Hello all,
I'm planning on doing my first watercooling build shortly after Ivy Bridge is available, and I had a couple questions. I've read most of the guides in the sticky above and have spent the last few days researching (on my company's dime, ha!), but some of the information seems a bit dated, and I'd like to confirm my thoughts with you all before I make any decisions.
The build is obviously a few months off, but here are a few important tidbids:
- I'm definitely interested in pushing the CPU past air cooling limitations, but I'm not going for anything super extreme.
- I will have two top-of-the-line graphic cards SLI'd. Not sure which two at this point. Again, I'd like to overclock them, but nothing too extreme.
- I'm leaning strongly towards a Little Devil PC-V8 case, but as it is overkill I'm up for suggestions on something smaller that will still accommodate the loop outlined below.
I was thinking of having a single loop with two XSPC RX480 radiators. The loop will consist of the reservoir, pump, 2x rads, CPU, NB/Mosfets, and 2x GPUs. My two primary questions are: 1. Are these two radiators sufficient to cool this loop, and 2. What pump would I need in order to ensure proper flow for such a lengthy loop? Something with sufficient flow but minimal noise would be awesome. Obviously the case can support two loops, but I'd like to keep the watercooling components to a minimum if at all possible.
Another question I have is is it even necessary to watercool the NB/Mosfets? The guides say no, and I remember concluding the same thing when I was researching for a build I ultimately ended up abandoning a few years ago, but it seems like many of the people in the galleries do.
I'm sure I have more questions, but that's all I can think of for now.
Thanks!
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