Question Will a second watercooling loop necessarily lower temps?

[axlrose]

This sort of seems like a dumb question, but I guess what I'm asking specifically is, if my 6700k is sitting in the upper 60's when I'm gaming maxed out, which is in normal temps I believe, will adding a second watercooling loop necessarily lower temps if they are already in the normal range? Loops disperse excess heat, but don't really cool (like A/C in your house). I currently have an EKWB L360 and I'm thinking of putting together a scratch build that will incorporate a second L360 into the loop.

Thanks for your help.

Matt

 

[Gam3r01]

Youll eventually reach a point where adding more radiator space wont effect temps all that much.
Having the EKWB 360mm kit already, adding in more radiator space wont effect temps.
If you plan to add in other components to this loop, like the GPU, then you would want more radiator space.

But, if all your temps are doing fine, then there is no real reason.

 

[Gmoney06ss]

A second loop or just a second radiator? Like you said, they don't necessarily cool. While adding a second rad and therefore more coolant to fill said rad, about the only benefit you'd see is it taking longer to reach equilibrium.

 

[USAFRet]

Consider if you were to scale up to a motorcycle size radiator. Or even a car size radiator.

The limiting factor is how fast heat can transfer from that 2 sq in of CPU face.

 

[axlrose]

Should have been more specific. Sorry. I have the L360, but it includes my 1080ti and my 6700k. I know it doesn't cool 'twice' as well, but while the loop should cool both parts 'well enough', I do feel like adding another L360 would provide more coolant to drag heat away and would add another rad to take heat away. I would assume I'd include the second pump as well rather than put all of that strain on one pump.

Big picture, I have been working on a scratch build in my head for a while. It's one of these table top pc's where everything is under the glass and I have plenty of room to put in all of the components and make a large loop. I'm trying to figure out what to add to my L360 that would possibly help lower temps.

 

[Gam3r01]

I doubt the extra 360mm would make all that much difference on temps, but your current setup for both is on the smaller side.
If you want lower temps, a 240/280mm rad would lower temps, beyond that they likely wouldnt drop anymore. So a 360mm kit would just be for aesthetics (which, in a desk mount setup, might be worth it).

As for the whole dual pumps bit, thats a bit beyond my expertise.

 

[rubix_1011]

Sounds like what is being asked is 'should I add another radiator to my loop' and 'will this make a difference'.

This depends.

6700k chips always reported higher temps due to Intel using junk thermal compound between the CPU cores and the IHS, which is why a lot of people have delidded them to reapply better compound like Thermal Grizzly and others. I even considered it because I did see temps about where you are seeing them and I had minimal space in an mITX case at the time.

The reason 'it depends' is because there are often exceptions in how well these chips perform, but I don't think that adding another radiator is going to significantly drop your temps. One thing that wasn't mentioned is whether your CPU is overclocked or running at factory speeds/clocks? Mine was stock speeds and depending on ambient room temperature, this could be as wide a swing as 5-7C at load with Prime95. This could be in the low 50's C and up to 60C, depending on how warm my office was at the time (summer/winter).

Long story short - you don't need an entire additional kit, at most you would need a radiator, fittings and tubing to add it, if you do anything. Again, I don't know that going bigger than a 360 rad is going to make that much of an impact unless you have a significant CPU overclock going.

 

[axlrose]

Being that this is my first loop, is there any idea of what the pump that comes in the kit can handle? Any issue with me adding another 360 rad and a metric ton of tubing and the corresponding fluid?

 

[rubix_1011]

Pump is a DDC 3.1 6watt version of a normal DDC, which is a good line of pumps.

Radiators are some of the least restrictive components in a loop.

Any issue with me adding another 360 rad and a metric ton of tubing and the corresponding fluid?

no