cpu + gpu all cooled by a gts 240
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cpu + gpu all cooled by a gts 240
Hi all
I was wondering if it would be possible to cool a core i7 860 and a radeon 5870 all in a single loop all with a HW gts 240...
the thing is that the rad I've already got it, and was thinking of making the pc a little bit more quiet, as the radeon is quiet at iddle (it makes a little hum as soft as the HDD, which is a WD green EADS) but when playing its really noticeable.... so I was thinking of adding it to the loop of the CPU....
so the question is... is the GTS 240 going to be able to handle the cpu and the gpu ???
thanks in advance guys...
I was wondering if it would be possible to cool a core i7 860 and a radeon 5870 all in a single loop all with a HW gts 240...
the thing is that the rad I've already got it, and was thinking of making the pc a little bit more quiet, as the radeon is quiet at iddle (it makes a little hum as soft as the HDD, which is a WD green EADS) but when playing its really noticeable.... so I was thinking of adding it to the loop of the CPU....
so the question is... is the GTS 240 going to be able to handle the cpu and the gpu ???
thanks in advance guys...
Re: cpu + gpu all cooled by a gts 240
It should be enough, kind of depends how cool you feel comfortable with it being.axsnetworks wrote:Hi all
I was wondering if it would be possible to cool a core i7 860 and a radeon 5870 all in a single loop all with a HW gts 240...
the thing is that the rad I've already got it, and was thinking of making the pc a little bit more quiet, as the radeon is quiet at iddle (it makes a little hum as soft as the HDD, which is a WD green EADS) but when playing its really noticeable.... so I was thinking of adding it to the loop of the CPU....
so the question is... is the GTS 240 going to be able to handle the cpu and the gpu ???
thanks in advance guys...
It really depends on what fans you are running on it as well.
20mm, 25mm, 38mm?
Pull, push/pull?
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Well... just for your reference I'm watercooling an i7 and 5870. My loop setup is as follow using Artic Cooling F12 fans;
Swiftech (ST) MCP655 -> ST GTX -> ST MCW-NBMAX -> Black Ice (BI) GTS120 -> ST Komodo -> ST MCW30 -> ST MCR220 -> BI GTS120 -> MCP 655.
For 2 x 120mm and 1 x 240mm rads, here are my temps with a room temp of around 30+ degree celcius.
Idle (i7 @ 2.4Ghz / 5870 @ 157/300Mhz / rad fans @ 1.1 to 1.2K rpm)
i7 cores: 44 to 48c
5870 gpu/vrm: 40/44c
Prime95 load test (i7 @ 4Ghz / 2 fans @ 1.4k rpm)
i7 cores: up to 72c
Furmark load test (5870 @ 900/1250Mhz / 2 fans @ 1.4k rpm)
5870 gpu/vrm: 52/78c
Dirt 2/MW2 test (i7 @ 4Ghz / 5870 @ 900/1250Mhz, 4 fans @ 1.2 to 1.4k rpm)
i7 cores: up to 52c
5870 gpu/vrm: 50/60c
These results are far from impressive and we're talking about twice the number of rads. The x58 chipset does not dump a lot of heat compared to the CPU and GPU, too, so I'm not quite sure it's wise to use just a GTS240 for the job. You should consider the thicker GTX, Feser TFC or XSPC RX with poweful fans if you still insist in running a single 240mm rad.
Phil
Swiftech (ST) MCP655 -> ST GTX -> ST MCW-NBMAX -> Black Ice (BI) GTS120 -> ST Komodo -> ST MCW30 -> ST MCR220 -> BI GTS120 -> MCP 655.
For 2 x 120mm and 1 x 240mm rads, here are my temps with a room temp of around 30+ degree celcius.
Idle (i7 @ 2.4Ghz / 5870 @ 157/300Mhz / rad fans @ 1.1 to 1.2K rpm)
i7 cores: 44 to 48c
5870 gpu/vrm: 40/44c
Prime95 load test (i7 @ 4Ghz / 2 fans @ 1.4k rpm)
i7 cores: up to 72c
Furmark load test (5870 @ 900/1250Mhz / 2 fans @ 1.4k rpm)
5870 gpu/vrm: 52/78c
Dirt 2/MW2 test (i7 @ 4Ghz / 5870 @ 900/1250Mhz, 4 fans @ 1.2 to 1.4k rpm)
i7 cores: up to 52c
5870 gpu/vrm: 50/60c
These results are far from impressive and we're talking about twice the number of rads. The x58 chipset does not dump a lot of heat compared to the CPU and GPU, too, so I'm not quite sure it's wise to use just a GTS240 for the job. You should consider the thicker GTX, Feser TFC or XSPC RX with poweful fans if you still insist in running a single 240mm rad.
Phil
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So basically all you have is 2 gts 120, when I want to use a single gts240...
although I know that the temps are not going to be the best, all I want is to keep everything cool and quiet... so I think your temps are a guideline to what I might get... except I'm not going to cool the chipset, so I might shave a degree or two...
although I know that the temps are not going to be the best, all I want is to keep everything cool and quiet... so I think your temps are a guideline to what I might get... except I'm not going to cool the chipset, so I might shave a degree or two...
Correction. I've two GTS120 and a MCR220 for roughly 480mm rad cooling capacity or two times the GTS240. You can still give it a go but I believe your setup will probably end up hot and quiet instead.axsnetworks wrote:So basically all you have is 2 gts 120, when I want to use a single gts240...
although I know that the temps are not going to be the best, all I want is to keep everything cool and quiet... so I think your temps are a guideline to what I might get... except I'm not going to cool the chipset, so I might shave a degree or two...
Phil
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