Dual 180mm or Triple 180mm? FT02

[n0mahd]

So, I've been saving up little by little to water cool my case. I was wondering if a dual 180mm radiator with Silverstone AP181 was ample to cool a CPU and GPU? I know that the triple 180mm radiator is enough.

 

I've watched TTL's video on "How to water cool a raven or Silverstone FT02" and he stated that a 990X cpu @ 1.4 volts with a motherboard block... After Prime95 after an hour is about 64C. My personal rig would just be a 3770k.. I might not even watercool my GPU. A dual 180mm is equivalent to a 360mm rad. However, I might add a 120mm at the top when I add in the gpu block. Yes, it might restrict flow and not even do anything but whatever. Doing it for the bling factor.

 

If I do the triple 180mm rad. I'll probably just cut the case and keep the dust filters. I know this would be MORE than enough to cool a CPU and even a few GPUs.

 

Honestly, I don't overclock my machine very high. The winter is different because it gets very cold here in Chicago. I'm pretty happy with my machine running with moderate OC except the GPU.

[Whaler_99]

I would think a dual 180mm should be fine for your needs.

[n0mahd]

I'm really leaning towards the dual 180mm because I'll just grab the dremel cut the little bits that I need to. Then drop the radiator in.

 

As opposed to the triple 180mm rad and unscrew the unibody then.. drill out the HDD cage, etc. It'll be a pain in the butt. Then I'll lose my HDD cage unless I chop two of them off. (I use all my HDD cages)