80mm Radiator

rishy · 31 Oct 2012 at 11:06

As space is tight in my case and dont want to buy another one, i have seen you can get an 80 mm Radiator. Would this radiator be enough to keep a i7 3770k cool.

T345 · 31 Oct 2012 at 11:11

There would be no point. Instead of watercooling consider buying a new case

And selling the old one

rishy · 31 Oct 2012 at 11:16

Could you mount a radiator outside the case, would this cause any problems ?

ubersonic · 31 Oct 2012 at 11:22

Assuming your not planning to OC then yes, but like others have said im sure the are better options.

rishy · 31 Oct 2012 at 12:23

sorry newbie, why not overclock if the radiator is outside the case

ubersonic · 31 Oct 2012 at 13:36

rishy said:
sorry newbie, why not overclock if the radiator is outside the case

Oh that wouldn't affect overclocking, my comment was in response to the original post asking if that rad would do for a 3770K not the last post about outside (and was based on the rad being smallish and therefore probably not best suited to overclocking on that CPU).

Monkeyspaz5000 · 31 Oct 2012 at 13:36

It would "do" should also be able to handle an overclock - but not ideal.

rishy · 31 Oct 2012 at 13:53

So bigger radiator outside case could do overclocking

T345 · 31 Oct 2012 at 20:22

Instead of watercooling get a better case !!!

Monkeyspaz5000 · 31 Oct 2012 at 22:49

rishy said:
So bigger radiator outside case could do overclocking

That's basically how it works.

The larger the radiator the better the cooling.

eddyr · 31 Oct 2012 at 23:00

rishy said:
So bigger radiator outside case could do overclocking

What case do you have? If you can take a pic of the internals and post it up for us.

rishy · 2 Nov 2012 at 09:21

Its a lian li pc65

eddyr · 2 Nov 2012 at 11:09

As said 80mm not worth it. You want at least a 240 rad, so a bit of a modding job. If you havent got the tools already better to buy a new case in my opinion. It's the litte not immediate things you dont spec/plan for that inevitably bring the cost of w/c up past the basic setup costs, worth keeping that in mind.

If you do go for it, i'd suggest something like the swiftech Drive pump-waterblock to save space. Good performer too. I use the Apogee XT of which the APogee Drive's base plate is based on.
http://www.swiftech.com/ApogeeDrive2.aspx

First thought on seeing the case is stick a 240 on the bottom and attach legs to give clearance for outflow. It looks like it would be cramped. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?259438-Operation-Silent-Storm

OptimaLnrg · 2 Nov 2012 at 23:21

80mm rad will not perform well for a 3770k at all imo. And you'll need a noisy fan.

It may be water but you still have a tiny rad to disperse that heat to the atmosphere..

Stock operation.. maybe, but there's no point watercooling to run at stock.

ubersonic · 2 Nov 2012 at 23:58

eddyr said:
As said 80mm not worth it. You want at least a 240 rad, so a bit of a modding job.

Lets not get carried away here, yes the 80mm rad only has a 80mm by 80mm filtration area however its a 3D object and is thicker than the average rad, judging form the stock image it appears to be the Hardware Labds GTX M80 which is 54mm thick, that's twice as thick as the Corsair H60 or the Antec Kuhler 620 and I doubt anybody would claim they are incapable of cooling a 3770K.

Fan noise would be the only restraining factor, how much can the OP take.

IMO I would personally be looking to mod the roof to take a 240mm rad as that would be reusable in a new case and on new builds, however the people saying that the 80mm rad wouldn't be up to the task are over exaggerating.

eddyr · 3 Nov 2012 at 11:23

Not incapable but definitely not worth it. Your spending at least £100 (optimistic cost even on decent budget parts imo) for something that's noisier or as noisy and is going to be outdone by an air cooler at half (or less) of the price.