Why did you decide on two separate loops?
Why didn't you spend the extra ~$30 and get a second PA120.3 to match the first one?
As previously indicated, i'm interested in maximum performance here. Throwing all of these parts into 1 loop will CRIPPLE the flow... not to mention add tons of heat... 2 loops will allow me to break up the primary heat dumpers (namely keeping the SLI rig from adding heat to the CPU loop) plus segment off any blocks that will impede flow...
I've ran a dual loop setup on my last 3 projects and have always been a fan of the flexibility and performance. Hell, I originally contemplated making this project a THREE loop!
Allow me to quote ranker in a previous conversation we had:
C2D 6850's run very cool with the new G0 stepping. At 4.0 GHz, which is easily obtainable with 1.5v, it'll have a heat dump of about 150W. Throw in a few chipsets a piece at 25W + 25W respectively and you can throw all of that in your PA120.2.
Each GTX puts out about 130W. Two in SLI gives you 260W worth of heat to dissipate. If you throw in your RAM, mosfets, HD's, we're safely estimate them to be 100W total. At 360W, this will all go onto you're PA120.3.
And to answer your second question, though I swore I did that on my last update -Thermochil radiators are BRICK thick... and there is only so much room in any case, even the TJ07... dual 120.3's would NOT fit in this case without serious modification or external mounting.
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Originally Posted by 13uber37
And I thought MY water cooling was expensive... I do have a few questions though. You have a PA120.2 and a PA120.3 listed and yet a single PA120.3 would be sufficient to cool your loop. It would have saved you a fair amount of money to go with just the one rad and a Laing DDC 3.2 pump (like me
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