Fully AIO Watercooled

passey89

passey89

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Finally got all my cards , fans & AIO watercoolers on and working

CPU temp approx 65C under load

Top card hits 60C

Bottom card Hits 50C

I7 4790K @ 4.7Ghz
OCUK Sapphire 290X 8GB's Crossfire 1160 / 1500

Still need to get another stick of RAM.

Whats people opinions?

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Seems pretty good for ghetto WC :D

Although,it pains me you have such a highend/powerhungry rig running off such an average PSU,definatly should look into getting something more suitabile in the future IMO.
 
MrMD said:
Seems pretty good for ghetto WC :D

Although,it pains me you have such a highend/powerhungry rig running off such an average PSU,definatly should look into getting something more suitabile in the future IMO.
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Yeh psu and more ram are on the future list.
 
I would have gone custom watercooling over that setup for sure.

And the CX PSU range isn't great as already stated, it maybe 850w but its Corsairs most entry level model.
 
NMBlack said:
It clearly works from the temps you've quoted, but is there a reason why you didn't try a custom loop?
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already had the H100i on the cpu from a few generation ago.

had an old H55 lying around when I had the GTX 980 so just bought the kraken for that was easier than a gpu block & full custom loop then when i swapped to 290x's was easier to just add another kraken & a h55 only cost me 34.99.

With the amount i swap gpu's it would cost me in the long run with multiple gpu blocks i'd end up going through.

Doubt I would even see a gain swapping the AIO's out for a full loop anyway and they cost we be around 300 / 400 for what i'd want.
 
Is it just me or are those temps not brilliant?

I'm on an air cooled rig and I get those temps. 65 under load, what does that mean (Gaming or Stress Test)?

It seems a lot of cost for very little temperature drop.
 
majnu said:
Is it just me or are those temps not brilliant?

I'm on an air cooled rig and I get those temps. 65 under load, what does that mean (Gaming or Stress Test)?

It seems a lot of cost for very little temperature drop.
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both gpu's are reference AMD's the bottom one when on the stock cooler was hitting 95C

95 to 50 is a huge drop to me and the temp in the room is now a lot cooler and quiter.

running 1.3V on the 4790k as well at 4.8Ghz at the mo so on air that would probably hit the thermal limit.

Each GPU cooler only cost 34.99 for H55's & 19.99 for the kraken bracket so not really expensive at all.
 
passey89 said:
both gpu's are reference AMD's the bottom one when on the stock cooler was hitting 95C

95 to 50 is a huge drop to me and the temp in the room is now a lot cooler and quiter.

running 1.3V on the 4790k as well at 4.8Ghz at the mo so on air that would probably hit the thermal limit.

Each GPU cooler only cost 34.99 for H55's & 19.99 for the kraken bracket so not really expensive at all.
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ahh AMD, I missed that bit, that explains everything then :D

Nice temps drops, very impressive.
 
Yeah temps are high compare to custom cooling but fine for AIO loops, i wouldnt chalk it down to AMD reference as i own a few and it was the cooler that had issues, not the card.
 
Relentless81 said:
How come you have mounted the fans on that side of the rad?
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Didn't have any short screws to mount the rad straight to the case. Also there not much difference in temps between push and pull.

I would probs mount the other side if i had some short screws just to make it even quiter ( cant hear much at all as it is anyway)
 
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