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Dice
02-01-08, 03:13 PM
I am looking to water cool a PC I am building. The goal is to OC to the limits of the mobo and GPU. This will be a mid-range gaming machine. I have an older rig which has been underwater for a couple years now, and am comfortable with WC. Also, low fan noise is preferable as the case will be living on my desk, not on the floor.

The PC:
e6420 (OC goal = 3.2Ghz@ 400Mhz FSB)
1 8600GT (OC goal = whatever the card will do till I can afford a replacement)
I plan to replace the GPU with an 8800 series card, and include it in the loop

The loop parts:
TDX for 775
Maze5 for GPU
DDC with small res top & 1/2" barbs
NZXT Rogue case

My question is:
Will a Thermochill 120.1/BIGTX-120 be adequate for this application, or will it need a larger radiator?

I only ask because when I stopped spending money on WC parts a couple years ago, 240mm+ rads were required for a good CPU/GPU loop. The modern rads seem like they are more able then their older counterparts. That and with the Rogue, space is at a premium. I do know that with modification the Rogue can accept a 240mm radiator, but I will only do that if needs be. (It takes considerable modification to do so.) So, thanks for reading and what say you?

voigts
02-01-08, 09:38 PM
You need to go with a dual rad to handle both a CPU and GPU, especially since you want lower speed fans. You would have to crank up the fans on a single rad, unless you used a PA160.

Dice
02-02-08, 03:56 PM
Ok, so the same is true now that it was then. Not the answer I wanted to hear, but I'm glad I know how it is before dropping cash on a radiator which cannot effectively cool what I need it to.

billb
02-03-08, 11:38 AM
You could try reading these to get back up to speed:
http://www.over-clock.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=20277
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77260
http://www.thermochill.com/PATesting/
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.effizienzgurus.de%2Fm ain%2Findex.php%3Fcontent%3Darticle%26action%3Dvie w_spec_article%26article_id%3D222&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Dice
02-03-08, 01:59 PM
billb- Thanks for the links. From the info in those resources, I was able to figure out exactly which components I need to cool the system I am building, and get a realistic idea of how much heat the parts I am using will actually generate.