Weird water/air cooling setup opinions

[ArrayGamer]

I am planning on getting 2 290's and was thinking that between the noise of reference cards (i already have 1) and the fact that after market coolers arn't very good in crossfire/ sli setups, i could get an h220 and water cool the top 290, and get a tri-x for the bottom 290 so that airflow won't be an issue for the top card. Are there any major issues anyone see's with this? I should mention that I do NOT want to buy a full custom loop (that i would need for 2-290s and a cpu). Thanks.

[MattP123]

Why don't you just get two Kraken G10's?

[ForsakenLive]

yeah, you can do this, I don't know how will the H220 will perform with a CPU and a hot GPU at the same time.

Why instead of spending around $250 on this setup, you get a NZXT G10 and a AiO, it'd be roughly $100 and it will solve the heat and noise problem.

[ArrayGamer]

Why don't you just get two Kraken G10's?

 

 

yeah, you can do this, I don't know how will the H220 will perform with a CPU and a hot GPU at the same time.

Why instead of spending around $250 on this setup, you get a NZXT G10 and a AiO, it'd be roughly $100 and it will solve the heat and noise problem.

If you dig into kraken g10's further, you will find that the vrm temps are through the roof (hence why i don't want then for long term use)

[ForsakenLive]

If you dig into kraken g10's further, you will find that the vrm temps are through the roof (hence why i don't want then for long term use)

not that high really, the fan keeps them well enough, and if you are that concerned add a cheap pair of heatsinks and be done. VRM temperatures are normally higher than the GPU, but people complain on forums about them, and this belief that says the G10 and similar solutions are bad become widespread. If you don't believe me, check good reviewers making articles and testings of the G10, no cooling or stability problems.

[fringie]

I'd say wait for the Corsair HG10 to come out soon (I think I don't know the release date).

[airdeano]

I am planning on getting 2 290's and was thinking that between the noise of reference cards (i already have 1) and the fact that after market coolers arn't very good in crossfire/ sli setups, i could get an h220 and water cool the top 290, and get a tri-x for the bottom 290 so that airflow won't be an issue for the top card. Are there any major issues anyone see's with this? I should mention that I do NOT want to buy a full custom loop (that i would need for 2-290s and a cpu). Thanks.

 

liquid cooling one GPU and not the other will deffo make your system swallow

its tongue. as each GPU will output according to temperature and the liquid

cooled one will run a lot cooler and not "throttle" according to preprogrammed

redline as the other might get too warm. really not a good idea.

[MEC-777]

If you dig into kraken g10's further, you will find that the vrm temps are through the roof (hence why i don't want then for long term use)

You can add heatsinks to the VRMs very easily which will help a lot with VRM temps.

 

Just picked up a G10 yesterday for my 7950 and my card happens to already have substantial VRM heatsink setup (back plate plus cooling fins - Gigabyte windforce) so will see how that works out. With the reference cards, there isn't much for VRM cooling after you remove the hairdryer cooler, but like I said, you can get little cooling fin heatsink blocks and stick them on.