Help Please! 1 or 2 Loops? CS or not

mast3r · 9 Feb 2007 at 16:46

Help Please! 1 or 2 Loops?

Ok guys (and gals!?!) New case rolled up this morning, Lian-li PC201.
Time for the plans to start... I have a rough idea in my head about it all but tats a problem to, getting things on paper/screen out of my very fragmented head!

My first issue! 1 loop or 2? I have the room for 2... (Shame about the lack of funds right now!)

I have to cool,
QX6700 - Swiffy Storm already on the go
BFG 8800GTX SLI - will be getting a pair of the blocks when they come in (DD ones)
OCZ Flex Ram (1/4 barbs pre installed to the Ram, 2x obv) - will need a reducer of some kind
Maybe the NB and SB of my Striker Ex - Views on this please, advice on blocks for this...?

I have now, the Storm CPU WB - PA120.3 - 6" Thermo T Res - Maze 4 GPU WB (for sale) Swiffy 12 DC pump.

I don’t know if it will be worth having 2 loops but thinking about the heat the cards alone give off!
Maybe...?... CPU - RAM and maybe the Chipset on one and the GFX on another.
If I was going for the 2 loops I would be *hoping* to use a 120.1 or .2 as it will require less mods but I could get a pair of 120.3's in, I don’t think it is going to make much diff having the pair though ??? More cooling area (.3 over the others) = less CFM = less noise = less power = happier me?

OR! one loop - two rads? but then i think i will loose flow as the rads are looking like they have to be in the base.

This is not an urgent need as i need to plan it all then do the mods etc!

mast3r · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:03

i wasnt going to bother with the ram but seeing as the barbs are just sat there looking at me, i may as well make use of them! ??

The Chipset is my worry, i wasnt sure on this. I am on the striker so its Passive, i can always add the supplied fan to it if i get heat problems.

So... the Quad and the Storm = BAHHH!

? any idea how much diff i will see in using the Appoge over it?

mast3r · 9 Feb 2007 at 21:10

anyone else have any veiws on this?

mast3r · 9 Feb 2007 at 23:43

yes ill be OC!
ATM i have the quad at 3.44 temps do not go above 50, but thats on its own on a pa120.3

mast3r · 10 Feb 2007 at 01:23

sweet!
what about the RAM, i am going to put that in the loop! well one of them. I would think it should go on the CPU loop, after the CPU?
Any ideas on which CPU Block then?

mast3r · 10 Feb 2007 at 10:06

3 loops was an option open but i decided against that... i dont want the noise of 3 pumps and all the fans, let alone the tube! LOL.
but.... it does sound kinky!
TBH.. nah, i think i will stick with leaving the chipset alone and more than likely dump the RAM on the backend either loop.

mast3r · 10 Feb 2007 at 21:25

please feel free to reply! LMAO...

mast3r · 11 Feb 2007 at 12:38

well it seems i wont be cooling the ram after all! lol.
Thanks all.
What about the rads - loop then? PA120.3 per loop or .3 for CPU .2 for GFX? HELP.

mast3r · 11 Feb 2007 at 17:43

matt100 said:
I reckon if you went with 2 loops 120.3 for the cpu and 120.2 for the sli I reckon you could easily get away with sticking the nb/sb in with the cpu and the ram in with the sli.

I doubt very much the nb/sb or ram will be that hot anyway so I'd do it just for the bling (and frankly if you don't watercool ram that comes with barbs fitted I will do violence )

LOL! this is exactly what i thought! but i think a lot of baddddd things

hence the post. lol.

I have a PA120.3 sat on the roof of my case. no shroud just single 120 grills. i have 6 panaflow and a single silent egal sat on the under side.

mast3r · 12 Feb 2007 at 11:37

D-Tec even any good?
I am gonna go for the Apogee GT i think, sell ma storm and try it all on 1 PA120.3 loop for now.