Anotehr project idea. Enough capacity to cope

enigma27 · 16 Mar 2017 at 16:33

Hi All..

I have a second PC i use for LAN parties and no projects on at the mo so thought would have a go at modding it.

PC is as follows

Corsair air 240
I5 3570K
Gefore 980TI

Was thinking of water cooling this lot but am not sure if due to the size of the case it can handle the capacity.

Was thinking 240mm radiator in either front of top... and running both GPU and CPU in the same loop with a small res/pump combo.

Will the 240 Rad (probably have to be a slim one) handle both CPU and GPU?

enigma27 · 16 Mar 2017 at 16:36

just thinking I maybe able to fit a 240mm and a 120mm rad in this case then loop the 240mm after the GPU and the 120mm after the cpu

enigma27 · 16 Mar 2017 at 19:54

so just stick with one 240?

enigma27 · 17 Mar 2017 at 11:52

Thanks orbit.

https://www.ekwb.com/custom-loop-configurator/shared/oW58cbcdace304e

Looks like it recommends 2 x 240 one on the front and one in the bottom..

enigma27 · 20 Mar 2017 at 19:37

new boy said:
360 minimum IMO, especially as the 980ti is a big die. Going 240 would be a waste of time and money really as your going have have temps and noise comparable to how it was on air.

360 would be too big for this case

enigma27 · 20 Mar 2017 at 23:00

thaks new boy.

so one last question.. how to fit this all in order..

does it really matter with dual rads?

From a practical point of view ideally i would like Pump/res>CPU>GPU>RAD1>RAD2 just so it all connects neatly.

From performance perspective i am thinking pump/res>GPU>Rad1>CPU>RAD2>

or does it make little difference?