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So been looking at info about Water cooling over the last 2 days and thinking about once i gather more detailed info and such about it, i might go down that route as my room gets kinda hot and we aint even in the summer so thinking about a single loop of 955be and the 5850, this (if possible) would be upgraded in the future should i go with CrossFire 5850 would it be recommended to cool other parts, or would the CPU and GPU be enough? i see people with more then 1 loop that would be run off the same Radiator and everything right? with just the extra tubing and clamps to connect the other components to it - such as having one loop go from :
Rad -> CPU -> Rad
Rad ->GPU1->GPU2 ->Rad
Now other then the extra clamps and tubing what would be needed? such as a specific radiator? i have seem some 5.25inch bay Reservoirs would these be a good option? and with the radiators are there any good options that can be placed within the case (i have Coolermaster Scout) i have been looking at the mod to remove the harddrive bays and would move the drive into 1 of the 5.25inch bays and think i would have enough : DVD, Fan controller, Reservoir, HD and a spare which would most likely go towards a second drive either more space or for a SSD for the OS in the future. that would free some space in the bottom corner of the case, maybe a radiator could go here?
i dont really want to have to have it going out of the case, i have the 120mm fan on the rear could that be replaced with the Radiator? would that be recommended as it does have the 140mm fan at the top or could it be possible to attach it to the side panal fan slots? the panel has space for 2 fans, maybe this might not be the best way to go due to what would happen when i take the panel off, but if i added enough tubbing that could prevent any trouble with that?
i have seen some other blocks, for things such as the RAM, Hard drive maybe a good option but if i dont have the RAM overclocked (yet) not sure if it would be needed, thinking that one for the Hard drive would be a good option for when i am doing a lot of stuff and temps get a bit higher such as modeling, gaming and such and maybe help prevent possible drive failure due to over heating - i have also seen Motherboard ones but my temps on the motherboard barely go past 30c even on load (load = mainly gaming at the moment) so not sure if it would be needed or possible with my Asus/AMD motherboard have seen Intel ones not sure if they would work on my board
Rad -> CPU -> Rad
Rad ->GPU1->GPU2 ->Rad
Now other then the extra clamps and tubing what would be needed? such as a specific radiator? i have seem some 5.25inch bay Reservoirs would these be a good option? and with the radiators are there any good options that can be placed within the case (i have Coolermaster Scout) i have been looking at the mod to remove the harddrive bays and would move the drive into 1 of the 5.25inch bays and think i would have enough : DVD, Fan controller, Reservoir, HD and a spare which would most likely go towards a second drive either more space or for a SSD for the OS in the future. that would free some space in the bottom corner of the case, maybe a radiator could go here?
i dont really want to have to have it going out of the case, i have the 120mm fan on the rear could that be replaced with the Radiator? would that be recommended as it does have the 140mm fan at the top or could it be possible to attach it to the side panal fan slots? the panel has space for 2 fans, maybe this might not be the best way to go due to what would happen when i take the panel off, but if i added enough tubbing that could prevent any trouble with that?
i have seen some other blocks, for things such as the RAM, Hard drive maybe a good option but if i dont have the RAM overclocked (yet) not sure if it would be needed, thinking that one for the Hard drive would be a good option for when i am doing a lot of stuff and temps get a bit higher such as modeling, gaming and such and maybe help prevent possible drive failure due to over heating - i have also seen Motherboard ones but my temps on the motherboard barely go past 30c even on load (load = mainly gaming at the moment) so not sure if it would be needed or possible with my Asus/AMD motherboard have seen Intel ones not sure if they would work on my board