Triple crossfire gaming PC

[grandpatzer]

I was first considering a Phobya 1080, It's really almost same price as the Phobya 360 rad but I feel having tighty system should be nicer looking?

I will be running fans at 500-600rpm for low noise gaming:

Right now the computer:



Option 2 is buy 1080rad instead of 360rad:

 

[rubix_1011]

You really should consider keeping all your questions in a single thread rather than opening 4-5 different threads. This is going to really create a lot of duplicate Q/A and misdirection.

 

[Lutfij]

^ might want to merge these threads as well - cos they eventually turned into a 1080 phobya question

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/273781-29-radbox-necessary
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/273872-29-serial-pumps

 

[rubix_1011]

I just want to avoid getting information mixed and using disparate data when making decisions. However, merging threads does get messy because it merges based on every reply by interleaving them in based on date/time stamp...it can end up more confusing that way.

Might be better to choose a single thread to move forward in, while closing the others.

 

[grandpatzer]

I just want to avoid getting information mixed and using disparate data when making decisions. However, merging threads does get messy because it merges based on every reply by interleaving them in based on date/time stamp...it can end up more confusing that way.

Might be better to choose a single thread to move forward in, while closing the others.

Is it ok to lock the other threads as they have alot of information that is not related to phobya 1080?

I'm considering just adding the Phobya 1080 + gpu blocks to my current setup (so not moving the 240 + 360 rad):

I would also only have the rads as case flow and have them at 500rpm so they move wery little air but because the 1080 taking most heat the case and motherboard is not heated up right?

 

[rubix_1011]

Yeah, I can do that...I just wanted to help keep everything relevant to your build in one thread, if possible. Having multiple threads running around kind of creates confusion with people asking/answering the same questions multiple times to the same forum user.

For the record, what cards are you running in 3x Crossfire there? A Phobya would negate the need for that Magicool 360 and EK 240...and in all honesty, likely the inverse is true for the Magicool 360/EK 240 towards the need for the Phobya.

 

[grandpatzer]

For the record, what cards are you running in 3x Crossfire there? A Phobya would negate the need for that Magicool 360 and EK 240...and in all honesty, likely the inverse is true for the Magicool 360/EK 240 towards the need for the Phobya.

Well I own 7970, 7950, 7950 so three AMD cards.

But I'm considering selling my 7950's and just run on one 7970 for now.

So now I'm considering just adding the 7970 to my loop and not move anything so rads, pumps and so on as on the picture here below in this post.

* Option 1 *
Have the 230mm case door as intake and 240+360 rads as exhaust.

* Option 2 *
Have the bottom 240 as intake and the front 360 exhaust.
Maybe also have the case door as intake.
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Also I want to run the rads with 120mm fans at 500rpm so wery little air is moved/pushed so maybe *Option 1* would be better in this case?

 

[rubix_1011]

If you have excellent case airflow, either will work. If you have poor case airflow...well...probably option 2? Are there no back/top case fans? If you use the photo above as reference, both rads should be intake, and the back and top fans as exhaust. If your case door has a fan, bonus.

 

[grandpatzer]

If you have excellent case airflow, either will work. If you have poor case airflow...well...probably option 2? Are there no back/top case fans? If you use the photo above as reference, both rads should be intake, and the back and top fans as exhaust. If your case door has a fan, bonus.

I currently only have the rear fan and it's 500rpm so moves minimal air.

So with bad case flow I should have the bottom rad as intake?

 

[wolfram23]

Hang on, are you running a 7970 and two 7950s in tri fire??

I... that's...

Why?

Anyway, intake at the front and bottom, exhaust at the top and rear.

 

[rubix_1011]

Hang on, are you running a 7970 and two 7950s in tri fire??

I... that's...

Why?

Anyway, intake at the front and bottom, exhaust at the top and rear.

Hahahahahahaha!

I currently only have the rear fan and it's 500rpm so moves minimal air.

So with bad case flow I should have the bottom rad as intake?

Sounds like you need to include 2 additional fans with your order: top and rear.

 

[grandpatzer]

I currently only have the rear fan and it's 500rpm so moves minimal air.

So with bad case flow I should have the bottom rad as intake?

Sounds like you need to include 2 additional fans with your order: top and rear.[/quotemsg]

Should I replace the 240+360 rad with a 1080 rad then if I don't want top and rear fan?

I want 500rpm fans only so maybe I need to remove the 240+360 and use a external 1080 rad?

 

[rubix_1011]

With a 500 rpm fan you aren't moving much air at all.

These are all questions only you can answer, but I don't see the need to go with a huge rad simply because you are opting to not add 2 case fans.

 

[grandpatzer]

With a 500 rpm fan you aren't moving much air at all.

These are all questions only you can answer, but I don't see the need to go with a huge rad simply because you are opting to not add 2 case fans.

I'm definitively having 500rpm fans as they need to be inaudible.

The question is will it be enough for a 7970 + CPU?

Having 6 120mm fans@500rpm, 2 on 240 bottom rad, 3 on front rad and 1fan as exhaust as picture below:



Other option is to have the bottom rad also as exhaust and add the HAF 932 Case door fan for intake.