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Hey guys.

So i for some context my lan party pc is a sleeper, its a dell 3100 case with a dell 755 motherboard, q6600, 6gb ddr2 and a gtx 480.

Now ive just finished my 480 loop that consists of an aquagrafx 480 block, no res (i use a T-Line), generic pump and a 120mm radiator. Now i thought that being a generic rad it would be usless but im getting 40c idle and max ive seen is 65c load which i think is quite good. Right now the problem:

The 3100 wasnt designed for watercooling (suprise suprise) and ive got the 120mm rad mounted in the front with the stock 120mm fan behind blowing the warmed air... staight into the 755 cooler and im getting 50c idle and max 70c idle with 2 rear mount 80mm exhausts. I want to watercool the q6600 but ive no room to put another 120mm rad so my idea was to put 2x80mm radiators in the place of the rear mount exhausts (just to clarify the rads will have the 2x80mm fans on them not passive cooling).

 

So after my massive explanation (sorry) do you guys think this would work and also would it be ok to T cpu and rads into the gpu loop or do you think a completley seperate loop. 

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19 hours ago, nootnoot1277 said:

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80mm rads aren't very efficient in terms of cooling performance due to the fan options and the length of the rad being very small but if you have a single 120mm rad currently and add in another dual 80mm it can help a little just note that the fans needed will probably be quite noisy to give decent pressure. 

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