Need help with the choice of radiator sizes please.

Hoskymate

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Hey all,
This is my first post on here, so sorry if it is wrong or hard to understand in some way.

I have been heavily researching water cooling the last few days and need assistance with choosing the correct radiators for my gaming rig. I am looking at overclocking my system to probably its max, so I would like to be able to keep them very cool. I have come to the conclusion that the Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 series are a good choice.

My question is
will two Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 360mm radiators be plenty to keep my following PC parts cool or should I go another way;

CPU: i7-4770K
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Classified Kingpin Edition
MOBO: Maximus Formula 6

Thanks for your time, if this is confusing feel free to tell me:)

I am currently also looking at using the following water cooling parts with the radiators:


  • EK Supremacy EVO Gold CPU Waterblock
    Alphacool Lighttower All-in-One Reservoir Black
    EK Full Cover VGA Block EK-FC780 GTX Ti Acetal
    SwiftTech MCP655 Pump

If you see any problems here as well, I'd love to know:)
 
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I think typical cooling loops usually use a generic factor of 120mm rad for every component cooled plus 120-240mm. So cooling a cpu and 1 gpu, usually 360 or so. 1 cpu and 2 gpu's, 480mm of rad. You're looking at 2 components and 720mm of radiator. So long as your pump(s) are enough to keep the flow going through a couple bigger radiators and tubing, don't see why it wouldn't be plenty and then some.
I think typical cooling loops usually use a generic factor of 120mm rad for every component cooled plus 120-240mm. So cooling a cpu and 1 gpu, usually 360 or so. 1 cpu and 2 gpu's, 480mm of rad. You're looking at 2 components and 720mm of radiator. So long as your pump(s) are enough to keep the flow going through a couple bigger radiators and tubing, don't see why it wouldn't be plenty and then some.
 
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Hoskymate

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Thanks for your reply man, that gives me confidence.
I think I've decided to go with one Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 360mm for cooling the GPU and MOBO and Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 240mm just to cool the CPU.

Thanks again mate.