• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Swiftech H2O-120 Compact Inquiry

P

P4rD0nM3

[H]ard|Gawd
Joined
Jun 5, 2007
Messages
1,544
I'm looking to buy this water-cooling system for one of my computers.

AMD 64X2 4200+
Biostar TF560 A+
640MB 8800 GTS

I might OC it to 2.5GHz. I was wondering if it would still be ok if I wanted to cool the video card with it too.

Swiftech H2O 120 Compact
Swiftech MCW60 VGA Water Block
 
You wont be able to use the Compact to cool your graphics card as well as its designed to only cool the CPU.

If you want to go for cooling the graphics card as well then you will need to go for either a more indepth kit or a custom setup (which is just as easy to build as the indepth kits).

You will be looking at the minimum of a dual 120mm radiator for CPU & GPU cooling.

My setup uses a Swiftech H2O Ultra kit and I will be using an extra 120mm single radiator and a full face 8800GTS 512 water block when I can actually get the bits I need together (currently awaiting an email on availability of adaptors and valves)
 
you could buy the 220 compact kit which is the same one ur talking about except it comes with a double 120mm rad.
 
Like if you take a look at this picture from Swiftech, it's cooling a GPU too.

h20120c3ba5.gif


And my case is a Lian Li PC P60 if that helps.
 
That's just an example. Doesn't mean it's a good idea. If you're going cpu+gpu, bump it up to a compact 220. The double rad makes a big difference.
 
nsx241 said:
That's just an example. Doesn't mean it's a good idea. If you're going cpu+gpu, bump it up to a compact 220. The double rad makes a big difference.
Click to expand...

qft. 1x120 rads just aren't worth it. Yea, it's a pain to fit more than a single inside a case properly, but it's well worth it in the end. (And getting 2 1x120 rads isn't nearly as good as a single 2x120 btw. Also, avoid 80mm wide rads like the plague. A 2x80 rad is even worse than a 1x120 rad.)
 
Thanks, I guess I'll go with a big 2x120 rad or maybe a 2x120 + 1x120 rad or something.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top