Tips and Suggestions

[Superclocker201]

I have been building computers off and on for 10 years. I have had a few water cooling cpu, mostly pre filled or kits. I am wanting to build a new computer and I wanted to to a custom loop. I was looking at the Corsair Obsidian 900D Elite, with 2 480 rad, and 320 rad. I wanted a single loop with two gpu cooling, cpu and ram cooling. I was thinking of doing the gpu with a one way flow and the rest doing compression fitings. I was wondering on what you all thought and any suggestions you might have.

 

[EarthDog]

Welcome!

First, list the specific hardware you are going to put it under (CPU, GPUs). That will help us figure out if your radded properly. You have a lot of rad listed.

Next, I would suggest not cooling ram. Its pointless from a performance standpoint and those blocks can be pretty restrictive (and you want a single loop).

 

[dtrunk]

Sounds fun, two 480's should be enough for everything; but as ED said, get a list together, mayb a shoplist of the watercool gear after you choose all the system gear, list it up here and we'll give u a critique.

as stated, cooling the ram is pointless, same as the NB/SB (for normal use and gaming.) a ram fan setup would do just nice.

i would suggest 1/2" piping, solid single or dual D5 pump setup, top of the line blocks for GPU/CPU, fittings of choice for looks.

 

[EarthDog]

Ram doesn't even need fans...

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Ram doesn't even need fans...

Or the heatspreader, in most cases.

 

[GTXJackBauer]

2 480s should be more than enough cooling for a CPU + 2 GPU SLI/Xfire setup. I am guessing you're going for extreme silence? With that much heat surface I'd grab some really nice premium rad fans like the Noiseblockers e-loops B12s (PWM) while going with a MCP-35X2 (Dual DDC) pumps.

I also should add that 2 480s and a 360 will not fit in a 900D. You can fit a 240/280 on the PSU side and a 420/480 on the other side of the PSU/Rad. The top can also fit a 420/480 but if you do go with anything pretty much bigger than a 360, you will lose the top bay while only leaving you with 3 instead of 4. The front gets a little tricky since there are 2 radiators at the bottom which will get in the way. I believe you might be able to fit a 240 or less in front while the bottom is being occupied by the rads. I would recommend using the front as an intake including the bottom and top while using the rear as a exhaust. Reason why I say this is because all intake points are filtered while the unfiltered back is used as exhaust.

If you need any ideas, take a look at my signature of my 900D build log. Might give you a better perspective.

Hope this all helps.

 

[Adragontattoo]

Or the heatspreader, in most cases.

Unless it is FB-DIMM or RAMBUS. They need phase change or LN2 unless you want to cook dinner.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Unless it is FB-DIMM or RAMBUS. They need phase change or LN2 unless you want to cook dinner.

FB-DIMM isn't used on consumer-grade equipment, server-grade is a whole different world.

Oh man, RAMBUS, that 15 year old stuff

I know what you're getting at, and it is a good point, but we're speaking modern consumer equipment.

 

[GTXJackBauer]