is a 480 Rad enough for 1080ti sli?

[LordGabeNisBae]

Hello pepes,

 

I have taken apart my custom loop for the yearly maintainance after I saw some discoloration on my tubes and reservoir which I am going to replace. My original setup comprised of an x99 rampage 5 extreme monoblock + GTX 980ti sli being cooled with 2 x EKWB XE480 + 1 x EKWB XE240 radiators. I am upgrading my gpus to 1080ti's and am thinking of seperating the loops to make maintainance more bearable. I was thinking to split the loops with a 480 cooling the monoblock and a secondary loop cooling the GPUs with a 480+240 rad. 

My problem is the following: my case is a corsair 900D which allows for a 480 + 240 rad in the basement with an AX1500i installed. I wanted to know if I should reinstall the 240 for the gpu loop or will a 480 be enough for 1080ti sli and use the extra available space for cable managment and tube routing which was a pain before with the full loop. 

Also, I have a friend who has offered me a 1080ti hybrid in exchange for my both 980ti cards. Those cards were going in my ryzen system so I dunno what to do. How good is the hybrid cooler? and is it as reliable regarding corrosion as a full copper custom loop as I know the asetek cooler is mixed metals... 

cheers,

~GabeN

[Damascus]

1. 480mm is easily enough for any component or even full system.  
2. Hybrid pumps generally fail long before radiators 

[LordGabeNisBae]

47 minutes ago, Damascus said:

1. 480mm is easily enough for any component or even full system.  
2. Hybrid pumps generally fail long before radiators 

will the hybrid pump last at least the life of the card? 3-4 years?

[Damascus]

3 minutes ago, LordGabeNisBae said:

will the hybrid pump last at least the life of the card? 3-4 years?

Yup.  Expect 3-10 years

[LordGabeNisBae]

13 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Yup.  Expect 3-10 years

Thanks for the info

Just on a side note, do you rekon running the Radiators fanless would cause a big temperature difference? I saw a video by Jaztwocents that said he could run his loops fanless for about 10-15 degrees delta up on the fan-active system. But that was with lower powered cards and was a very old video. So a 480 fanless for the CPU and A 480 fanless for the GPUs?

edit: My system is not overclocked, so assume minimal temps

[Mick Naughty]

Still gonna need airflow if some sort unless you mean just for idling, really depends.