HD7990 & FX watercooling

bullet182 · 7 Apr 2014 at 17:58

I've got a AMD FX 8350 & HD7990, I'm just wondering what i need to watercool these two. ive got a CM storm trooper case, and ive just got myself "XSPC RayStorm 750 EX360 WaterCooling Kit" and "EK Water Blocks EK-FC7990 SE - Acetal" with two fittings.

This wont be enough to cool these both?

Shawy · 7 Apr 2014 at 18:20

You also need fluid. Other than that you're sorted.

Obviously, adding another radiator will help with temps, but unless you're heavily overclocking everything you'll be fine.

bullet182 · 7 Apr 2014 at 18:31

Sweet I got fluid too, you think it'll keep my graphics card from hitting 100°c? And will the radiator fans run quiet? I have corsair fans just in case too

deFiniLoGy · 7 Apr 2014 at 19:06

Ex360 is not a low rpm opted radiator.

And having 360 radiator on 1 CPU + dual ship display card is pretty tight to be honest.

I will go for a higher performance series rad (i.e. XSPC RX series / Hardware labs GTX series) or best increase the rad area to about 120*4 ~120*5

tamzzy · 7 Apr 2014 at 19:26

deFiniLoGy said:
And having 360 radiator on 1 CPU + dual ship display card is pretty tight to be honest.

not quite true, im running a 3770k + 7990 on a xtx 240mm rad and temps are ~50c during normal gaming workloads.
of course i don't think i'd be able to run prime + furmark together (to scared to try lol)

Avenged7Fold · 7 Apr 2014 at 19:41

If you can fit more radiator in, it'd be cheaper or as cheap but with more performance to just get two half decent cheaper rads than a top end radiator. The temp difference between entry level and top level of the same brand of radiators is no where near as much as the difference in price.

What is your case and what is your budget?

Shawy · 7 Apr 2014 at 21:42

bullet182 said:
Sweet I got fluid too, you think it'll keep my graphics card from hitting 100°c? And will the radiator fans run quiet? I have corsair fans just in case too

As long as you have good airflow in your case, you shouldn't see anywhere near 100°C on your GPUs. You might want to look into after market fans if you want to keep things quiet though.

bullet182 · 12 Apr 2014 at 21:17

Ended up buying a 240 rad and my gpu wont hit any higher than 45c thats playing farcry 3 maxed out at 1440p - thanks guys!

andiuk007 · 13 Apr 2014 at 17:00

With a custom loop it's more about how warm the water is getting, make sure you have enough rad space, stick a water temperature sensor in the loop along with a third party controller, something like the aquaero lt 5.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-011-AQ

I have the aquaero lt 5, all my fans are set to minimum, they only ever start to ramp up if my water temps reach 44c.

jimhaumman · 14 Apr 2014 at 23:04

tamzzy said:
not quite true, im running a 3770k + 7990 on a xtx 240mm rad and temps are ~50c during normal gaming workloads.
of course i don't think i'd be able to run prime + furmark together (to scared to try lol)

May I ask what fans do you have and what speed are you run them on?I on 360 rad(3fans sp), i3570k and hd7970 get 54c tops.