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Will this be sufficient coling?

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BigRollTide

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Can a PA120.3 cool an E6600 (w/ D-tek Fuzion) and two EVGA Superclocked 8800GTXs using EK water blocks and a 655 pump?

And, for a separate line would a PA120.1 be enough to cool the NB/SB using a swiftech MCW30 on the NB and EK NF4 on the SB using an alphacool DDC pump?

Or, is it possbile to runn all of this through one system using a BIX 480?
 
Use a PA120.3 for the CPU and the 2 GPU's.

Use any 120MM rad for the chipset. I'm sure even a GTS120 would work for the chipset.

I am not sure, but I think a PA120.3 can out perform a BIX480. I am not sure about this, so correct me if I am wrong.

However, a PA120.3 is good for a 6600 and two 8800GTX's.

You do not want to put them on the same loop. Not for the reason of the extra heat, but because of the added resistance.
 
the 655 can handle that resistance no problem, i got way more stuff in my loop and theres still a small tornado in my resevoir from that pump.
 
Jomanscool2 said:
Use a PA120.3 for the CPU and the 2 GPU's.

Use any 120MM rad for the chipset. I'm sure even a GTS120 would work for the chipset.

I am not sure, but I think a PA120.3 can out perform a BIX480. I am not sure about this, so correct me if I am wrong.

However, a PA120.3 is good for a 6600 and two 8800GTX's.

You do not want to put them on the same loop. Not for the reason of the extra heat, but because of the added resistance.
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For ease of tubing, and lower price, I still think 1 quad radiator would be a better bet... The PA120 would easily handle the E6600 and the 8800s, and the quad should handle the NB as well. Forget about cooling the SB, it's just not needed yet.

It's impossible that a triple radiator outperforms a quad radiator... That's an extra 25% surface area. The BI GTX isn't 25% less efficient than the PA series...

Sadly, there just isn't a review of it to be 100% certain yet...

The NB/SB just doesn't put out enough heat to really affect other temperatures anyways... Especially with a huge radiator like the quad.
 
I guess I was also worried about the temp of the water near the end of the loop....I just thought the water temp would be too high there to keep cooling


Would something like this work? -- pump 1/2" tubing to CPU -> 1st GTX -> 2nd GTX -> split line from 1/2" to 3/8" with a Y connector one going to NB and one to SB -> rejoin with Y to 1/2 -> BIX480 -> Pump
 
Each 120mm you add gives you about 150W of decent heat dissipation. The PA120.3 will be fine.
 
Each 120mm you add gives you about 150W of decent heat dissipation. The PA120.3 will be fine.
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Where can i find what wattage is added at each point in the line? How much does an E6600 O/Ced to 3.6 add? An EVGA Superclocked GTX? A NB?
 
BigRollTide said:
Where can i find what wattage is added at each point in the line? How much does an E6600 O/Ced to 3.6 add? An EVGA Superclocked GTX? A NB?
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an E6300 uses around 65watts at stock (more actually, because of intel's TDP methodology)... But easily 130w at 3.6 with a voltage around 1.4v.

Each 8800GTX uses around 130w of power at stock (as per nVidia)... Clocking them up to 650 or so raises this requirement closer to 160 even 200w if you're Vmodding them.

A NB shouldn't dump any more than 30w into the loop, and the SB somewhere around 20.

The pump shoudln't add more than 5w or so, as most is dissipated into the case...

Marci was nice enough to provide some nice graphs for his PA series radiators in This thread.

If you really want to dissipate the 480w~ (stock GPUs overclocked CPU) with the thermochill PA120.3, you'll need closer to 90cfm of air movement per fan.
 
you'll need closer to 90cfm of air movement per fan
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What fans do you suggest for this? I was going to put the radiator in the bottom of a Silverstone TJ07 with fans pulling air through the radiator on one side and fans blowing from the opposite side of the compartment that is at the bottom of TJ07 (thus a few inches of space between those fans and the rad). Some of this air will be rerouted into the main compartment with another fan facing up through the hole that is there. This would create airflow through the middle of the case since the exhaust is at the top.

Will this work? Can I create 90cfm of movement via a pull config? The pump will also be down there.
 
Arcygenical said:
an E6300 uses around 65watts at stock (more actually, because of intel's TDP methodology)... But easily 130w at 3.6 with a voltage around 1.4v.

Each 8800GTX uses around 130w of power at stock (as per nVidia)... Clocking them up to 650 or so raises this requirement closer to 160 even 200w if you're Vmodding them.

A NB shouldn't dump any more than 30w into the loop, and the SB somewhere around 20.

The pump shoudln't add more than 5w or so, as most is dissipated into the case...

Marci was nice enough to provide some nice graphs for his PA series radiators in This thread.

If you really want to dissipate the 480w~ (stock GPUs overclocked CPU) with the thermochill PA120.3, you'll need closer to 90cfm of air movement per fan.
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130W is high on the C2D, that is Quad Core territory. Also the D5 will add close to 15W or more to the loop, not 5W.

Keep in mind the radiator can dissipate more than 450W of heat, you will just get worse temperatures. That 150W figure is a rough estimate for maintaining 10C difference between coolant and ambient.
 
2 tiny BIP singles with YL fans at 1000 rpm in a mediocre flowing case cool a 3.6 C2D and G80 just fine here. That PA would work great for your setup.
 
Erasmus354 said:
130W is high on the C2D, that is Quad Core territory. Also the D5 will add close to 15W or more to the loop, not 5W.

Keep in mind the radiator can dissipate more than 450W of heat, you will just get worse temperatures. That 150W figure is a rough estimate for maintaining 10C difference between coolant and ambient.
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Very true on the higher temperatures. The rads are similarly priced at some stores, so it has the potential to be a better value. You could use, maybe 50cfm of airflow rather than 90... That would lower your noise levels by quite alot.

130w isn't that far off for a C2D clocked to 3.6 with a heft in the voltage department...
 
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