Watercooling Radiator question

Deathcon51

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I was wondering whether I would be able to use the radiator that comes pre-built with closed loop watercooling, and make it an open loop. (Use the closed loop Rad to cool and have my own tubes, etc, etc)
 

Deathcon51

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Wow! That's pretty sweet. With that Mod, would I be able to add a pump and reap our for lowers CPU temps? Also, if I could, would it bee too much on the radiator if I cooled my GPU too? (My GPU is an R9 290x 4GB XFX)
 

TheMentalist

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Yeah it worked for him, he got lower temps. It's possible to cool the gpu too, but it depends on which rad you have. A 120 rad for the vga only will be enough. Shared with the cpu a 240 rad would be the minimum size you should aim for.
 

Deathcon51

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Great! Well, I have a 240mm so it will probably work well. Would this work for a pump? I was trying to find. Good pump until I can ivest in a better one; overall, I'm going to upgrade it to a Beast cooling... But that's months from now :p
 

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hello i was reading along and thought that i would put my thoughts down for you to consider if you are looking to build a good CPU cooling system that can be later upgraded with only a few mods isuggest this kit

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/20838/ex-wat-262/XSPC_Raystorm_AX360_Extreme_Universal_CPU_Water_Cooling_Kit_w_D5_Variant_Pump_Included_and_Free_Dead-Water.html?tl=g30c83s137

or this one

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/22395/ex-wat-286/Alphacool_NexXxoS_Cool_Answer_360mm_D5UT_-_Complete_Kit.html?tl=g30c83s137

I have been doing this for 20 years and i like these kits there not as good as a full coustom loop but as a start up kit thay are real good systems.