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well here are the radiators, my problem is the configuration of them, simply too many possibilities, so if you could find the time to give your opinions, I would really appreciate it.
I also need advice on a type of shroud for the radiators, the purpose is to inshore good air flow through the radiator.
and lastly how to attach the fans to the radiators?



all advice is welcome and thank you

 
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I don't use a flow meter, never have, never will.

Having a picture of a flow meter does nothing to support a finding, especially when you cannot be 100% conclusive that it is reading correctly or you are accurately converting what is being reported. Does the flow meter registering on the pump without restriction show a flow rate that is close to the rated flow of the pump with your conversion?

If so, great, but if so, you're still running lower than 1.0 gpm on your loop, meaning your delta-T MUST be offset to calculate your cooling potential. Meaning - you have to over-rad to accomplish the same cooling ability that you could achieve with a higher flow. Adding cost of 3x 360 radiators ($60, example) starts to get expensive...
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Ok so here is my hope for this build, as it stands I have 80mm fans with shrouds allowing me to attaché three of them to the 120mm X 360mm radiators when I add the third video card to the setup I will upgrade the fans on the rads with 120mm fans, and shrouds between the radiator and fans in the hopes that it will keep the temps down on that loop.
 
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I've been wanting to try it out. It does help speed your system up but you need a ssd that supports caching. I'd love to add a small one to my system
 
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Though looking at the board itself I cant see any mSATA slots, they are physically different to normal SATA ports. And no mention of mSATA on any of its specifications.
Which port are you referring too? Because in terms of storage options I'm not seeing anything that says its dedicated to caching, which is typically what mSATA on the desktop is useful for.
 
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Ok so I wanted to give some idea's about normal air disposition in a loop I have two loops so it makes it real easy to show that is will be the same or consistent across the board for any loop.


As I have shown this is after 3 months of running with no coolant added to the loop, I will add some coolant now, and take pictures again in 3 months to show that it is the same amount of air that has accumulated in the system again.
It is a SATA connection needed not mSATA that feature is on the Z87 board I got the two confused while reading the manuals.
 
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the fans that I will be replacing and the new fan controller I got for the new fans. I will remove the two fan controllers I have now and replace them with this one. It will be able to handle all of the fans I have on the system at 30W per channel I should be fine. The new board has 6 fan headers on it as well if I need more power for more fans.




 
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ok so I have a list of games that I have beat on this system in the past year.
Warhammer 40000 space marine, doom 3 BFG edition, alice madness returns, mass effect 2 & 3, shift 2, crisis 2, and NFS the run,
The games that I am playing now are.
darksiders 2, reckoning, fear 3, duke nukem forver, red fraction armageddon, dragon age 2, the witcher 2.
 
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I tried getting into The Witcher 2, just couldnt, its too complex and the combat feels janky. I know its an awesome game and showered in critical praise, I want to like it but I just dont.
How you going with it?

Also I must insist you add Bioshock: Infinite to that list, as well as the original if you havent played it. Just so good.
 
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I hate to be the one asking the stupid question but here goes.

Why are you running 80mm fans on 120mm radiators using the 80/120 adapters?

I'm sure you have a very good reason for it, and there's probably a detailed explanation way back in this thread that I don't want to have to search for, and I'm just curious?
 
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I have played the first bioshock and will play the new one when the price comes down
As for the witcher 2 I have to play it with the walkthrough in my lap to survive, you really have to get all the possible upgrades along the way in order to play it, without it being so difficult that the key board becomes a Frisbee. :evil:
 
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Ryan, to answer that question well the fans where on sell for $1.99 each and the adapters for them where $.99. I knew that it would preform well with that kind of setup on the fans and radiators. Now I want it even quitter, the 80mm fans at full speed are at 3000RPM and somewhat loud, I have fan controllers to turn them off when I go to sleep so at idol the system is almost silent. the new setup will have 120mm fans with shrouds.
 
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So not worth the extra cost for such a small increase in performance.

I am kind of interested to see just how much difference there really is between a AMD system and a Intel system.

I will be making the Intel system with 3-way SLI in the hopes of getting some better results in that department. The AMD system could not benefit form that setup so I removed it from the loop.
 
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