EK-H30-Supreme HF 240

demonstag · 17 Nov 2011 at 19:59

Hi Guys

I have just purchased the following kit EK-H30-Supreme HF 240 Cu and was told that it would cope with an Intel i7-2700k and ATI HD6950. However I am starting to have doubts as I am reading on the forum that possibly a 360 or 480 would be the better choice. Please could you give me some input as I have not built the kit yet? :confused:

davieg · 17 Nov 2011 at 20:57

Dont take this as gospel as am new to wc too, but isnt a 120 section per piece of equipment being cooled ok (As in it will work, not sure on performance)? But If you had the option the extra radiator area wouldnt harm I suppose and give a bit of head room.

Cleeecooo · 17 Nov 2011 at 21:33

demonstag said:
Hi Guys

I have just purchased the following kit EK-H30-Supreme HF 240 Cu and was told that it would cope with an Intel i7-2700k and ATI HD6950. However I am starting to have doubts as I am reading on the forum that possibly a 360 or 480 would be the better choice. Please could you give me some input as I have not built the kit yet?

A thicker 240mm would be fine for some OCing. But that 240 will be fine if you don't plan to OC any of your kit.

If you are still within the 7 day DSR period, i'd strongly recommend returning it and etting the OcUK V12 kit

demonstag · 17 Nov 2011 at 21:47

No I am outside the DSR period :mad:

What size rad should I add to this? would it be another 240 or replace the 240 with a 360?? :confused:

As You can see in my sig. Overclocked cpu however not oc GPU

axer · 17 Nov 2011 at 21:49

I'm using a 360 with 6x 1450 RPM GT's and have *ok* temps on my 2700 @ 5Ghz with 1.41v (~70degC under Prime95 load).

demonstag · 18 Nov 2011 at 13:15

I would be hoping for lower temps with full watercooling, as I am currently getting the same results (70degC @1.4v @5Ghz) as you with my Corsair H50 single fan!

When setting up the fans on the 240 Rad should they be drawing air into the case(As Corsair System) or expelling air from the case?

ThePengu1n · 18 Nov 2011 at 17:37

Up to you really, personally I would have them as exhaust, makes things a lot easier, just turn the rear fan around so it's an intake

demonstag · 18 Nov 2011 at 18:12

I was always of the opinion top fans should be exhaust due to heat rising. But Corsair manual states the opposite. I think I will go with the exhaust option, cheers

ThePengu1n · 18 Nov 2011 at 20:10

The reason for having them as intakes is that you get cooler air passing through the rad, meaning better heat transfer and lower temps. It will however, dump all that warm air into your case, heating everything else up, which I don't like the sound of. I have a triple rad in the roof, exhausting air out of the case, and a single on the back, bringing cool air in, to be removed via the roof (hope this makes sense, it does to me anyway

) so it doesn't really matter, I suggest you do the same

demonstag · 19 Nov 2011 at 20:43

Thanks for all the advice.

I have just finished building the system and have gone with 240 EK rad in the roof with 2 Yate loon D12SH 120mm fans & 2 x Corsair 200mm fans also in the roof of the case as exhaust. I have 1 X Corsair 200mm intake fan at the front cooling the HDDs and 1 corsair 140mm fan in the rear as intake.
I am waiting for the Nesteq MaxZero 8 Channel Fan and Temperature Controller to arrive as the Lamptron FC5 V2 controller I ordered was out of stock. :mad:

I will be adding 6950 full block and adding a 360 rad to the loop after xmas.

. Thanks for all the advice.

ThePengu1n · 19 Nov 2011 at 21:09

Sounds good, now get some pics up

demonstag · 19 Nov 2011 at 21:14

Will do, once I get it up and running

axer · 19 Nov 2011 at 23:13

Cleeecooo said:
If you are still within the 7 day DSR period, i'd strongly recommend returning it and etting the OcUK V12 kit

Being the owner of the OcUK V12 360 kit, I'd not recommend getting it if you intend to overclock just the CPU, let alone add a GFX card to the mix

Cleeecooo · 19 Nov 2011 at 23:18

axer said:
Being the owner of the OcUK V12 360 kit, I'd not recommend getting it if you intend to overclock just the CPU, let alone add a GFX card to the mix

to be fair, you are raping it with volts

I'll see how a 240mm rad handles 1.4 going through a 2500k

demonstag · 20 Nov 2011 at 02:02

I was asked to post some pics of my first Watercooling attempt, here goes

The pipe from the Res to the Pump has now been shortened.

I will post more picks once I have completed the leak test. Well thats my first attempt, I will be adding in a GPU water block and a 120.3 rad after Xmas. Thanx to Cleeecooo for his idea for mounting the res on the PSU as there was no where else to put it in the HAF X case. Let me know what you think, and if there are any suggestions to improve the install. I have been bitten by the WC bug

rjk · 20 Nov 2011 at 10:40

Maybe add a 120 rad to the back if you intend on doing the gpu as well. For a CPU and gpu loop, a 360 rad is the ideal configuration

koooowweeee · 20 Nov 2011 at 11:07

I've got same case I've got a 360 on top and a 120 on the back. You should be fine with a 240 and 120 I've got two gpu's and temps are good.

demonstag · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:52

Would it be better to have a single 360 rad on top or is it just as effective to just add a 120 on the rear of the case?

ThePengu1n · 20 Nov 2011 at 18:28

Running a single 360 in the roof will be easier than a 240 AND a 120 on the back as the tubing will be far easier to route, however, a 360 in the roof with a 120 on the back will keeps things cooler.

Cleeecooo · 20 Nov 2011 at 18:34

demonstag said:
Would it be better to have a single 360 rad on top or is it just as effective to just add a 120 on the rear of the case?

same surface area for cooling hence no difference

ThePengu1n said:
Running a single 360 in the roof will be easier than a 240 AND a 120 on the back as the tubing will be far easier to route, however, a 360 in the roof with a 120 on the back will keeps things cooler.

Personally, id get a 360 on the top and a 120 at the back. Alternatively, 360 at the top and use your current 240 by having it externally