looking to add my GPU's to the loop in the near future, not buying right now will have to wait till the start of next month as i've just had to put the Evo in for work, however just trying to clarify the correct setup now so i can plan ahead.
the cards that will be getting cooled are 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III's, i'm aware there are no full cover blocks on the market for these cards however i'm not too fussed about that, pretty sure i have settled on the EK-VGA Supreme HF Bridge Edition - Acetal+EN (Nickel) blocks, now i'll need a bridge for this.
i'm using an Asrock Z68 Extreme 7, i have the cards set up as follows
am i correct in believing i will require EK-FC Bridge DUAL Parallel 3-Slot for this setup with there being 2 standard slots between the cards?
also i prefer the idea of parallel rather than serial.
I seem to remember another thread on WC these cards he kept the stock metal heatsink on to cool the RAM etc, and it was fine, anyone heard any different since then? would like to avoid anything like spotcool or that for asthetics
now considering the extra heat being dumped into the loop by the 2 cards i'm a little concerned the 360mm EX i have in the roof of my 650D will struggle a little, i have been thinking about adding the phobya xtreme 200mm radiator into the loop to keep things nice and cool, fitted to the 200mm fan at the front of the case, has anyone tryed this? any modding required for the fit or is it a simple bolt on?
last thing, its not really that important, however i like the tidy look of those backplate cover things, are there any that will fit these cards or is it the same case as the full cover blocks and they only fit reference PCB's?
*damn knew i forgot something, i have a Laing DDC -1T 12v with an EK DDC X-TOP V2, will this pump be sufficient to provide enough flow?
the cards that will be getting cooled are 2x MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III's, i'm aware there are no full cover blocks on the market for these cards however i'm not too fussed about that, pretty sure i have settled on the EK-VGA Supreme HF Bridge Edition - Acetal+EN (Nickel) blocks, now i'll need a bridge for this.
i'm using an Asrock Z68 Extreme 7, i have the cards set up as follows
am i correct in believing i will require EK-FC Bridge DUAL Parallel 3-Slot for this setup with there being 2 standard slots between the cards?
also i prefer the idea of parallel rather than serial.
I seem to remember another thread on WC these cards he kept the stock metal heatsink on to cool the RAM etc, and it was fine, anyone heard any different since then? would like to avoid anything like spotcool or that for asthetics
now considering the extra heat being dumped into the loop by the 2 cards i'm a little concerned the 360mm EX i have in the roof of my 650D will struggle a little, i have been thinking about adding the phobya xtreme 200mm radiator into the loop to keep things nice and cool, fitted to the 200mm fan at the front of the case, has anyone tryed this? any modding required for the fit or is it a simple bolt on?
last thing, its not really that important, however i like the tidy look of those backplate cover things, are there any that will fit these cards or is it the same case as the full cover blocks and they only fit reference PCB's?
*damn knew i forgot something, i have a Laing DDC -1T 12v with an EK DDC X-TOP V2, will this pump be sufficient to provide enough flow?
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will fire them off an email and see what the score is.