worth changing to dual loop?

vectisitch

vectisitch

vectisitch

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i have my 2600k running at 4.9ghz although the volts are set to 1.47(don't mind this) watercooled and in the same loop i have 2 sli gtx470's.i have a 360 rad and a 240 rad in the loop run by a ddc 18w pump.now i have a spare ddc pump and wondered would i get better temps if i ran my cpu on it's own loop and set up another one for the 470's?any ideas,suggestions???

oh also,i'm running deionised water at the mo with silver kill coil.but after reading about the EK nickel problem i am changing to Thermochill EC6

my specs at the mo: 360 rad/240rad/ek multi option res/ddc 18w pump/2 ek full nickel 470 blocks/ek supreme hf full nickel cpu block
 
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i'm getting temps of highest 74 on 100% load.was wondering if the 2 470's were bumping it up too much.would really like the cpu cooler than that as the volts are high
 
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forgot to mention also the 470's are'nt overclocked yet.i want to clock them,theres no point in having all this gear and not clocking up.so that will add heat
 
got the plate that shipped in the block.both rads are thick one is a 240 EK XT can't remember the 360 one.i've recently reseated the block as i changed to ic diamond24 tim.i have 2 scythe kaze 1900 fans on the 240 and 3 F12 Arctic fans on the 360 on a fan controller.running the fans slow or max speed makes no difference really.as i said i thought running the cpu on it's own loop with the 240 rad would make it cooler???

i do have a Black Ice GT Stealth 240 rad if that would be better than the EK XT-

-flow path is res/pump,gpu's,360 rad,cpu,240 rad,back to pump
 
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yes,but then i'm sucking a load of dust into the fins???
i have ordered another ddc-xres 140 to set up dual loops.it's worth a try i think.would the 240 rad be enough for the 2 gtx470's? and the 360 on the cpu?

and what about my fans? are they ok or would others be better?recommendations?
 
i've decided to seperate the gpu's from the cpu and do dual loop with the 360 rad on the gpu's and the 240 rad on the cpu.now,i think i'll do push/pull on the 240 rad.the 360 is in the top of my hafx and the 240 is in the front,what direction would you say to put the fans,sucking in,or blowing out??much difference?
 
bugger,i've ordered another res now.would adding another rad in the single loop help?i have a spare black ice stealth 240,what difference could i expect if i added push/pull instead of just push
 
thanks for all the comments guys,but as i've already ordered another res,i think i'll try dual loop.at least i can monitor the temp of the cpu and gpu's seperately.might put the 360 on the cpu and put the 2 240's on the gpu's
 
right.i've finished building the dual loops.i decided to use the 360 rad on the gpu's with a ddc 18w pump.i overclocked both gtx470's to 800/1600/1800 with volts at 1087.benched with heaven and got temps of 51/49,so happy with that.however my 2600k is overclocked to 4.7 with vcore of 1.47.i setup the cpu loop with another ddc 18w pump and used another 360 rad(xspc rs360). i thought a 360 would be more than enough to cope with the cpu on it's own but i'm getting temps up to 81 now in prime95????? whats that all about??
 
1.ambient is about 23c
2.i have 3 Alpenfohn 120 wingboost fans on the rs360
3.i know the vcore is high but hey ho.lol
4.the 360 in the roof is pushing out the top,the 360 in the front is pushing out the front
5.even so,a 360 on the cpu alone would surely be overkill????
 
with the same vcore on a single loop with 360 and 240 rads i was getting around max of 74c. i have now changed back to single loop but with 2 360 rads and i'm still getting 81c.wtf.the only thing i changed now is a bigger second rad and using thermochill ec6 instead of deionised water
 
i changed from deionised to ec6 because i have all nickel and i was worried about the corrosion thing going on about EK blocks.i thought it did'nt matter about the air in the case as it should be cool any way not having air cooled.as i said,the setup is now exactly the same as before,with all fans going in the same direction as before.the only difference is the fact i know have 2 360's instead of a 360 and 240.so you would have thought i would get a few degrees off from before???.and i'm using ice diamond24 which should be as good as mx-4
 
i read a lot about watercooling before i set my loop up in the first place.it seemed to me that pulling in air or pushing it out was'nt as important with wc as it is in air cooling.thats why i set it to push air out the case.i also don't want to keep clogging the rads up with dust.i don't want to lower the vcore as it's the lowest it will go at 4.7 and i bought sandybridge to clock right up,otherwise i might as well of stayed with my i7-930.i can't afford to keep buying chips to get a good clocker so i'm stuck with it.however,the issue here is,why was i getting highs of @74c with a 360 and 240, and now getting highs of @81 with 2 360's with the same settings as before????
 
my pc is my hobby.i'm a tinkerer by nature so i love stripping it out and rebuilding.i do it all the time,drives the missus crazy.high noise is not a problem,anything that drowns out the kids is a plus for me.i've tried dual and single loop.i've ordered 3 [FONT=&quot]SANYO DENKI 120mm x 38mm fans which i'll put on 1 360 rad and i'm going to add 1 240 rad on the outside of the case
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