How to do water cooling for a 4 titan X workstation

[yzhu25]

Hi guys, I try to self-build a deep learning machine like nvidia devbox recently. It seems that air cooled is good enough, but I just want to try water cooling in case of noise and over heat issues. So can anybody suggest a GPU cooler option(like brand, link, price etc. )? Thanks a lot.

My parts are like:
1. video card: Four TITAN X GPUs
2. memory: 64GB DDR4
3. MOBO: Asus X99-E WS workstation class motherboard with 4-way PCI-E Gen3 x16 support
4. CPU: Core i7-5930K 6 Core 3.5GHz desktop processor
5. Hard Drive: 2 4TB SATA 6Gb 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive
6. Hard Drive: 2 1TB PCI-E M.2 SSD
7. PSU: 1600W Power Supply Unit from premium suppliers including EVGA
8. Chassis: ATX Cube Workstation(or maybe corsair 900D)

 

[6R1M01R3]

You just need to buy 4 waterblocks for the videocards, the right model for the Titan X, I recommend the EK brand. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-titan-x-nickel and of course all the rest of the watercooling set, Radiator, reservoir, pipes/tubes, pump, etc.

 

[Poozle]

To clear all of this up first off I am going to reccomend a few things and state the obvious.
1. Go with soft tubing for first time
2. Get a few zipties, you may end up re cable managing.
3. You do not just add a block to your GPU and that cools it. A watercooling loop needs a pump, res, tubing, fittings and the blocks. As long as you are cooling 4 Titan X's, you might as well cool those CPU's as they add less heat and only a few more pretty pennies. I know this seems obvious.
4. Watch a few videos on this. Jayztwocents is a great watercooling advocate on youtube.
5. Get the 900D. NO watercooling is EVER silent as there is a pump. Besides that, to dispel that much heat, you would need a metric crap ton of rad space so the 900D makes sense. Then you can put the fans on low and pump on low for minimal noise. I know watercooling temps and rad space is not a linear equation, but as an example, my watercooling loop has a 360mm RAD and a 240mm RAD for a total space of 600mm of RAD space. I can put my fans OFF and pump on low and keep temperatures around 80-85 degree's Celsius with a SINGLE Titan X and a i75820k.

(This is not recommended in anyway by me and its your fault if you break your components by turning your fans off. My temps were taken during Rainbow Six Seige Game play and NOT an artificial bench mark such as AIDA 64.)

I also ended up decided that ya know what? I wanna do a hardline cooling loop and cool my RAM. This can add expenses.

I will make you a custom loop, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!! DO NOT!!!! Attempt to build a loop if you have no experience or have not watched any videos. There are small factors you must account for such as your RES going directly into your pump and while keeping your res above your pump. Another is making sure your pump NEVER runs dry.

Parts (I recommend EKWB +Bitspower. Bitspower for fitting and tubing as they look amazing, and EKWB for blocks as they look really nice. Please note that this will be a more expensive loop as bitspower and EKWB are not the cheapest brands and EKWB are shipped from Slovenia, Europe.

4 of these for Titan X's - https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-titan-x-nickel

1 of these for CPU- https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-supremacy-evo-x99-full-nickel

Fittings, you will need somewhere between 10 and 30 usually depending on if it is hardline, how many components ETC. better to buy more than too few -https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-acf-fitting-10-13mm-nickel or Bitspower if you do hardline as the bitspower compression fitting for soft tubing is lackluster. Please note, Hardline and soft tubing require totally different fittings and tube.

2 Res if you are building in 900D. Only one is needed but two will make it look better.-https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-res-x3-400

You may need a double pump for a loop this large- https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xtop-revo-dual-d5-pwm-serial-incl-pump

I am putting in 2 480mm RAD cooling and a 240mm RAD. Here are the links. Make sure to get 2 480mm RADS-https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-pe-480-quad
-https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-pe-240-dual

Tubing- 3m should be enough, but get 2 3m kits JUST in case. -https://www.ekwb.com/shop/tube-primochill-primoflextm-advanced-lrttm-12-7-9-5mm-crystal-clear-retail-3m

And of course, do not forget the liquid. It has a biocide already in it so it does not need any chemicals added. Choose your color. -https://www.ekwb.com/shop/accessories/cooling-liquids-coolants/evo-coolant
Look up what a pastel coolant is. They are basically NON-clear versions of liquid. Mayhems has some pretty great options. Just google Mayhems Pastel Fluid and look at some pics.

Thanks and send any questions to me. Sorry if some of this stuff seems obvious, but based on your title of "How to do a watercooling for a 4 Titan X Workstation" I figured you were new to this watercooling idea.