Spec me my first (custom) loop

Xionic · 23 Nov 2011 at 23:44

Ive had water cooling setups before, started out on a cheap kit and recently went with the EK LT 240, but im wanting to cool both GPU's too and know my kit is no where near good enough so its time to go custom.

Its in a Obsidian 650D case, dont really have a budget aslong as i get managable temps running my CPU @ 4.6 and GPU's @ 950 (current clock) then as much as i need to spend to get that. the upgrade is more a noise issue than cooling as my GPU's sound like jets.

I5 2500K
ASUS 560ti 1GB DirectCUII TOP x2

Thanks in Advance.

Xionic

jonneymendoza · 24 Nov 2011 at 08:34

EK Supreme HF Easy Mount CPU Waterblock
Laing DDC1+ Ultra Pump 600 L/hr with XSPC V3 Acrylic Top
EK Full Cover Waterblock for NVIDIA GTX560 Graphics Card : FC560 GTX Plexi
EX 360 XSPC Radiator
EX 240 XSPC Radiator
10x compressed fittings
Battery water
XSPC single drive bay reserviour
some white 1/2 ID 3/4 OD tube
5x Gentle typhoons 120mm 180rpm fans

rjk · 24 Nov 2011 at 10:59

check on cooling configurator to see if your cards are compatible with the full cover blocks as most 560s are not reference design.

s7cn · 24 Nov 2011 at 11:32

rjkoneill said:
check on cooling configurator to see if your cards are compatible with the full cover blocks as most 560s are not reference design.

This, and you would require at least a 360 rad for both your GPU's with OC and another 120 or 240 rad if you included your CPU with OC.

Radiator choice depends on what fans you would like to use and objectives. If you are after sheer performance and high rpm fans then I'd recommend the HWLabs GTX line.

If noise is an issue then I would suggest the RX series radiators and 1450rpm gentle typhoons or XPSC Xinruilian's and a fan controller as well

Xionic · 24 Nov 2011 at 16:20

The config site only has 560's listed and not 560ti's but the equivilant designed 560 (DIRECTCUII TOP) isnt compatable with the full cover block so i would assume neither is the TI model.

so money wise im looking at £350 if i reuse my existing 240 rad and fans

s7cn · 24 Nov 2011 at 17:17

You could get a GPU only block, as the VRMS don't run riddiculously hot so that you need active cooling. Some VRM sinks and airflow should do the trick. The added advantage of block only is that you could reuse it for your next card.