HWLabs Black ICE GTX with high rpm GTs

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Idef1x

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A simple question to all you water guys -

Will three 3000 RPM Gentle Typhoons be sufficient to pull air through the HW Labs Black ICE GTX, which I understand is a quite dense radiator?

Sorry if the answer is obvious - I am a total water newb.

EDIT: I am aware, that the fans have a relatively high pressure and cfm - the point is, there will be only three of them pulling, since I don't have room for push/pull.
EDIT2: By looking at Skinneelabs review of the radiator, I figure, that I will be fine with only three fans pulling.
 
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The answer to that question depends on what you want to cool. With a CPU only loop, three 1450 RPM gentle typhoons would suffice. Heck, probably the 1000 rpm models would work as well.

Pull only works. It's just that push/pull works better.

Edit: if you didn't have room for push/pull on a GTX, I would have gone for a GTS radiator in push/pull. The GTS radiators are cheaper, and outperform a pull only GTX radiator when in push/pull. GTS radiators have a higher FPI and are much thinner.
 
more than enough, I have eight medium speed yate loons, and they push alot of air thru the rad.
 
Tsumi said:
The answer to that question depends on what you want to cool.
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As a start I will only have a CPU loop. I have never tried water cooling before, and thought I might give it a go. Not that I am expecting much of it other than the fun.

Later in the process I might be tempted to add my video cards to the loop. But would a 360 GTX/GTS plus perhaps a 120 rad suffice for the rig in my sig? I am also planning to get a fairly decent pump btw.
 
Idef1x said:
As a start I will only have a CPU loop. I have never tried water cooling before, and thought I might give it a go. Not that I am expecting much of it other than the fun.

Later in the process I might be tempted to add my video cards to the loop. But would a 360 GTX/GTS plus perhaps a 120 rad suffice for the rig in my sig? I am also planning to get a fairly decent pump btw.
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Yes, a 360 GTS with 6 1850 RPM Gentle Typhoons is enough for a i7 and two unlocked 6950's.
 
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