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Cooling Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Stow, OH
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Well I have decided to go back to watercooling. All I need to do now is finalize the components that I am planning on purchasing. I currently have the Swiftech Storm CPU Block, Danger Den Fillport, OCZ BGA Ramsinks, and a Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Small Form Factor Reservoir. The parts I need are the following:
Low Profile Acetal Maze4GPU 12V DD-D5 Pump Thermochill PA120.2 or 120.3 20 ft of Tygon Tubing CM Stacker Bottom Case Shroud The way I have my Stacker configured I am planning on the radiator placement on the bottom of the case with the bottom case shroud availabe at danger den. Currently I will be cooling my cpu and gpu. Will the Thermochill be sufficient enought to cool the processor and the gpu on the 7800GTX KO edition card? Another thing I need to take into consideration is the feasibility of the 120.2 if I acquire another 7800GTX to run in SLI in the near future. If I were to add another 7800GTX, will the 120.2 still be up to the task of sufficiently cooling all these components? If not, I could possibly purchase a Thermochill PA120.1 and mount it one the 120mm fan on the rear of the case and run both radiators. Would this scenario work? A Thermochill PA120.3 would be one tight fit on the bottom of this case with some modifications. I have seen it on a few post, but I really dont want to hack up this case if I can get by with a 120.2.
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Cooling Savant
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Sydney, Oz
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I'd certainly recommend 120.2 size as a minimum, and if you are thinking SLI, I'd go and do a 120.3. But that's me. Quote:
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Use my approximator and play around with similar components to see what you find. Swiftech only publish MCR320QP charts with 3 full power fans, so my argument is still rather virtual and not showable. Approximator BETA
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Cooling Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Stow, OH
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Well I currently have 4 120mm Evercool fans. My only real delimia with a 120.3 is having to cut my case to fit it in. I only have the three bottom slots available in the stacker. If I remove the floppy and reconfigure it I can possibly accomplish 1 to 2 more available slots for a total of 4 or 5 slots on the bottom. My overall goal is performance and silence. So it might just be best to go with the 120.2 for now and when I get my second vid card, get a 120.1 to comprimise the additional watts.
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