New to WC - advice on Rads

0n1ons · 9 Jul 2015 at 11:26

Hi Folks

I'm looking at getting a full custom loop for my CPU and GPUs. Now, my case won't take a 360 rad so would 2 * 240 rads be enough to support that and give me enough headroom for a decent overclock?

So for example if i bought this and added another of the same rad:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-183-XS

Thanks
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Bryan Kortez · 9 Jul 2015 at 11:54

To me, that's a lot of money you're going to be spending to water cool it.

You go easily get away with a single D5 pump, the AX rads are also fairly over priced for what they are. Mainly paying for the design of the removable core etc.

what case you got?

0n1ons · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:00

Thanks Bryan

I've got a Fractal R2 XL. I went with the kit so i didn't miss any parts, do you have any recommendations?

Cheers
O

Bryan Kortez · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:17

Have you already bought the kit?

0n1ons · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:28

I've bought nothing yet, thought I'd better get advice from more experienced people first, just in case i was making a major faux pas.

Deathjester · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:51

Personally (and this is just personally) I'd want a little more radiator space for the kit you're putting into it.

I have 2x 480mm & 1x 240mm for dual titans and a 4930K (+motherboard & RAM but that's mostly ascetics).

Basically you need (You can just get a bridge instead of the HDC connections)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140 (incl. pump) £107.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan X - Nickel £89.99 (£179.98)
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream XE 240 (Double) £61.99 (£123.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO £49.99
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x EK Water Blocks HD Adapter 12/16mm - Nickel £4.99
1 x EK Water Blocks HD Tube 10/12mm 3-Slot (2 pcs) £4.00
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Black Nickel £3.49 (£34.90)
Total : £533.41 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Bryan Kortez · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:53

I have been looking at Alphacool XT45 rads (overclockers don't stock them, in fact they don't seem to be stocking anything I need for my watercooling build so I'm having to buy else where).

The Alphacool XT45 rads aim at slow to medium fan speeds. The usual rule is 1 x 120mm rad space per component in the loop for stock speeds. Your best bet is to google a TDP calculator and work out the thermal wattage of your components with the overclock you are trying to get. I'm not sure how how the 980TI runs.

0n1ons · 9 Jul 2015 at 13:34

Thanks guys, I'll take a look at the suggestions

0n1ons · 9 Jul 2015 at 19:12

Deathjester said:
Personally (and this is just personally) I'd want a little more radiator space for the kit you're putting into it.

I have 2x 480mm & 1x 240mm for dual titans and a 4930K (+motherboard & RAM but that's mostly ascetics).

Basically you need (You can just get a bridge instead of the HDC connections)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140 (incl. pump) £107.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan X - Nickel £89.99 (£179.98)
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream XE 240 (Double) £61.99 (£123.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO £49.99
3 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x EK Water Blocks HD Adapter 12/16mm - Nickel £4.99
1 x EK Water Blocks HD Tube 10/12mm 3-Slot (2 pcs) £4.00
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Black Nickel £3.49 (£34.90)
Total : £533.41 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

This looks pretty decent, I can to 2 * 280 radiators - are there any you could recommend as this would give me a bit more surface area?

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Deathjester · 10 Jul 2015 at 10:31

0n1ons said:
This looks pretty decent, I can to 2 * 280 radiators - are there any you could recommend as this would give me a bit more surface area?

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You could easily switch the ones I listed to the EK-WE rads which are 280mm.

0n1ons · 10 Jul 2015 at 11:28

Thanks again! I've went with similar to what you suggested but just cut down - going to do the CPU for now to keep things less complicated for my inexperience. 1 * 240 for now and I can work out how to get as big a rad as possible when i do the GPUs

Deathjester · 10 Jul 2015 at 13:11

Makes sense.

I hope it all works out for you