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Can 2x240mm rads and a 120mm rad cool 2 6970's and a i7 3770k?

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so im building a new loop in a new case. right now the only thing, in the case I have now, water cooled is the cpu and one of the 6970's. when I put all of my stuff in the new case im going to water cool the second 6970 and because the case is different I cant use my 480mm rad any more. so I plan on getting 2x 240mm rads
(http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...uct_info&manufacturers_id=87&products_id=4537)
and 1x 120mm rad
(http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...t_info&cPath=59_457_667_674&products_id=31349)
also the case im putting them in is the cm storm Stryker
(http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=3099)

my question is whether or not those rad with be able to handle the cpu and two gpu's. the cpu is overclocked to 4.4GHZ btw.
 
I'm guessing you might not need the 120mm rad, but it wouldn't hurt for extra headroom.
Normally it's 120mm rad space per component as a bare minimum, you can calculate tdp and go a bit higher in wattage to contemplate overclocking to know for sure.
The stickies in the wc section have that covered.
 
Adding more radiator. Check out the sticky threads friend. A lot of this information is there as well as calculations of your heatload to make sure you are properly radded. :)
 
The aero engineer in me says more surface area is better!

You old rad was a 16 fpi 40mm 480, whereas with the new one you will be at 30 fpi 30mm "480", so actually you will end up with a much greater surface area than before.

I think you should be fine. Just get some nice high SP fans and sit back and relax.
 
Please run prime 95 small ffts AND Heaven benchmark looping for 30 minutes at the SAME time please. And tell us the room temp. Then post screenshots of realtemp and GPU-Z on the Sensors tab. Or post a screenshot of HW Monitor, it has both.

Then we can assess your temps. I don't know what "Push to the Max" means for you, we have a kinda accepted comparison. Try it.
 
Conumdrum said:
Please run prime 95 small ffts AND Heaven benchmark looping for 30 minutes at the SAME time please. And tell us the room temp. Then post screenshots of realtemp and GPU-Z on the Sensors tab. Or post a screenshot of HW Monitor, it has both.

Then we can assess your temps. I don't know what "Push to the Max" means for you, we have a kinda accepted comparison. Try it.
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ok so I ran the benchmarks and stress tests at the same time for 30min straight here are the temps at the end of the 30min:
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(http://postimg.org/image/5rmm5jnkx/)
then I allowed to system to cool for 10min and here are the idle temps 10min after the end of the 30min test:
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(http://postimg.org/image/vbxv5ol9v/)



also the room temp is 74 (F) degrees
 
to what I have now or are you talking about the 2x240mm I plan on getting?
 
Yup, 120.5 should be good even with some OCing headroom but will take a bite out of your Delta. For quiet smooth operations I advise 120.2 per chip. For loud screaming operations, well that's 120.1 per chip. Up to you if you want it quiet. The more rads the better. Make sure you have a powerful pump (MCP-35x) and great fans to go with those nice rads. (AP-15s or Helix120s)
 
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