New Loop Help

[gavbon]

Hey everyone

i wouldn't say i was a pro WC loop expert, but i have built 2 loops for my last 2 builds, my current case ( NZXT Switch 810 in white ) has a fault, so ive sent it back to the e-tailer for replacement or repair

i currently have

1 x 240mm Ek XT rad
1 x EK HF supreme block
1 x XSPC 5.25 bay res pump combo (750l ph)
4 x fractual design 120mm 1000rpm fans push pull config


what i ideally want to do when i get my case back, is expand my look as im changing the asthetics of the build around.

heres what i looked like before i sent the case back

Now im scrapping the orange, already sold the cables and getting white or black nzxt braided ones



my question to you guys is

i want to add a 360mm rad into the loop, i run an i7 3770k, and i like to overclock, probs 4.8ghz 24/7, my temps border around 70 degrees now @ load with my current setup but i want to drop them slightly for more benchmarking headroom

I might add a gpu loop in at some point in the next 6-12 months but my cards cooling is fine atm and the waterblock needed is custom ordered from america i believe.

heres what im thinking

1 x 240mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTS-Lite 240
1 x 360 Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTS-Lite 360
1 x XSPC Res pump combo ( current one im using )
1 x Bay res somewhere visible, i love the look of them, got a mod planned when my case comes back

would this lower my temps? and i need fans to go with them, probs get more fractual design 1000rpm's for push pull on all the rads as they are pretty quiet


what do you guys think?

 

[andybird123]

ivy bridge CPU's are pretty infamous for high temps - a 240mm rad should have no issues dealing with the heat from a single CPU - you may find that extra rad (particularly an extra 360) is complete overkill for a CPU and that actually your temps don't improve very much

about the only thing you can do to get ivy temps down is to take the heat spreader off and replace the TIM in there with something like liquid pro

sandybridge CPU's (and most other CPUs before them) are soldered on - god only knows why intel took to using cheap TIM on ivy but they are suffering in the OC department because of it

people have seen upwards of 5C drops from replacing with a good TIM and upwards of 10C with liquid pro in there

 

[gavbon]

ivy bridge CPU's are pretty infamous for high temps - a 240mm rad should have no issues dealing with the heat from a single CPU - you may find that extra rad (particularly an extra 360) is complete overkill for a CPU and that actually your temps don't improve very much

about the only thing you can do to get ivy temps down is to take the heat spreader off and replace the TIM in there with something like liquid pro

sandybridge CPU's (and most other CPUs before them) are soldered on - god only knows why intel took to using cheap TIM on ivy but they are suffering in the OC department because of it

people have seen upwards of 5C drops from replacing with a good TIM and upwards of 10C with liquid pro in there

i would have no idea how to do that

probably out of my comfort zone of destroying my i7 also haha