Is my current WC setup good enough for a C2quad

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DanNeely

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My current setup is an apogee cpu block, a mcp-350 pump, and a 2x120 rad with yateloon fans. Aside from the fans all the parts are from swiftech. I don't have any other components in my loop, and probably won't be adding any with my upgrade. I've already decided to replace the swiftech bay res becuase of the difficulty in filling full enough to avoid turbulence bubbles, and would like to know if I'm going to need to upgrade any addtional components of my loop.
 
You may need some higher flow fans (Scythe S-Flex, Ultra Kaze, SlipStream or similar) but other than that it should be fine. The Apogee is an aging design with pretty high pressure drop if I remember right, but nothing that pump can't handle in a dedicated loop.

Adding anything else to that loop is pretty much out of the question though.
 
silent-circuit said:
You may need some higher flow fans (Scythe S-Flex, Ultra Kaze, SlipStream or similar) but other than that it should be fine. The Apogee is an aging design with pretty high pressure drop if I remember right, but nothing that pump can't handle in a dedicated loop.
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Would upgrading the waterblock leave me a decent margin with the fans the same? I know it'd be more expensive but one of the reasons I went h2o was to keep my noise levels down while going high performance. Fast and loud fans would undermine that objective entirely.
 
DanNeely said:
Would upgrading the waterblock leave me a decent margin with the fans the same? I know it'd be more expensive but one of the reasons I went h2o was to keep my noise levels down while going high performance. Fast and loud fans would undermine that objective entirely.
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Selling the Apogee and getting a D-Tek Fuzion with the quad nozzle kit would certainly help things, but Scythe S-Flexes and SlipStreams are arguably quieter than the Yates anyway. ;) If you don't have a fan controller already you should certainly consider one -- a Sunbeam Rheobus runs ~$20.
 
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