To many Radiators overkill 4x360?

[Azmaag86]

Building a new case 18x18x24 and a water cooling system that will house 4x360 radiators. (2xblack ice gtx,2x xspc ex V2). I have huge 300gallon an hour pumps for the system so I don't think flow will be an issue. My question is too many raidiators overkill? Would adding 2x240's even add any more cooling to the loop making it 4x360,2x240. (über overkill I know, but all part of my mega cooling tower)
I read basically the important part is how long the raidiator is which 360 would be plenty for a single CPU and double gpu. But I will have 4x360's ,24 fans in push pull.
I will be installing it on a single CPU and gpu . The goal is to build a water cooling system that will be able to handle quad sli one day and never need to rework the water cooling system. Making any hardware plug and play when I rebuild to new has well-e and ddr4.
So to much..? Or have you seen more..

 

[smackers_12]

Yea thats kinda overkill, the flow rate really wont make that much of a difference as long as its not too low as the fluid temperatures will equalise over time

 

[Azmaag86]

Well it's built for the 4x360 I won't add any more.

 

[smackers_12]

I dont think you can have too many but that is more than is strictly needed. It will look amazing though

 

[photonboy]

It's not a good idea to build a system like this BEFORE you know what video cards you are getting.

I don't recommend 4xSLI anyway as it can be problematic. Even 3xSLI has more issues than 2xSLI.

*There are dual-GPU cards coming likely such as a 2xGTX970 that are pre-built with their own liquid cooling loop. AMD already has one but I prefer NVidia. That would be my advice.

As for the CPU, I'd actually get a Noctua air cooler like the NH-U14S.

Thus, the setup would look something like THIS:

1) CPU - Noctua NH-U14S air cooler

2) 2xGTX970 + attached 12cm radiator/fan

3) second 2xGTX970 (if needed)

You would then just have both 12cm radiators at the top of the case. Since they won't add much heat to the inside of the case a liquid cooler for the CPU would be overkill and actually noisier and less reliable due to the pump.

Other:
It's pretty easy to SCREW UP building a liquid cooling solution if you're piecing it together. Each pump is rated to drive a certain amount of fluid so far and through so much resistance. And again, if you don't know how much HEAT you're trying to get rid of you can't even begin to design a solution properly.

Completely pre-built, or at least the card already pre-done with the waterblock (EVGA hydro copper) is a good idea. EVGA's solutions were very reasonable so I assume the new cards would be cheap.

When a 2xGTX970 solution comes with its own radiator it might not be a good deal but here's hoping.

**I'm hoping for a 2xGTX970 + radiator solution that costs $999 USD or less.

 

[unknownofprob]

Photonboy has made a great summary. With a card like the GTX 970, it does not get hot enough for me to even consider suggesting water cooling, even with high overclocking done.

 

[Azmaag86]

Rocking a i7 4770 and a 780ti which put off tons of heat and I've pushed my gpu +200core +400 memory. And CPU is oc to 4.2 which I plan o push to 4.7-5.0. While Max gaming with these oc I reach 50c on my water and if my fan weren't max speed maybe 60c at highest.
Currently running the system above on 2x240(30mm) 1x120(60mm) . Hence why I wanna run more rads- I don't want a system over50c on water . I want any heat to be useless to my loop and make the gradual gain of temp unnoticeable

 

[photonboy]

Rocking a i7 4770 and a 780ti which put off tons of heat and I've pushed my gpu +200core +400 memory. And CPU is oc to 4.2 which I plan o push to 4.7-5.0. While Max gaming with these oc I reach 50c on my water and if my fan weren't max speed maybe 60c at highest.
Currently running the system above on 2x240(30mm) 1x120(60mm) . Hence why I wanna run more rads- I don't want a system over50c on water . I want any heat to be useless to my loop and make the gradual gain of temp unnoticeable

Overclocking your CPU beyond 4.2GHz is generally pointless. You may see a couple percent in the odd game but that's it. Nothing you'd ever notice, but your heat and fan noise would go up significantly.

Now your GTX780Ti might be putting out a fair amount of heat, but if you want a multi-GPU setup it's likely going to make more sense to SELL that card and buy Maxwell since the Asus Strix GTX970 for $340 USD can actually tie the GTX780Ti on average if both are modestly overclocked. Or come so close the difference is insignificant.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/25.html

*50degC limit?
I'm not sure you understand how performance and temperature work. It's not proportional. As long as you don't hit the specified temperature you won't be throttled down.

50degC is ridiculously low for a target. You're just adding cost and NOISE in the form of pumps and fans to obtain that for no benefit.

The Intel CPU won't throttle until roughly 100degC and the GTX780Ti which appears to be on liquid cooling shouldn't have any heat issues. It would likely crash due to some other issue when pushed too far in an overclock.

Liquid cooling for the GTX970 if you go that way isn't necessary either unless you want to push the limit.

So I really think you need to do some more research because in my opinion you'd be wasting your money trying to cool your system even more and "future proof" as well.

 

[rubix_1011]

There is also a common misconception that watercooling automatically allows for magically higher overclocks. It doesn't. Your skill and knowledge at overclocking does, as does the hardware you are using to do so. This doesn't just include the CPU or GPU...it is critical that your power supply, motherboard and RAM are also up to the task.

As mentioned above, 50C temps are quite good for either CPU or GPU. Neither is going to throttle until close to 95-100C.

Always remember: reported temps shown in reporting software are merely the temp readings at the thermal sensors of the hardware they report for; not the temp of the water. If your loop has reached working equilibrium at load, your reported temps with a 2-5C delta and 2x 360 rads won't report anything different than a loop with 4x 360 rads. You might, at best, see 1C load difference that might actually be more attributed to ambient room temp than adding an extra $150 in radiators.