Watercooling Overclocking Help

[ethandrelles]

My case supports a 240mm radiator intake and a 240mm radiator exhaust. Will this be enough to comfortably cool a ryzen based processor and two graphics cards?

 

[lumineZ]

- What Ryzen CPU? + what kind of GPU`s?

- Are you going to overclock?

- Do you care about noise level?

 

[ethandrelles]

- What Ryzen CPU? + what kind of GPU`s?

- Are you going to overclock?

- Do you care about noise level?

right now I have a ryzen 5 1600 and a gtx 1060 ssc but I plan to be upgrading down the line to an SLI configuration and maybe a better processor

 

[lumineZ]

2 x 240mm rads is enough for an Ryzen 7 and two 1060`s in SLI + Overclock.

Just dont go for slim rads and to low FPI (Fins Per Inch)

And you better be prepared to hear your fans since you will most like not be able to run a silent system.

 

[urbancamper]

The 1060 can not be put in sli. It is a single card configuration only.

 

[lumineZ]

The 1060 can not be put in sli. It is a single card configuration only.

Thx for the correction. Forgot that the SLI only works from the 1070 and up...

 

[rubix_1011]

If running a custom loop, a 360 rad will easily take care of this, otherwise a good/thick 240 should also do well.

 

[diellur]

The rule of thumb is 120mm per component plus one, so for two GPUs and a CPU you're looking at 480mm of rad space; 2x240 rads will be fine.

 

[rubix_1011]

This is 'kind of an OK way' to approach loop building and will often get you close enough, but the best course of action is to find the total loop TDP and check what you'll need based off total watts possible.

For example, a 1080Ti or Titan would fall short with this planning if coupled with a high-end CPU, and definitely if either are overclocked.

 

[diellur]

To be fair, I think a rule of thumb is more or less defined as being a 'kind of OK' approach! It certainly shouldn't replace detailed planning, but in this case I think it fits well enough (as it were).

 

[rubix_1011]

This is true and I have said similar things in the past, but try to make a concerted effort to inform users that they should also learn how to correctly calculate, as well.

Sorry, wasn't trying to step on any toes.

 

[diellur]

No apology necessary, no toe-stepping assumed here. And in fairness, calculating TDP would allow the OP to make a much more informed choice than a back-of-a-dearest comrade-packet calc approach.

 

[lumineZ]

I wish this forum had an option to link nicks in topics to alert the individual to the topic.

I know JackNaylorPE have done some kind of "radiator", "watts", "calucaltor" somewhere, so he might be able to shed some light on this topic...

Myself I just follow one simple rule when it comes to watercooling and radiators:
Fit as many the case you have can handle. If that still is not enough. Get a bigger case or start modding 😀

 

[rubix_1011]

I have a radiator/wattage calculator that I built: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5w1t7kanqykb6d9/radiators.zip?dl=0


It is linked in our meta-index for overclocking, cooling and liquid cooling: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3038208/overclocking-cooling-water-cooling-sticky-index.html

 

[diellur]

Myself I just follow one simple rule when it comes to watercooling and radiators: Fit as many the case you have can handle. If that still is not enough. Get a bigger case or start modding 😀

Haha, I can relate to this! I've just finished moving my system into a Core X9 case for this very reason.

I have a radiator/wattage calculator that I built: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5w1t7kanqykb6d9/radiators.zip?dl=0

Shiny; I'll have a look at that