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Legend said:
So if you had the 360 with a CPU and GPU (or two) in the loop, would you never need to drain it? That's a big bonus over a regular loop, and at a significant saving from a company you know are producing quality components. What's the catch, seems like a great product to me?
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I wouldn't use just a 360 for a pair of gpu's and the cpu. I would want at least another 120/140mm rad for that.

Regarding draining it, If you used full cover blocks and changed gpu's then you would need to drain the system but if you kept the same cards with the same blocks or used universal blocks you wouldn't need to drain it unless you had a component failure (I have never had a water cooling component fail). When I first started watercooling I decided to always use universal gpu blocks as they can be used over and over again. This meant that my first loop went through several cpu and gpu upgrades over 2.5-3 years and was never drained once. It was a mix of de-ionised water from Asda and an additive that I can't remember the name of from back then (not water wetter, the other one everybody was using back then). I did a similar period of not draining up to a couple of years ago using de-ionised water from Asda and Primochill Liquid Utopia (no longer available :(). Both of the long periods of not draining had no problems. No loss of performance, no gunk build up and most importantly no leaks. With the right liquid/additive I see no reason why any watercooling loop couldn't run for equally long periods.



Noxia said:
So what would one need to makes this also cool two GPU's? Backing plates for the cards and.... I never got into water cooling. Do the Hydro Copper 780ti/TX allow those QDC things? Doesn't specifically say.
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As I said above, I wouldn't use just a 360 for a pair of gpu's and the cpu. I would want at least another 120/140mm rad for that. QDC's don't connect to blocks/pumps/rads. They connect to other QDC's. For pumps/rads/blocks (including the hydro copper) you need compression fittings or barbs.
 
pastymuncher said:
I wouldn't use just a 360 for a pair of gpu's and the cpu. I would want at least another 120/140mm rad for that.
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Agreed, probably too much for a single 360. I used the old Swiftceh MCR Drive (240mm rad) for an SLI only loop and that worked well. Probably not considered amazing temps for water but it was the only way I could tame my 470's and keep them quiet, :D.

Personally, I'd keep my 240x for the CPU and get the 240 Predator for the GPU loop, keeping them separate, I reckon it'd be able to handle it ok, the evga and inno 3d hybrids are using single 120's and getting good results so hopefully this would be similar temp wise.
 
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I can't believe some people have moaned over the cost of this, here's a little perspective, until now this was the only integrated pump/rad/res combo on the market that didn't use an aluminium radiator:

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It's RRP is £240, and they have been selling.

This EK unit offers basically the same features but better plus three high quality fans, a great CPU block, great tubing, four compression fittings and a QDC set, it's phenomenal value for money.
 
xibinim said:
People say not to use this for a pair of GPUs and a CPU but would the 360 be OK for 2 x 290s and then use a separate AIO for the CPU?
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I would say that's fine. The cpu and a gpu would be fine as well. If you are already adding gpu blocks though it's only a little extra work to add a further 120mm rad so you can do the cpu as well. Add in either of these quality rads and you would be good to go.

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If the 360 *was* used for 2x980Ti's and a CPU for instance then would it be able to handle it? I wouldn't mind air-like temps tbh, it's the overal quietness of the system at load I'd be more interested in (although I've got mine pretty silent on idle at the moment)
 
Back when I started water cooling I had a pair of 7800GT's in SLI along with a overclocked Athlon 64 3700+ (socket 754) on a single 360mm rad and the temps were not that great to be honest. Maybe a bit lower than air temps but to keep the water temp down I had to run the fans flat out which makes it noisy and does away with one of the reasons for watercooling. Another thing to consider is that over a long gaming session the water temp is going to heat up (even more if everything is overclocked) a lot more with just a 360 rad and most tubing is only rated to 60 degrees C (some makes are even lower). That's the sort of temp I would not like to get anywhere near.
 
ubersonic said:
I can't believe some people have moaned over the cost of this, here's a little perspective, until now this was the only integrated pump/rad/res combo on the market that didn't use an aluminium radiator:

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It's RRP is £240, and they have been selling.

This EK unit offers basically the same features but better plus three high quality fans, a great CPU block, great tubing, four compression fittings and a QDC set, it's phenomenal value for money.
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Hard to compare the two. While being ridiculously expensive the build quality of the Aquacomputer stuff is second to none. The Aquacomputer gear especially with the D5 pump would be better suited to someone wishing to add extra blocks or rads to the loop. The modular design leaves a lot of room for flexibility and customisation if you decide to make changes later down the line.

The EK AIO is exactly that. While you could add another radiator, it's not designed with that in mind.
 
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