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Split/Individual loops or BIP3?

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Limp Gawd
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I currently have 1 loop that consists of:

Laing DDC/MCP350 with Plexi-top modded pump
BIP2 rad
Apogee GT CPU block
Maze4 GPU block
BI GT 120 rad
1x5.25 bay plexi res

In this order: pump-->BIP2-->CPU-->BI GT-->GPU-->res-->pump

I've been noticing that after I play Hellgate:London for a couple of hours I'm starting to see some strange rendering problems. Not artifacts per say, just parts of the visual field go missing depending on the angle of view. When I check the temp of the output air coming out of the BIP2, it's fairly warm. (Much warmer than environmental)

I recently picked up 1 of those huge BB RocketFish (aka re-badged Lian-Li) tower case. Moving everything over will give me a chance to make some changes to my current loop.

I'm debating on what would be best:

1. Split it into 2 indiviual loops. I'll pick up 1 of those smaller DDC Mag drive pumps, and run the GPU, and BI GT 120 rad in it's own loop.
2. Drop the BIP2, and BI GT in favor of a BIP3 using the Laing pump.
3. Drop the Laing pump, and pick up something with a little more "umph", like say a MCP655.
4. Or a variant of #2 using a MCP655.

Thoughts?

I'm trying to go the least expensive route. Obviously, I can recoup some of the expenditure by selling any unused parts.

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It doesn't matter how warm the air is coming out of your radiator... Unless you tell us the actual GPU/CPU temps as reported by windows, we can't really help you ;).

I think I would try to get at least 4x 120mm radiator spots for your loop, so, either picking up another BIP240, and using it with your current 240... Or picking up a 360, and keeping your current 120 (or 240!)

Keep it all in the same loop though. No need to split loops.
 
Run NTune and see what the temperature of your GPU core is and run Coretemp to see how well your CPUs are running.

One thing with non-full cover blocks is that you HAVE to cool the ram. I don't care what anyone else here says, if you don't cool these properly you WILL have problems. And small copper heatsinks won't suffice by themselves, you gotta run an active cooling solution. I run a slot cooler over the 8800GTS to keep air moving through the ramsinks of the memory. It doesn't have to be a lot, but just enough to keep the airflow going.
 
Yeah, I guess some temp information would be useful, eh? :rolleyes:

After playing for about 2 hrs, Coretemp settled down to 46-48 on core's 1 and 3, and 38-40 on 2 and 4. I didn't run RivaTuner or anything to watch the GPU's temp. I'll do that tonight, and post back with the results.

I'd rather go the 2x240, as I'm not sure if the MCP350 can handle a 360 & 240 with the other stuff in the loop. I originally had just the 240, but added the 120 when I picked up my 8800GT. I don't have a flow meter in place, but could see the flow rate into my res drop by quite a bit after adding the 120.

The RAM cooling may also be part, (or all), of the root cause. I don't have my case side panel on, and no active fan moving air in the general area. When I move everything over to the the Rocketfish case, it has a dedicated side venting GPU/card fan.
 
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