Loop check

your case seems to support 2x 240mm rads
also what are you trying to cool? i guess a titanX/980TI but what cpu?
try to make the loop with 2 240mm rads, as there will be quite the heat needed to be dispersed.
I'd take some measurements for the locations you can fit the two rads and see what's the max width you can accommodate. I would also look at the XSPC rads (the EX and RX) and it would be awesome if you could have let's say one EX and one RX.
I'd also take a peak into some other res and pump combo's (maybe a laing pair?)

All in all your loop is "value", but i'm not quite sure is will yield much better result than high end air coolers. And the noise might be the same.
Try to at least see if you can fix 2x240mm better rads
 
I dont think I can fit 2 x 240mm with a Micro-ATX board. If it was a Mini-ITX itd be no problem, but its quite.. Dense in my case.
CPU is a 4690k.



Maybe I should go for a better pump/res combo. I only really selected that one as I believe it would fit in the main compartment of my case, on the 80mm fan area at the back.
Surely 1m tubing would be enough? This case is pretty small. I should do some measuring.
 
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Alright, Ive been looking at other 240 watercooled builds, someone has a 980 Ti and his CPU being cooled by 1x 240mm, his GPU reaches 45 under load.
Im gonna try with just 1x 240mm and see where it gets me, if I need the additional 120mm Ive always got that option.
 
Shwat said:
Alright, Ive been looking at other 240 watercooled builds, someone has a 980 Ti and his CPU being cooled by 1x 240mm, his GPU reaches 45 under load.
Im gonna try with just 1x 240mm and see where it gets me, if I need the additional 120mm Ive always got that option.
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You could get away with a single 240mm aslong as its paired with good fans.Something thicker than the 27mm you have picked out tho tbh,thats extremely thin,not a great choice when your already cutting it close for rad space.

Im assuming the thickness is due to spacing in the case? If the Air 240 is like the 540 you can mount the fans on the outside,between the the removable front panel and the front of the case.Doing this gives you the option of fitting a thicker rad.
 
Yea, I am going to change out the rad for a thicker one. The rad I have there at the moment is 38mm, so I should have space for a slightly thicker one. Possibly 40-45mm if I can find one I like :)

I cant fit a fan between the case and the front panel, only a few mm space in there unfortunately.
 
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get a temperature sensor for water temperature in the loop. they are cheap and useful to analyse loop performance. Delta T will give you a good indication of how well the radiators are performing.
 
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Any particular reason?
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Compression give a more secure fit I've used both compression and barbs if you do go with barbs make sure they're really tight fitting when I was first doing a loop I was advised to get next size up barbs to the tubing I was useing
 
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