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Is a single 560mm X 44mm radiator with FPI of 18 in push config an efficient cooling solution for 7950X + 4080 and gaming in summer?
I am not certain if the rule of thumb works with modern hardware's power draw. I can't settle on a way of thinking about it:
1. The standard practice seems to be a single 360 radiator alongside a top-end CPU: in recent review of computer cases on Computex by Gamers Nexus majority seem designed for 360 radiators. On GPUs a notable amount of airflow seems to be blocked by the PCB, so the included radiator is probably not utilized to its full potential, furthermore, the scenarios where both the CPU and GPU draw maximum power are rare, bordering on the improbable. So a single 560 radiator should be sufficient for cooling both.
2. Given the same FPI and thickness, a single 280 radiator (which is half a 560) is only ~90% of the surface area of a 360 radiator, 360 radiators are often run in push-pull config, and on GPUs they use 3 fans and chunky radiators on recent Nvidia cards are utilized to their full potential. Hence, a single 560 rad would be running on a borderline or would be insufficient.
Having ruminated on this matter, I confess that I am somewhat in a state of indecision as to which viewpoint holds the most water. I find myself in need of informed counsel, preferably from those with firsthand experience with either a single 560 radiator or a duo of 280 radiators with similar dimensions and FPI.
I'm fully cognisant of the fact that my build would require a PC case of a somewhat unusual size.
Cheerio!
I am not certain if the rule of thumb works with modern hardware's power draw. I can't settle on a way of thinking about it:
1. The standard practice seems to be a single 360 radiator alongside a top-end CPU: in recent review of computer cases on Computex by Gamers Nexus majority seem designed for 360 radiators. On GPUs a notable amount of airflow seems to be blocked by the PCB, so the included radiator is probably not utilized to its full potential, furthermore, the scenarios where both the CPU and GPU draw maximum power are rare, bordering on the improbable. So a single 560 radiator should be sufficient for cooling both.
2. Given the same FPI and thickness, a single 280 radiator (which is half a 560) is only ~90% of the surface area of a 360 radiator, 360 radiators are often run in push-pull config, and on GPUs they use 3 fans and chunky radiators on recent Nvidia cards are utilized to their full potential. Hence, a single 560 rad would be running on a borderline or would be insufficient.
Having ruminated on this matter, I confess that I am somewhat in a state of indecision as to which viewpoint holds the most water. I find myself in need of informed counsel, preferably from those with firsthand experience with either a single 560 radiator or a duo of 280 radiators with similar dimensions and FPI.
I'm fully cognisant of the fact that my build would require a PC case of a somewhat unusual size.
Cheerio!
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