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14x120mm external rad

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Well I want to run completely passive my system and wonder if it can be done with 3 external radiators, is there any problems?

I want to use Quick disconnecst on the 2 tubes going out of case so that I can easily move case without draining system.

Here is what I want to do:

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Here is what I have currently:

 
I think it should be possible to work, the only thing is you will take a long time to reach a high delta, I think realistically you could get away with halving the rad surface area and maybe using a few 200-300rpm fans.

The D5 you are using will make noise, and presumably your hard drives will have a fan cooling them in some way, so silence will not be possible anyway, so you could add some inaudible fans (from seating position) to cut down on rad space/ cost.

Just my 2 cents :)
 
Well it's a SSD, I don't think the case can be comppletely passive as there needs to be some air flow for motherboard and other components?

I decided to go for a 3gpu + cpu watercool, I might go for 1200rpm fans on 240 + 360, and try to make a fan profile so when idle they run at 500rpm.
 
While passive could work...

I would put 500-700 RPM fans on all of them. It's about 5 times more cooling power than just passive, and remains silent.
 
Why not use the bigger version, the phobya supernova 1260 (9x140mm) instead and dump the 360?

It would give you 176400 total area which is slightly more than the 1080+360 (172800mm).
 
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DeathPrincess said:
Why not use the bigger version, the phobya supernova 1260 (9x140mm) instead and dump the 360?

It would give you 176400 total area which is slightly more than the 1080+360 (172800mm).
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This and just run the 1260 (ditch the 240 and 360) with 5 fans in a "X" config at 500rpm range and be silent. Cheapest and most effective for best air and water flow. as it is that huge rad will cut a lot out of your water flow, going in and out of another rad will cut it down that much more... one big is better than multiple small ones ;)
 
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