Is a Single MCR120 radiator good enough to overclock quad core?

[tomb18]

I can get a swiftech MCR120 and Apogee GT, and MCP350 today here in town. Would this be good enough for a qx6700 running at 3.7GHz 1.5V?
There would be only this in the loop.
Thanks!

[lowfat]

Highly doubtful. With 1.5Vcore on an E4300 and single 120 rad I get temps around 70C, a quad will definately put you over 80C.

[serialk11r]

If you can get them for a good deal I'd get all that stuff anyways.

[Cronos]

Put 200cfm fan here and you are good to go :)

[TopherTony]

nonsense, i am doin it right now, and the temps are fine up to about 50% or more load, then i have to turn the clocks down. Depends what your using it for.

[Sideroxylon]

nonsense, i am doin it right now, and the temps are fine up to about 50% or more load, then i have to turn the clocks down. Depends what your using it for.

Huh?? You say it's fine and then state that after 50% load it's not? That doesn't sound fine to me. That's like saying, "My car runs great until I put it in gear."

At 1.5v that quad core is gonna be hot. I would suggest a 2x120mm rad at least.

[IanY]

You gotta be kidding. Talk about that radiator being grossly inadequate.

[jmilcher]

I can get a swiftech MCR120 and Apogee GT, and MCP350 today here in town. Would this be good enough for a qx6700 running at 3.7GHz 1.5V?
There would be only this in the loop.
Thanks!


PLainly put, NO. You would need atleast a PA120.2 and a decent pump

[Lurid]

I don't think i've ever heard the phrase "at least" in that context with PA. An MCR-220 / BIP 220 would be a better idea, however at stock the MCR-120 would work.

[tomb18]

Ok, the consensus seems to be at least a dual rad.
So, what about an MRC220, DTec Fuzion and a MC655 pump?

[fhpchris]

nonsense, i am doin it right now, and the temps are fine up to about 50% or more load, then i have to turn the clocks down. Depends what your using it for.

LOL, then it seems to NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH then:stick:

[AndyM]

That would be pretty good if you couldnt fit a PA in there, it's only money, right? :p:

[TopherTony]

LOL, then it seems to NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH then:stick:

Like I said, it depends on what your using it for. I am executing WCG 24/7 while gamin. This almost never hits 50% cpu usage. To use 100% across all four cores is hard to do unless you're trying to, i.e. stress tests.
For my uses, right now, this is good enough

[theelectic]

Let's look at Swiftech's own data, shall we?

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5928/120qpvsolddiss600x400fd3.gif

If you keep a flowrate of 1GPM, and any pump & block combination worth considering is capable of that, if you stick a relatively noisy Delta 1212HE fan on the MCR120, it can dissipate around 200W of heat with a 10C coolant to air differential. That means if your ambient is 20C, your coolant will be at 30C, and at a rough guess, your CPU will be at least double that, 60-70C.

Is this bad? It's certainly not ideal - a single MCR120 can handle the 200W of heat, but you'll have higher temps and more noise. With a 3x120mm radiator, you can get away with lower (or similar) temps with less fans = less noise.

[Sideroxylon]

Like I said, it depends on what your using it for. I am executing WCG 24/7 while gamin. This almost never hits 50% cpu usage. To use 100% across all four cores is hard to do unless you're trying to, i.e. stress tests.
For my uses, right now, this is good enough


So your using a 120.1 rad to cool a QX6700 @ 3.9g?