Watercooling loop question

Depth · 13 Dec 2006 at 01:17

Basically, my friend want's to add a second 8800gtx to his system, and watercool both of the graphics cards. He currently has a radbox with a thermochill 120.3 built in along with dual dcc ultra pumps, and a storm g4 on his cpu.

He wants to know (and I have no idea seeing as I am just getting into WC myself) if he would see a large temp rise in adding the 8800gtx's in sli to the loop, and whether it would be worth adding a second loop with another 120.3 to his radbox. It seems like extreme overkill to me, but he has the money and simply wants to know if there would be a significant difference it temps.

daven1986 · 13 Dec 2006 at 01:26

well it will of course add to the current temp however assuming the fans aren't on minimum speed the 120.3 should be able to cope with it. A second loop may help temps a bit to the cpu, so it would be a good idea if he can pull it off!

Jokester · 13 Dec 2006 at 07:38

I've had 2 8800GTXs. a E6600, and 2 PSUs on a PA120.2 and temps were low, with a 120.3 I wouldn't expect you to have any problems.

Jokester

Depth · 13 Dec 2006 at 16:07

Jokester said:
I've had 2 8800GTXs. a E6600, and 2 PSUs on a PA120.2 and temps were low, with a 120.3 I wouldn't expect you to have any problems.

Jokester

But would the temp be significantly lower for the CPU and graphics card if they both had their own dedicated loop?

Jokester · 13 Dec 2006 at 18:13

Not particularly, maybe a degree or two, not enough to make much of a difference.

Jokester