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2017/01/20 21:04:36 (permalink)
 
My case (Corsair Carbide Air 540) is a little limited in space in that a 360mm radiator cannot fit without modding the case. I was going to stick with my AIO 240mm radiator with the CPU mounted on top, and an AIO 120mm radiator for the Titan XP mounted at the front of the case.. except nobody is making them for the Titan XP (EVGA is likely to be months away, and EK have stopped the Predator line, and their new line won't be out for another month or two as well). A jury-rigged EVGA 1080 AIO cooler (120mm radiator) is workable in the meantime, but is not ideal.
 
My question is this: Is an AIO 240mm radiator (like the quick release EK Predator setup) going to be enough to keep both the CPU and the Titan XP running cool enough in a single loop? The CPU is currently an i7-4790K, although I may go to the i7-7700k soon. Neither will be heavily overclocked, but I'd like to bump them both up a little once I have final cooling solution set up.
 


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Re: 240mm radiator enough for CPU and GPU? 2017/01/20 21:40:04 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby Nereus 2017/01/20 21:45:47
Rule of thumb is 120mm per component plus an extra 120mm. If it is a thicker radiator like what you would use for custom cooling you could get away with it. If it is a thinner one that you see on most AIO coolers, I would not do it.

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Re: 240mm radiator enough for CPU and GPU? 2017/01/20 21:44:20 (permalink)
 
Thanks, I was thinking the same but had to ask. Sad the Titan XP has no independent support in the AIO cooling area. Nothing at all. Probably because NVidia wouldn't let anyone resell it.
 
 
 
 
post edited by Nereus - 2017/01/20 21:46:32


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