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Hey all,
Long time fan, first time poster. Question is italicized below
Just a quick question of a "yes" or "no" category. I've bolded the crux of my question below
I have the following:
1 Core I5 3570K @ 4.6 Ghz @ 1.30 volts
1 Set of Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Red 8GB kit 1.50v at 1866 mhz (2x4GB DIMMs)
2 EVGA GTX Titans with custom voltage BIOS on them for higher boost speeds
1 OCZ Octane 512GB SSD
1 WD Black 2.5" 750GB mechanical drive
1 Corsair AX760I case with red sleeved cable kit from Corsair
1 Cooler Master N200 case, modified/dremel-ized to support a 240mm slim radiator up top with pretty silver aluminum mesh. I also drilled holes in the bottom the bottom where I removed the drive cage to move the reservoir/pump to a space where the cards are not covering it. The pump has a foam Home Depot "decoupler" and is held in by a combo of 1 inch 6-32 screws and some nuts to stabilize the bolts/screws. The pump at full load is very quiet with the case open and inaudible with the case closed. Only noise I heard was a swishing noise when I was (air) bleeding the loop. Back and forth, rock-a-bye baby.
If this build is satisfactory I will put a window in the case and not run the side panel fan.
The loop is running very well, no leaks and it's using 7/16 tubing bought from Daz (as well as most of the rest).
Titans plus CPU pull about 600 watts from the wall if all are going 100% using folding@home (1 "slot for each client), factoring in PSU efficiency of 85% I get 500 watts from the PSU. At this time the Titans stayed in the 40 degree range (45-46) and the non-delidded 3570K was in the 60s. If I de-lid it will go down at least ten celsius as I have done this before (twice) and seen the benefit. I also have the EK "naked precision" mounting kit for the EK water block for this if I do de-lid.
Question is if an EX240 (pull) and an RX240 (push) are enough? I'm running Corsair SP120 fans on the top EX240 in pull and Silverstone AP121 in push on the front. Mostly showing 1500 - 1800 in the BIOS, and this is not that loud for me. I plan on installing the temp sensor I bought from Daz to see what water temps are at the reservoir soon. All fans are pulling in fresh air from the outside.
The couple times I tested this my room heated up too much and was probably in the 28-30 degree range after a couple of hours, but I plan to put this build in the basement when the room is built down there and it should be a big 18x12 room.
Alternatively if this is not good enough, I have two Koolance 2x140mm rads in a modified Corsair 350D waiting for this hardware set-up. I'm hoping THIS would be sufficient.
Sorry if this is TL;DR but I just wanted to ask the WC pros around here, and that includes YOU Daz.
Thanks!
Long time fan, first time poster. Question is italicized below
Just a quick question of a "yes" or "no" category. I've bolded the crux of my question below
I have the following:
1 Core I5 3570K @ 4.6 Ghz @ 1.30 volts
1 Set of Corsair Vengeance Low Profile Red 8GB kit 1.50v at 1866 mhz (2x4GB DIMMs)
2 EVGA GTX Titans with custom voltage BIOS on them for higher boost speeds
1 OCZ Octane 512GB SSD
1 WD Black 2.5" 750GB mechanical drive
1 Corsair AX760I case with red sleeved cable kit from Corsair
1 Cooler Master N200 case, modified/dremel-ized to support a 240mm slim radiator up top with pretty silver aluminum mesh. I also drilled holes in the bottom the bottom where I removed the drive cage to move the reservoir/pump to a space where the cards are not covering it. The pump has a foam Home Depot "decoupler" and is held in by a combo of 1 inch 6-32 screws and some nuts to stabilize the bolts/screws. The pump at full load is very quiet with the case open and inaudible with the case closed. Only noise I heard was a swishing noise when I was (air) bleeding the loop. Back and forth, rock-a-bye baby.
If this build is satisfactory I will put a window in the case and not run the side panel fan.
The loop is running very well, no leaks and it's using 7/16 tubing bought from Daz (as well as most of the rest).
Titans plus CPU pull about 600 watts from the wall if all are going 100% using folding@home (1 "slot for each client), factoring in PSU efficiency of 85% I get 500 watts from the PSU. At this time the Titans stayed in the 40 degree range (45-46) and the non-delidded 3570K was in the 60s. If I de-lid it will go down at least ten celsius as I have done this before (twice) and seen the benefit. I also have the EK "naked precision" mounting kit for the EK water block for this if I do de-lid.
Question is if an EX240 (pull) and an RX240 (push) are enough? I'm running Corsair SP120 fans on the top EX240 in pull and Silverstone AP121 in push on the front. Mostly showing 1500 - 1800 in the BIOS, and this is not that loud for me. I plan on installing the temp sensor I bought from Daz to see what water temps are at the reservoir soon. All fans are pulling in fresh air from the outside.
The couple times I tested this my room heated up too much and was probably in the 28-30 degree range after a couple of hours, but I plan to put this build in the basement when the room is built down there and it should be a big 18x12 room.
Alternatively if this is not good enough, I have two Koolance 2x140mm rads in a modified Corsair 350D waiting for this hardware set-up. I'm hoping THIS would be sufficient.
Sorry if this is TL;DR but I just wanted to ask the WC pros around here, and that includes YOU Daz.
Thanks!
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