I know there are quite a few threads about novices to water cooling asking these types of questions but mine is a little more specific so I thought I'd start my own.
I am looking to water cool my rig and I was wondering if the budget setup I'm looking at is adequate for what I want to do.
I am running a i5 2500K and an HD 6970 reference in a Cooler Master Haf X Case.
What I want to do is run a dual radiator single loop setup with the XSPC Rasa 240 kit and then an additional 140mm rad (Loop would run res-pump-240 rad(mounted on top)-cpu-140 rad(mounted on back)-gpu-res) with the CPU OC'd to around 5ghz.
I want to go with the 240mm rad instead of the 360 because for the 360 to fit I believe I would have to leave the top 5.25'' bay open and I am planning to have all my bays filled (Fan controller, DVD Drive, Dual Bay Res/Pump Combo, the the two hot swap bays), but if the 360 would cool a significant amount more I could forgo the fan controller.
My questions are as follows:
Would the pump that comes with the combo be sufficient to run a decent flow through this loop?
If so would I be able to add another 6970 in the future and still get a decent flow?
Should I go with the 360mm rad instead of the 240mm? (The 240mm rad would have 2 120mm fans pushing through it and then 2 200mm fans pulling.)
Thanks in advance for the response and I know this horse is being beaten to death but I want to get as much information as possible before starting on this project,
I am looking to water cool my rig and I was wondering if the budget setup I'm looking at is adequate for what I want to do.
I am running a i5 2500K and an HD 6970 reference in a Cooler Master Haf X Case.
What I want to do is run a dual radiator single loop setup with the XSPC Rasa 240 kit and then an additional 140mm rad (Loop would run res-pump-240 rad(mounted on top)-cpu-140 rad(mounted on back)-gpu-res) with the CPU OC'd to around 5ghz.
I want to go with the 240mm rad instead of the 360 because for the 360 to fit I believe I would have to leave the top 5.25'' bay open and I am planning to have all my bays filled (Fan controller, DVD Drive, Dual Bay Res/Pump Combo, the the two hot swap bays), but if the 360 would cool a significant amount more I could forgo the fan controller.
My questions are as follows:
Would the pump that comes with the combo be sufficient to run a decent flow through this loop?
If so would I be able to add another 6970 in the future and still get a decent flow?
Should I go with the 360mm rad instead of the 240mm? (The 240mm rad would have 2 120mm fans pushing through it and then 2 200mm fans pulling.)
Thanks in advance for the response and I know this horse is being beaten to death but I want to get as much information as possible before starting on this project,