Re: How much rad space do i need?
2015/03/31 10:38:12
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Well, I wouldn't do it personally.
Would your setup be safe, yes, most definitely. However the old statement of 1x120 per device is really not going to give you good performance just safe performance, and a little below ambient, but not much.
In general, this is how I spec out for a loop.
1x120 per device is SAFE
2x120 per device will give you solid temps and accommodate some solid clocks while still keeping the temps down substantially below what you would see form air.
3x120 per device, only needed if you are doing brink overclocking, and only trying to keep it stable enough to finish a bench and squeeze the last 25MHz out of a card/proc, largely overkill but can give you some headroom.
I usually sit in the 1.5-2 120s per device myself. 1.5 meaning a 360 rad with a CPU and GPU on it, the temp difference is substantial form a single 120 per device.
The 480 you have will keep you from seeing any thermal throttling most likely, but if you start pushing the clocks hard, you may as well be on air. If I were you I would try to add in a 360 into the loop or even a 240, whatever you have room for and your temps will be miles better.