Radiator Size Help

199

03-01-2016, 08:00 AM

Interested in exploring water cooling for your parts? I'm having trouble figuring out the right radiator size to maintain optimal temperatures. You've got an FX-8370 OC'D to 4.9 GHz and a Ref Zotac 980 Ti with a moderate core OC of 1415 MHz, which will increase heat output when water cooling is applied. Any advice or guidance would be really helpful.

TheOrangeFTW

03-01-2016, 08:00 AM #1

Greytide
Member

159

03-01-2016, 01:38 PM

One 360mm unit would be sufficient.

Greytide

03-01-2016, 01:38 PM #2

One 360mm unit would be sufficient.

Alenfewe
Junior Member

03-02-2016, 03:40 PM

One 360mm unit would be sufficient.

Alenfewe

03-02-2016, 03:40 PM #3

One 360mm unit would be sufficient.

jtallieu
Member

03-02-2016, 04:28 PM

Thick or thin radiator?

jtallieu

03-02-2016, 04:28 PM #4

Thick or thin radiator?

Cyanstrophic
Senior Member

668

03-10-2016, 06:09 AM

A dense rad with a larger FPI offers greater surface area, which improves cooling when space allows.

Cyanstrophic

03-10-2016, 06:09 AM #5

A dense rad with a larger FPI offers greater surface area, which improves cooling when space allows.

_K33P_
Member

03-31-2016, 08:44 PM

Thanks

_K33P_

03-31-2016, 08:44 PM #6

Thanks

the_one_waffle
Member

199

04-08-2016, 08:34 PM

360 will work, but the focus should be on weight. I own a 120mm radiator with about 1kg empty. It cooled my CPU and GPU without issues. It's heavier than most AIO coolers and also more costly.

the_one_waffle

04-08-2016, 08:34 PM #7

360 will work, but the focus should be on weight. I own a 120mm radiator with about 1kg empty. It cooled my CPU and GPU without issues. It's heavier than most AIO coolers and also more costly.