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I am planning on doing something pretty crazy and i was wondering how effective a dual 80mm radiator and a 120mm radiator would be at cooling a 960 and a Pentium G3258? If it is possible i would also want to upgrade to an i5. Any thoughts? 

 

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It's all about sound tolerance, surface area and temperature difference. Since you already crossed out surface area you'll have to sacrifice one or both of the others to get proper cooling. Intel CPUs and GPUs have a pretty high tolerance for operating temperature at around 75-80°C. However, the integrity of the water cooling system will suffer if you allow the water to raise that far. I don't let my loop get over 55-60°C, but at that point you'll have a temperature delta of 30-35°C which will make your radiators very effective. Combine that with some mid-high rpm fans, and you're good to go. 

 

Cooling performance-wise your 2x80 has a 2D-surface area just below a 120mm-rad, and with a thicker 80-rad it'll be about the same as a single 240mm.

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dual 80mm?

???

what kind of case are you using?

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I am planning on doing something pretty crazy and i was wondering how effective a dual 80mm radiator and a 120mm radiator would be at cooling a 960 and a Pentium G3258? If it is possible i would also want to upgrade to an i5. Any thoughts? 

 

It sounds crazy. Please tell us more about it. 

 

It's all about sound tolerance, surface area and temperature difference. Since you already crossed out surface area you'll have to sacrifice one or both of the others to get proper cooling. Intel CPUs and GPUs have a pretty high tolerance for operating temperature at around 75-80°C. However, the integrity of the water cooling system will suffer if you allow the water to raise that far. I don't let my loop get over 55-60°C, but at that point you'll have a temperature delta of 30-35°C which will make your radiators very effective. Combine that with some mid-high rpm fans, and you're good to go. 

 

Cooling performance-wise your 2x80 has a 2D-surface area just below a 120mm-rad, and with a thicker 80-rad it'll be about the same as a single 240mm.

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Thanks for all the replies guys!

 

Since you want more information i am planning on putting a full loop into a Cooler Master Elite 110 ( and modding the case substantially)

 

It's an awesome case. I'm using one myself for my Avoton-NAS. :)

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Cooling: D5 + X-RES 140CSQ, Supreme HF Cu, EK-FC7970/7990, 10xSP120 QE, RX240 + RX360

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