GPU cooling kit, what's the difference?

Thanks Robbie, thinking the thinner rad might be better simply due to the case I have (Fractal Define C) and I'm running a Noctua D14. I'll measure up tonight to make sure it will fit. The heat exchanger also deffo isn't 2.4 meters? lol
 
Ordered the cheaper one, but not because I'm a *****, more down to only having 52mm clearance at the top for the rad and fan. I'll make it fit regardless, I have a dremel and I'm not afraid to use it.
 
I'm planning to mount the rad at the top of my Fractal Define C case, I hope the hose length will be long enough, as I couldn't see any mention of this, but assumed it wouldn't be an issue as it's a fairly normal place to have the rad mounted. There's only one fan that comes with this kit though, the other one is in the shroud, which I assume it to cool the GPU ram/VRMs? What have you done regarding the VRM's, I'm again with it being an AOI that I wont need any additional VRM cooling, like heatsinks?

I'll have the fan that comes with it, plus I have a few other case fans spare now, so could stick two on the rad at the top of the case both drawing air out. Would that be the best solution you think? I'm new to this water cooling lark, I only went for this as I like to run my GPU clocked up to whatever I can with stable temps, but this means that the fan needs to be at 100% to keep the card in the low 70's.
 
You got anymore pics of it fully installed from both sides? I'm running the ***** version of the Palit GTX 1070ti, so there's no back plate on it anyway. It will literally just have the new AIO plate on when the kit turns up (which wont be for a couple of weeks, as sadly when I ordered it said it was in stock, but went out of stock just after I ordered :( )
 
How are the fans connected? I'm concerned that I'm already using all the fan connectors on the motherboard and one of those is using a splitter already for my Noctua d14. I'm thinking I'll probably replace one of the fans in the kit with either my fractal or artic fans.
 
Thanks mate, think that's the plan. I have two front case fans at the moment blowing air towards motherboard VRMs and the cpu cooler tower with an exhaust fan behind. VRM chilling on the motherboard isn't an issue though as I'm not using the standard alloy and copper heat pipe setup, I've got solid forged copper enzotech coolers so temps never went above 46 degrees anyway :)
Ideally rad at the top of the case then with the fans above pulling air off it?
 
Thanks for answering all my dumb questions lol.

I think I'll mount the fans vent side at the top with the rad underneath and have one blow air on the side where the pump comes in and the other drawing it off. Should get some additional cooling anyway from the two front fans.
 
Thanks Ross, good to know :)

I've got about 50ish mm of clearance at the top of the case, the rad is 30mm, so hoping with fans it wont cause clearance issues with the Noctua d14 CPU cooler, otherwise I may have to run it with just one fan above the rad drawing air out of the case.
 
Ross, just getting on with this last night and started putting it all together but have a question for you seeing as you've done this already! I noticed on your picture that you have a rad at the front of the case, I cant quite tell from the pictures if this is the GPU or CPU rad, but are the fans pushing air through the rad and out of the case, or are they drawing air off the rad and back into the case? My issue is that I cannot put the rad at the top as it wont fit due to the CPU cooler tower, so where the rad will be mounted at the front was previous where I had fans pulling air into the case creating a direct flow of air toward the CPU tower then venting out the back via the 120mm exhaust fan, all in a perfect straight line. I'm really struggling to get my head around what to do here...

How hot do these rads actually get, if it's tepid at best, then I'll look to mount the fans back where they were at the front of the case and push air through the rad and towards the CPU tower if that makes sense?
 
That's actually not a bad idea, I only have x1 120mm fan at the back and cant fit anymore or anything bigger, but could use that as an intake and have two top fans drawing air out too... would be quite a lot of negative pressure and would mean turning the CPU fan the other direction.
 
That's good to hear! With regards to my noctua d14, if I use the exhaust fan at the back as an intake, wondering what's easier. Turn the whole cpu cooler around or just try and take the fans out in situ and turn them around? Thinking the latter if it's possible otherwise means motherboard out job
 
Yeah I'll give that a go when I get home. Hopefully I'll have enough clearance between the exhaust fan, as I'll have to put one of the noctua fans at the opposite side. I may end up with case and noctua fans practically touching... Plus side it should get some nice cold air!
 
Well I'm slowly getting there, spent last night removing all fans and starting over. Now using the exhaust fan as an intake and directly in front of that is the first of the CPU Noctua fans all blowing air towards the GPU fans, which are set to push air through the rad and out the front. I've got a bottom fan now drawing air in underneath and two fans at the top of the case pulling air out. Next step is GPU disassembly then mount the bracket. I did offer it up to the card and none of the hole patterns match, but then it looks like the whole bracket is just held on with 4 screws from the retaining/mounting brackets... I'll read the instructions tonight and check some install videos out before I decide it might not fit! lol

I was also advised that where I've mounted the rad might need changing, as at the moment the rad is mounted vertically at the front of the case with hoses at the bottom, but was told these should be at the top? Not a big job to change if need be, it's just 8 screws and a case of turning the rad the other way up...
 
I've got a Fractal design define C, which I can only mount the rad at the top or the front as it's 240mm. Sadly the Noctua d14 takes up too much space to mount at the top, so at the moment I've just mounted the rad at the front of the case, with the x2 120mm fans pushing air through the rad and out of the front. I've mounted the rad so the pipes are at the bottom, but work colleague told me these should be at the top??

CPU should be okay I think, as the front of the case cannot be great for getting air in anyway, as it has a dust filter, mesh and a funny intake angle to overcome, so rear exhaust fan is now going to be the intake as I've turned it around. If you look at the link, there's not much in the way of air intakes at the front anyway, just those thin strips down the edge... http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-c
 
So I've now managed to get the kit fitted and installed, however one thing that concerns me is that there are x2 memory chips to the left of the GPU and 3 above it, none of which are in the path of the fan on the Kraken G12, so only 3 of the RAM modules and all of the VRMs are under the fan getting any air... is this something that I should be concerned about, or are these RAM modules okay to run without any heatsinks??
 
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