Spec me a loop please

Malek988

Malek988

Malek988

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Hi guys, bit a work bonus coming in soon, so was going to treat myself to a new monitor, ive decided to go for a water cooling loop as well...
Main reason for the decision is my GFX card, it runs at 90C all the time under load and idles around 40, which to me is a bit high.

I am going to be putting all this into a Fractal Design S case... love my zalman but the fractal looks so much better and the space is pretty awesome to.

No real budget in mind, but as the fractal can utilize 2 big rads i would like to go with 2 if it'll make a good difference

In the loop id like CPU and gfx, ive read motherboard cooling isn't worth the hassle??


thanks
 
For the GPU, what's the V803 number?

Because unless it's the Twin Frozr 4S Gaming 4G Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 (V308-002R) that you have, it appears MSI use larger caps than standard (taller) on their other 4G versions meaning it'll have to be a universal waterblock instead of a full cover one.

*Edit*

unless you''re comfortable editing the waterblock.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...si-r9-290-gaming-4gb-new-pcb-revision.204851/
 
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Either on the box, or on the card itself, the MSI should have came with a sticker stuck to the back of the card.

It's also usually imprinted on the card itself, but you need to remove the cooler.
 
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