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    120mm sandwich.. enough cooling? (pc v1000)

    hey, I want to w/c my new desktop but I have a few questions before I make any moves.

    I'm just going to do a cpu/gpu loop on my Q9450 which is oc'd from 2.66 to 3.2 and my evga gtx 260 ftw which i have overclocked to 700mhz (im on my laptop.. dont know offhand what my mem and shader clock are at)
    theyre on an asus formula rampage board, with a zalman 9700 on the cpu and the stock cooler on the gtx 260.

    I want to have everything 100% internal and as simple as possible. I have 2 hard drives in it right now, and will have 3 max, so I can give up the front hard drive bays underneath. I am thinking about using either 2 sandwiched radiators, or a thermochill 120.. or a 160 if it will fit.. havn't measured it yet.

    I am NOT looking to overclock any more then I already am.. I want to get rid of the 2 noisiest fans in my computer which are the 9700 and the 260 cooler. would the 2 sandwiched rad's or a tc 120 or 160 do the job just as well or better then my current setup? or am I better off switching to a TRUE for my cpu with a quieter fan?

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    You'd probably be better off with your TRUE with a quieter fan, although we'd of course like to claim you as ours here in the liquid cooling section.
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    if i get it right you want to wc your gtx 260 ftw and 9450 from or 2 sandwitches 1X120 fans or a single 1X 120 or 1X160? and want litle noise??
    to wc that setup by what i have learned this far in wcing you would need atleast a 3X 120 fan to be able to run that fairly silent...

    maybe some people here whit the same case have some good idea's for you and did you already have a look at the buildlog and case galery section??

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    Go True and hr-03 GTX when that comes out

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    I have an internally fitted 120.2 and 120.1 in my v1000b,my loop is pump-120.2-cpu-12.1-gpu-pump,using a t-line.It did involve some modding though,but i still have space for 3xhdd's and 3x5.25" bays available.
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    where did you put the 120.2? I have a 5.25 bay 120mm fan thing in the front that I could add another 120mm rad.. but I dont want to have tons of little radiators. I was also considering getting a koolance shroud and putting a radiator on the top, but I have space issues with the radiator getting in the way of the front panel connections on my motherboard

    whens the hr03 gtx coming out?

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    the pc v1000 shoudl be plenty room for a decent H2o setup

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