Fairly new to the OCuK forums, been a lurker for a while. Bought myself a new sandybridge setup with the intention of watercooling it. Been running it for a week or so on stock cooling to make sure the components are all working. they are, but the gfx card sounds like a hairdryer when gaming.
This will be my second watercooled rig, the first one I did three years ago now and is still in use today. Thats the rig in my sig.
Components to cool - i5 2500K, VTX 6950 on a Gigabyte UD4 z68. Not bothered by board/chipset watercooling this time round. EK dont do a waterblock for my card afaik. May have to use a generic block and make sure I have airflow for the VRMs.
Been doing some measuring up and I reckon that although 2x 140mm fans will fit in the roof, a 280mm rad wont - theres a couple of mm extra on the sides and it will clash with the RAM - so I'm planning a fairly thick 240mm (120.2) up top.
Am considering chopping out the drivebays and putting a 2nd rad in there. So excusing my ghetto paint skills...
Will probably use an SSD stashed somewhere for storage. Also going to braid all the cables - the Antec braiding looks kinda hokey under cameraflash.
Questions -
will two 120.2 radiators cool a 2500K at around 4.5Ghz with a 6950?
Will it be enough to cool a 2nd 6950 if I add one?
Are there any FD Arc Midi's build logs around to look at for ideas?
Cheers.
This will be my second watercooled rig, the first one I did three years ago now and is still in use today. Thats the rig in my sig.
Components to cool - i5 2500K, VTX 6950 on a Gigabyte UD4 z68. Not bothered by board/chipset watercooling this time round. EK dont do a waterblock for my card afaik. May have to use a generic block and make sure I have airflow for the VRMs.
Been doing some measuring up and I reckon that although 2x 140mm fans will fit in the roof, a 280mm rad wont - theres a couple of mm extra on the sides and it will clash with the RAM - so I'm planning a fairly thick 240mm (120.2) up top.
Am considering chopping out the drivebays and putting a 2nd rad in there. So excusing my ghetto paint skills...
Will probably use an SSD stashed somewhere for storage. Also going to braid all the cables - the Antec braiding looks kinda hokey under cameraflash.
Questions -
will two 120.2 radiators cool a 2500K at around 4.5Ghz with a 6950?
Will it be enough to cool a 2nd 6950 if I add one?
Are there any FD Arc Midi's build logs around to look at for ideas?
Cheers.
