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mirkoj
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2014/09/22 06:09:19 (permalink)
Hello,
I'm building my new rig rigth now and I'm thikning about an option...
System on the way is x99-e ws asus mbo, 5960x cpu, 32 GB ram g,skill ripjaws 2666MHZ, inside corsair 900d, corsair ax1500i psu.
As I'm waiting for at at least another couple week/months to see how things with nvidia will go i will have corsair h100i water cooling on cpu, and use my "old" 4x evga titan sc fro now.
Now plan was to after I decide which card to go with next will aslo go with 4 cards setup in there, to move whole system into custom water cooling.
But then I figured.... i can leave h100i on CPU alone and then upgrade only cards with their own custom loop.
Does that makes any sense?
Would keep h100i on top of case for CPU and use lower side 480 radiator for all 4 cards in its own separate loop.
 
Now question is does this setup makes sense and also would 1 480 radiator be enough to keep all 4 of them cooled?
System is in pretty good air conditioned room so ambient temperature is ok approx 23 degrees C.
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    Grey_Beard
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    Re: CPU and GPUs separated water cooling loops 2014/09/22 07:24:38 (permalink)
    The 480mm radiator should suffice for the a 4-way Titans, but especially if you get a 980, as they run cooler and have dramatically lower power consumption. I have a 3-way 780Ti on my 480mm radiator and they do fine with temps that rarely get over 50 degrees. I would also suggest a different loop for the GPUs, but it would seem you are thinking that way given the H100i you are using for the CPU. The bottom for that would be great. You might even want to consider, depending on how hard you are going to push the GPUs, maybe doing two 360mm radiators in the bottom, which should fit in the 900D. That case has a massive amount of room, but you need to find out what temps you want and how much you will push the GPUs.



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    Re: CPU and GPUs separated water cooling loops 2014/09/23 01:57:45 (permalink)
    for now it seems like I will probably leave h100i on CPU, and just later add separate loop for GPUs.
    idea is to use current aircooled titans untill new hydro cooper cards are out.
    one detail, any idea if this bridge work fine with 4 hydro cooper evga cards?
    http://www.ekwb.com/shop/...uad-semi-parallel.html
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    Re: CPU and GPUs separated water cooling loops 2014/09/23 11:26:40 (permalink)
    Its really good to keep cards on a separate loop, these new ones put out so much heat.
     
     
    The second I start gaming my rig feels like a small space heater.  I run a mixed loop and its OK because I have the extra rads, grey states. It does work as well.
     
    I juts hate dumping heat into the CPU loop when we fight and pay through the nose for parts that save a few C

     
     
     
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    Re: CPU and GPUs separated water cooling loops 2014/09/23 20:40:52 (permalink)
    mirkoj
    for now it seems like I will probably leave h100i on CPU, and just later add separate loop for GPUs.
    idea is to use current aircooled titans untill new hydro cooper cards are out.
    one detail, any idea if this bridge work fine with 4 hydro cooper evga cards?
    http://www.ekwb.com/shop/...uad-semi-parallel.html


     I'm not positive ,but I don't think the FC parts will interchange. Those bridges were designed to work with the FC water blocks.

    Heatware : http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=68330
     
     

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    Re: CPU and GPUs separated water cooling loops 2014/09/23 22:25:07 (permalink)
    It seems so.. so how do you connect hydro cooper cards in loop? :)
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