240 Rad for CPU/GPU

Rainagul · 12 Jan 2012 at 00:25

Hi,

A quick question for those of you know more then me about the subject of water cooling. In the process of getting my new water cooling under way soon and I'm looking to cool both the CPU and GPU with a 240 rad sandwich fan set up.
I know this set-up will be the "minimum" in order to cool both. However, from you're own knowledge/experiences, how much of a realistic improvement would there be from getting a 360 rad?
In case it helps I will be cooling a 4.8GHz 2600k and a stock EVGA 580.

Cheers

Rainagul · 12 Jan 2012 at 00:34

Well I haven't got a WC set up yet. But at the moment, temperatures look something like this.
CPU (idle) : ~35
CPU (load): ~55-60
GPU (idle): ~45-50
GPU (load): ~70

Rainagul · 12 Jan 2012 at 00:57

Hmm. Well I guess there is no accurate way of estimating what kind of temps I can expect, but would you be confident cooling both with a 240?
I can't imagine that temps would be any worse then what they are right now. Ideally, I don't mind the CPU temp staying at what it is at the moment with the water cooling. I'm mainly trying to get the GPU to drop with the water cooling by about 10 degrees under idle/load compared to what it is now.

Rainagul · 12 Jan 2012 at 17:06

Alright, well decided I will just wait a month or two longer , get some more cash and go for a 360 rad in a new case, instead of doing a halfway job with a 240. Cheers for the tips.