Will this loop work?

shonik09 · 15 Jul 2016 at 18:29

So currently my loop is as follows:

1080 EK full waterblock (1080 FE)
Asus x99 monoblock (i7 6850k + Asus X99 Deluxe II)
EK 360 CE rad
EK D5 140 Revo PWM pump/res

My questions are:

1) Will I need an additional radiator to adequately cool when overclocking both the GPU and CPU relatively hard?
2) Will the single EK D5 Revo PWM pump be enough for this loop, even if I included an additional 240 rad and another GPU?

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

shonik09 · 15 Jul 2016 at 23:21

Right OK, yeah so the rad I have is 60mm thick, and I have 6 fans for a push/pull config, so by the sounds of it I should be good

Guessing even if I have 2 x GPUs and CPU overclocked, the single 360 x 60 rad should still be enough with a push/pull config?

Another quick question - how do you guys measure the temp of your loop to be sure it isn't oversaturated heat-wise?

shonik09 · 16 Jul 2016 at 13:59

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but where on the motherboard would you connect the sensor?

shonik09 · 18 Jul 2016 at 16:04

But will a single D5 cope with 2x360s? Tbh I don't think they will fit in my case anyway as I have an evolv atx. I think the most I can do is a single 360 and a single 240...

shonik09 · 18 Jul 2016 at 18:12

Awesome, glad to hear the D5 pump was such a good choice

I think I will get another 240 rad. One thing I'm not sure of at the moment is which fan speed would be optimal. I initially bought 3000rpm vardars, but am finding them to be a little loud... Does anyone have any recommendations for fans that are powerful enough to support heavy overclocking for a build like this?

Thanks for all of the input guys!

shonik09 · 18 Jul 2016 at 19:12

Ah wow. Yeah I actually do have a couple of fan controllers, one of which is PWM along with all sockets on my board, so I have a pretty good system for fan control. My pump is actually PWM, but great to hear I will not need to worry at all about it pushing the loop. I'll take a look at some other fans, as yeah the 3000's are defo loud...

shonik09 · 19 Jul 2016 at 14:04

Haha yeah will do. Do you guys have recommendations for good fan speeds to keep an OC'd loop cool with 2xGPUs and a CPU (basically the loop I've been describing)? Was thinking either 1450 or 1850... Guessing any higher would be overkill? Thing is I have the EK 360 XE rad, which is 60mm thick, so I think I'll need some relatively good fans to cool it properly. I also wasn't planning at the moment to add a rad, so it'd be that single 360 for 2 GPUs and a CPU...