Case for watercooling big enough for 2 3x rads

avatar12m

avatar12m

avatar12m

Associate
Joined
2 Aug 2006
Posts
950
Location
Elloughton, UK
anyone recommend a case that will allow fitting internally 2 triple rads , to support i5 and a 480 gtx's mines getting to 68 oc under load on a single loop, or suggest and minor improvements ?

i5 oc to 3.4 but i guess the temp will be the highest of the 2 components

liang dcc pump triple rad fans on medium setting

my coolermaster cosmos cannot fit 2 triple rads in.
 
what makes up your current loop? you shouldn't be getting temps like that under water with a mild clock like that, have you checked everythings seated properly?
 
yep everthings fine inside

i have a triple rad to the 480 gtx > cpu > pump and res / to rad 3 x 120mm fans on medium setting pulling in air through the case

i thought splitting the loop into 2 would help or a 2nd triple rad ( but will not fit )
 
i had a i7 clocked to 4ghz and a gtx480 clocked to 920 core

i7 was that 50 load and gtx 480 42 load with slow yateloons

something not right there mate

i would get a d5 pump first before spending all that money on a new case or rad. or can you not fit a 120 rad in there that will drop temps a good bit
 
D5 wont make any difference, DDC 18W pushes more water.

OP specify, what exactly are the components in your loop?

And most importanly whats the ambient temps outside the case?
 
2x360 won't both fit inside an 800D without *extensive* modding and/or a short power supply. For example if you have a Corsair HX1000 you would have to cut the case and have part of the power supply hanging out the back, or completely lose the hdd mounting bays in order to relocate the psu, like someone on here did, but like I say, it required allot of gutting.
 
Biffa said:
D5 wont make any difference, DDC 18W pushes more water.

OP specify, what exactly are the components in your loop?

And most importanly whats the ambient temps outside the case?
Click to expand...

you sure about that?

has more pressure does not pump more water. mcp355 are good for restrictive loops. that loop is not
 
adding more radiators does not mean temps plummet.....
a quad will surfice, id be more concerned with your fan placement, pump etc...before deciding 120.6 is the way to go (which its not)
 
koooowweeee said:
you sure about that?

has more pressure does not pump more water. mcp355 are good for restrictive loops. that loop is not
Click to expand...

Chances are he has a fairly restrictive full-cover block on his 480 and an injection style CPU block, that will be plenty restrictive enough for a DDC 18W with an after market top to outstrip a D5 by quite a way.

The only time I can see a loop being non-restrictive enough for the D5 to pump more water than a DDC with a top is if you had some weird radiator only loop.
 
ok exact setup is;

1x xspc triple rad
1x swiftech mcp350
1x xspc tank/top
12mm hose
1x ek 480gtx waterblock
1x ek lt supreme cpu clock
3x zalman 120mm fans on 7.5v ( have tried on full speed only drops temp by 1-2oc but allot noisier )

triple rad fitted into top of a cosmos with the 3 fans pulling the cold air in, 1 front and 1 rear fan pulling in front exhausting to rear.

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv359/avatar12m/DSCF0358.jpg

i've used non restrictive straight barbs ( no angled pieces )

ambient room was 20-26oc, temp monitor maxed at 67 last night.

so splitting the loop into 2 seperate units would not improve it much ?
spending £90 on a pump would lewer the temps by how much ?

cannot understand how someones getting 45oc under load with same setup but more power hungry cpu, i even under volted the cpu a bit but stays in the mid 60's max.
 
Last edited:
witch rad is it the rs360 or rx360 ive got a rx360 the thicker one. the d5 are around 55quid and will pump more water through. my set up goes res/pump/rad/cpu/gpu/res fans same way as yours. maybe your volts are to high on your cpu.

and i have yateloon fans instead of what you have dont no how good yours are
 
Quick question, the MCP350 is the 10W version I think, which may have an effect, The MCP350 is 10W and has a black impeller, the MCP355 is 18W with an dark orange impeller

I've never run a 10W version, only the 18W versions so will check on its performance with a res top like you have.

If its the 18W version then I'd say nothing wrong with your pump. Don't bother changing it at this stage. Good test of pumps here

I'd look at getting different fans, Zalmans aren't renowned for being good radiator fans, they don't produce great static pressure from what I know of them.

Kooowweee's fans (Yate Loons) are good basic well priced radiator fans, but you can get better but more expensive fans such as Akasa Apache's or Scythe Gentle Typhoons.

The other option if you have space is to put three extra fans on the other side of the radiator to give you a push/pull configuration. That can increase the cooling capacity of your current system by 15-20%

26°C is high for ambient temps, not overly so but still it all adds up.

Couple more questions, they all help to diagnose, otherwise its easy to say "get xxx part" without knowing the full story.

67° Are those idle temp or under load?

If under load, doing what?

Is that temperature the cpu temp or the gpu temp?

What are you using to measure temps for the cpu and gpu?

One last thing, it looks like you are using maybe Feser blue fluid? How long has it been in the loop? You might have a lot of gunk build up in the cpu block causing flow issues with your loop. Can you easily see your liquid flowing in your loop? I had Feser green break down on me in my CPU block and it virtually brought the flow in my loop to a standstill. :eek:
 
Last edited:
Try pushing your air out instead of pulling in from the outside. I know it sounds contrary to logic but that set up works better for me.

I have a similar set up to you but with higher clocks and my temps never get anywhere near yours.
 
Something is deffinately up here you should be getting much better temps than you are with that setup. We need to know if the rad is the rs or rx once that's clarified should hopefully narrow the problem down.
 
the rad is the actually the ek one EK CoolStream Radiator XT 360 (120.3) , also i just realised summat, flow wise the hot water of the gtx 480 ( 73oc under furmark extreme for 1hr ) is being pumped onto the cpu then to the rad, so if i swap the hoses round it should help a bit, so what temps roughly should i expect with a 22oc ambient room / cpu @3.5hz ish under max load with the gpu under max load ?

also getting the better rad and prob replacing the 3 fans would drop it by how much ?

thanks for help btw everyone
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom