Proper setup for a Node 804

[DSteiny18]

So as the title implies I have a Fractal Node 804 case. i'm wanting to run a single custom water loop to cool my i5-4590 and my two 970 strix's in sli. The node has room for up to 120mm x 60mm x 178mm in both the front panels and up to 140mm x 130mm x 325mm for both of the top panels. the way I have it set up now I was thinking of using a 280 rad in the top panel where the PSU goes and a 240 rad in the front where the mobo is. I wanted both to be in the PSU side of the case but im seriously doubtful I can fit both rads WITH fans on in the back and then add the reservoir and pump etc. So my questions would be:

 

1. is a single 240 rad and a single 280 rad enough to cool all of my components?

2. I attached Fractal's chart of the locations of water cooling rads. is there such a rad and fan setup that is under 60mm and only 178mm tall? i'm having issues finding it.

 

i also attached a pic of my mostly current build for reference.

[Samsterstorm]

So as the title implies I have a Fractal Node 804 case. i'm wanting to run a single custom water loop to cool my i5-4590 and my two 970 strix's in sli. The node has room for up to 120mm x 60mm x 178mm in both the front panels and up to 140mm x 130mm x 325mm for both of the top panels. the way I have it set up now I was thinking of using a 280 rad in the top panel where the PSU goes and a 240 rad in the front where the mobo is. I wanted both to be in the PSU side of the case but im seriously doubtful I can fit both rads WITH fans on in the back and then add the reservoir and pump etc. So my questions would be:

 

1. is a single 240 rad and a single 280 rad enough to cool all of my components?

2. I attached Fractal's chart of the locations of water cooling rads. is there such a rad and fan setup that is under 60mm and only 178mm tall? i'm having issues finding it.

 

i also attached a pic of my mostly current build for reference.

 

I can answer '1.'

 

That should be enough but temps wont be that great, maybe 240mm for CP and 280mm for GPU, my only concern would be the GPU's in this case

[DSteiny18]

I can answer '1.'

 

That should be enough but temps wont be that great, maybe 240mm for CP and 280mm for GPU, my only concern would be the GPU's in this case

Darn, maybe if I find a rad that fits in that front panel in the PSU section I'll be better off with having a total of 3 rads. i feel like ill need a pretty beefy pump to go through all this stuff

[Samsterstorm]

Darn, maybe if I find a rad that fits in that front panel in the PSU section I'll be better off with having a total of 3 rads. i feel like ill need a pretty beefy pump to go through all this stuff

Run dual pumps if u can!!! Yes have all three in just a single loop and you should be ok, other wise I would go external rad setup

[DSteiny18]

Run dual pumps if u can!!! Yes have all three in just a single loop and you should be ok, other wise I would go external rad setup

this is my first time water cooling anything.... its getting pretty big pretty quick D:

[SonoDanshi]

i feel like ill need a pretty beefy pump to go through all this stuff

Honestly, the pumps these days are pretty strong. I have a D5 PWM from EK and with a CPU, dual 980 Tis and 2 radiators the flow rate is still pretty incredible (admittedly this is all from eyeballing the speed the fluid moves at when I added more drops of dye to the loop).

 

And just as an FYI my 2 GPUs idle at 30c (+6c over ambient) and max out at 48c with the 2 280mm radiators. My CPU is actually a pile of crap that idles at 37c and maxes out at 71c (3770k @4.3GHz and hits 90c if I push it to 4.4GHz on stock voltage  )