Adding a 4870 to my water loop.

[murky44]

I got a dual rad in my loop, and my Q9550 at 4.0GHz (1.35V), stays at around 30C, sometimes going under 30C. My question is, would adding a 4870 to the loop add too much heat for the dual rad? Thanks.

 

[King Icewind]

30C as in load or idle?

It would work. If you had a triple rad that would be better

 

[murky44]

Sorry, I meant 30C idle. When i put it under load at this time of year with the colder room temps, the CPU temps are reported as being in the low 60s, which doesn't seem right to me considering that the air coming my rad fans are blowing isn't anywhere near warm and if anything, pretty cool.
I have been told though that the 4870 does create quite a bit of heat, and it's never a good idea to put cpu and gpu in the same loop.

 

[silent-circuit]

You don't have enough radiator there for a quad and a GPU. Either add a second rad (another 2x120 at least) or build a second loop.