core i7 rad

[Darkninja462]

what rad would cool a i7 extreme ?

Ninja

[Sly Fox]

Best bang/buck for an i7 would have to be the ole Swiftech MCR-320 I'd imagine.

For more money you're looking at the XSPC 120.2/120.3, PA120.2, and Feser 120.2.

IMO PA/Feser 120.3 is overkill even for i7, but I speak only from observation.

[Darkninja462]

looking to go in the HAF case so I think a 240 is my max size

Ninja

[Sly Fox]

looking to go in the HAF case so I think a 240 is my max size

Ninja

Well in that case I'd say go for either the XSPC 120.2 to save money, or the Feser 120.2 if budget is less of a concern.

Thermalright PA is nice, but I dunno if I'd bother with the odd fan spacing and whatnot when Feser stuff seems comparable.

Again, I've only used Swiftech rads, so I could be off here.

[Darkninja462]

ok I think ill either go for the XSPC or the feser depends on what his budjet is like for water :)

Ninja

[Sly Fox]

Glad to hear it, I suspect either rad will deliver great temps as long as you aren't shooting for 5 ghz. :rofl:

Good luck to you. :up:

[Darkninja462]

oh great just been told goning cool a GTX 295 as well is it going to cut it ?

Ninja

[No1451]

For what it's worth I was cooling an i7 920 @4Ghz and a 4870x2 on a single PA 120.3 with Scythe fans @ 1200 RPM and keeping temps acceptable.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/ChuckleBrother/Untitled-13.png

Not amazing by any means but definately within acceptable tolerances. Ambient in the room was measured at 23 Celsius. I think a decent triple and dual should rock for his build. Also note that I got a drop of several degrees when I bumped the fans up to their stock 1600RPM.

[Darkninja462]

@ all
thanks mate much appreciated:)

Ninja

[century child]

Temps look really good for an i7 and a dual GPU on a single 120.3 until you realize that the above poster has HT disabled. Temps would have been out of control under load with it enabled.

[mattkosem]

oh great just been told goning cool a GTX 295 as well is it going to cut it ?

Ninja

Temps will be terrible if you stick and i7 and a GTX295 on a 2x120mm rad.

--Matt

[Paxi]

MCR-320 would be my choice (considering Price/Performance level)
If money is not an issue you can get a Thermochill PA120.3/Feser 360 as well. I did so since i´ve already got a PA120.3, it´s a bit overkill though but i´m really liking my temps ;)

[Tom128]

FYI you can fit a triple rad in a HAF with no modifications. I have an MCR320 in mine. You can fit multiple triples with some mods.

[No1451]

Temps look really good for an i7 and a dual GPU on a single 120.3 until you realize that the above poster has HT disabled. Temps would have been out of control under load with it enabled.

Yup, you are 100% correct, I had to give it way too much vcore for comfort with HT on. With HT on @ 3.8Ghz I can still manage to cap out my temps at ~70, with the PA 120.3 and my Scythes @ 900RPM. Not great temperatures by any means but the point is that it is doable.

[century child]

Wow, sorry to hear about your chip needing so much voltage. For once, I seem to have gotten lucky this time. What Vcore did you need to enable HT at 3.8GHz?

[No1451]

1.344 is what is being reported atm(HT on), this chip is being an absolute hog about voltage, but it hardly matters since I have plenty of upgrading headroom. Still have an MCR220 that is going top mounted and a MCR120 that might be front mounted in the bays.

Any of the new D0 steppings seem to eat a lot less voltage, so I still think that a good triple(Feser, Thermochill, XSPC) should provide adequate if not optimal cooling capacity. And really, if you are running within spec(these things can eat a lot of heat) you will be fine, just won't have any bragging rights:p:

Edit: the real kicker is that my actual voltage is nearly .075v higher than I have it set in the bios.