What size rads??

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If Im going to go down the dual loop route, what size rads would I need?

Loop one = cpu and mobo chipset, mobo is x79 sabertooth
Loop two = 2 x 470's

Am I better having multiple small rads or one big one on each loop?

Also, when talking about size of rads, there seems to be 2 conventions?

120, 240,360,480

and then

120.2 or 120.3 etc etc

What is the difference?

Thanks in advance
 
120.2 is a 240, 120.3 is a 360, 120.4 would be a 480 it refurs to the number of fans you can fit on one face of the radiator.

however I beleive you can get 140, 280... ones for 140mm fans
 
edgedemon said:
If Im going to go down the dual loop route, what size rads would I need?
you can go single loop TBH

Loop one = cpu and mobo chipset, mobo is x79 sabertooth 240 rad minimum
Loop two = 2 x 470's240 rad minimum, 360 would be nice

Am I better having multiple small rads or one big one on each loop?
doesn't matter. What matters is the total surface area, eg, 360mm

Also, when talking about size of rads, there seems to be 2 conventions?

120, 240,360,480

and then

120.2 or 120.3 etc etc

What is the difference?
no difference, just two different ways of saying them.

Thanks in advance
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Cheers Cleeecooo
If I go single loop, won't the 2 gfx cards be dumping a lot of heat into the system?

edit

I mean that I thought it was best practice when cooling more than 1 gfx card to have a seperate loop - especially considering that the 400 series cards aren't the coolest generation around??

So with one loop colling everything I would probably need to have 2 x 360 rads as minimum?
 
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edgedemon said:
Cheers Cleeecooo
If I go single loop, won't the 2 gfx cards be dumping a lot of heat into the system?

edit

I mean that I thought it was best practice when cooling more than 1 gfx card to have a seperate loop - especially considering that the 400 series cards aren't the coolest generation around??

So with one loop colling everything I would probably need to have 2 x 360 rads as minimum?
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yes. Doesn't matter about them dumping heat into the loop as you'll have plenty of cooling :)
 
When it comes to watercooling, Im an idiot!
I did see lots of recomendations for dual loop set ups if cooling Fermi SLI

Looks like that has forced my hand on which case to buy now as well - TJ07 with 2 x 360 rads, or maybe a 480 and a 360 just for a bit of headroom...
 
still researching...
Saw someone from Germany mention these as being very very good in the watercooled gallery - Phobya Xtreme 400 - it is a double radiator, but unfortuantly the info is all in German.

This lead me to think that maybe I could get two of these into a Cooler Master CM-690 Lite Dominator (top and bottom?) which would do for my single loop?
 
edgedemon said:
still researching...
Saw someone from Germany mention these as being very very good in the watercooled gallery - Phobya Xtreme 400 - it is a double radiator, but unfortuantly the info is all in German.

This lead me to think that maybe I could get two of these into a Cooler Master CM-690 Lite Dominator (top and bottom?) which would do for my single loop?
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so are you plnning on taking the HDD bays out to mount the bottom rad?

TBH, i'd get the EX/PA/SR rads as they are, IMO, the three best on the market. They are also easy to get hold of
 
That is fair enough..

The HDD cage will be coming out as I have 2 x SSD's and a 2TB and that is it..
Still thinking of cpu/chipset/ and 2 x gfx with 2 rads for cooling- one top and one bottom.
Hoping the CM690 will do it as that will save me cash as I have a horrible feeling that my missus hasn't bought me any bits for the new build for xmas

Learning to use sketchup to try and plan what fittings I will need as Im not sure on routes yet so Im trying to sketch it out..
 
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