How many radiators should I get for my loop?

[GamingEnthusiast420]

A new custom loop I'm working on will be cooling my mobo and a haswell cpu. How much mm should it have and how many radiators?

 

[mcnumpty23]

minimum of 240mm would be best bet

so could be one rad

though custom loops usually do the graphics card as well

 

[GamingEnthusiast420]

minimum of 240mm would be best bet

so could be one rad

though custom loops usually do the graphics card as well

So how many would I need if I were to get a gpu block also?

 

[mcnumpty23]

minimum of 240mm/280mm still

360mm would be better if planning to overclock

could be 1 360mm or a 240mm and a 120mm

or even a 280mm and a 120mm

a rough guide is 120mm per component being cooled plus 120mm for overclocking

but thats a rough guide only as other variables such as reservoirs,pumps etc can alter that a bit

 

[LilDog1291]

I would say a 240mm would be fine for both CPU and GPU but if youre going through the trouble of making a custom loop, why not have 2x240mm?

 

[mcnumpty23]

I would say a 240mm would be fine for both CPU and GPU but if youre going through the trouble of making a custom loop, why not have 2x240mm?

not every pc case will take 2 x 240mm rads plus pump and reservoir etc is one possible reason

 

[GamingEnthusiast420]

If I cool my Graphics cards as well, that would be 4 parts in total + OC. The only 600 mm radiator that I've ever seen are the ones in the hallway outside my apartment. How am I suuposed to do this? 2 360mms?

 

[mcnumpty23]

If I cool my Graphics cards as well, that would be 4 parts in total + OC. The only 600 mm radiator that I've ever seen are the ones in the hallway outside my apartment. How am I suuposed to do this? 2 360mms?

gpu is 1

cpu is 2

motherboard is 3

or if its a monoblock then would consider that as cpu as well probably

but still cant see how its 4

 

[GamingEnthusiast420]

If I cool my Graphics cards as well, that would be 4 parts in total + OC. The only 600 mm radiator that I've ever seen are the ones in the hallway outside my apartment. How am I suuposed to do this? 2 360mms?

gpu is 1

cpu is 2

motherboard is 3

or if its a monoblock then would consider that as cpu as well probably

but still cant see how its 4

I'm running sli

 

[mcnumpty23]

for sli guess a minimum of 360mm

though never used more than 1 gpu in my loop so cant say from personal experience

 

[GamingEnthusiast420]

for sli guess a minimum of 360mm

though never used more than 1 gpu in my loop so cant say from personal experience

ok. So... should I just get a 480mm and call it a day just to be safe? (I will be OCing)

 

[mcnumpty23]

if your case can take 480mm my opinion its better to have more than you might need so yes