around the larger a single loop is the longer it takes the water to get around, meaning temps will gradually increase over time compared to a double loop solution , where there is less distance for the water to travel meaning lower temps overall.

[Anthony10]

Couldn't the D5 manage since they're only 30 mm thick?

Yea the pump should be fine, I'm just saying for the fact of the blocks, because of my knowledge you want to have no more than 2 components after a radiator before the next one, or else you might get bad temps, but maybe I'm wrong . I actually just made a thread asking about if going from 1 rad to a cpu then gpu would affect temps, but I think what you could do is pump -> rad -> cpu -> gpu -> rad -> gpu -> gpu.

[Enderman]

why not Cpu , gpu + gpu +gpu ? get a h80 for the cpu and a cool custom loop for the gpu's aha , i kid but still i don't exactly know if it could possibly but one thing i do know , the more water being pumped around the larger a single loop is the longer it takes the water to get around, meaning temps will gradually increase over time compared to a double loop solution , where there is less distance for the water to travel meaning lower temps overall.

 

 

Couldn't the D5 manage since they're only 30 mm thick?

 

 

Should be good, might wana do 2 loops at that point, I guess cpu+gpu and gpu+gpu loops?

There is no need for multiple loops. They only clutter up your case and give 0 improvement. The only reason people do dual loops is for aesthetics. A single D5 pump has more than enough power for pumping liquid through 3 entire systems, and still have pressure to spare. One thing that is recommended though is to use 2 D5 pumps in series in case one of them ever fails, there will be a backup keeping the liquid moving preventing damage to components.

[Enderman]

Yea the pump should be fine, I'm just saying for the fact of the blocks, because of my knowledge you want to have no more than 2 components after a radiator before the next one, or else you might get bad temps, but maybe I'm wrong . I actually just made a thread asking about if going from 1 rad to a cpu then gpu would affect temps, but I think what you could do is pump -> rad -> cpu -> gpu -> rad -> gpu -> gpu.

There is about a 0.1*C difference after each component. There is absolutely no advantage of which component or radiator goes first in a loop. the temperatures are cumulative, so the temps will be the same wherever you put the rads or components.

[madman1876]

Yea the pump should be fine, I'm just saying for the fact of the blocks, because of my knowledge you want to have no more than 2 components after a radiator before the next one, or else you might get bad temps, but maybe I'm wrong . I actually just made a thread asking about if going from 1 rad to a cpu then gpu would affect temps, but I think what you could do is pump -> rad -> cpu -> gpu -> rad -> gpu -> gpu.

 

There is about a 0.1*C difference after each component. There is absolutely no advantage of which component or radiator goes first in a loop. the temperatures are cumulative, so the temps will be the same wherever you put the rads or components.

 

why not Cpu , gpu + gpu +gpu ? get a h80 for the cpu and a cool custom loop for the gpu's aha , i kid but still i don't exactly know if it could possibly but one thing i do know , the more water being pumped around the larger a single loop is the longer it takes the water to get around, meaning temps will gradually increase over time compared to a double loop solution , where there is less distance for the water to travel meaning lower temps overall.

 

So would the the combined surface area of the two rads be enough to tame a cpu + the 3 gpu's?

[Enderman]

So would the the combined surface area of the two rads be enough to tame a cpu + the 3 gpu's?

Yes.

[Anthony10]

There is about a 0.1*C difference after each component. There is absolutely no advantage of which component or radiator goes first in a loop. the temperatures are cumulative, so the temps will be the same wherever you put the rads or components.

Ok thanks for the clarification