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Noob to Liquid Cooling

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I currently have a gtx 590 and the card runs extremely hot even in my haf 932 blue edition. I currently am looking at the xspc 750 rs360 liquid cooling kit and their gtx razor 590 water block. Will a kit of this kind of value be enough to cool my i5 2500k and my 590 with sufficient temps?

specs :
asus p8z68
haf 932 blue edition
i5-2500k
evga gtx 590
gskills sniper ddr3 2133 mhz 16gb
nzxt 1000w psu
2 wd black edition 64 mb cache drives in raid 0
1 pos 1 tb hdd

Sorry guys im kind of new to liquid cooling and need some expert advice =D

Reply to stevethejew

Can a triple rad fit in a 932? I never knew that. But anyways, no, the 590 is way to hot of a card to cool with a a rad that's already cooling a CPU. I would get a good air cooler for the CPU (CM Evo or the D14) and dedicate the triple rad to the 590.

Reply to e56imfg

Jesus, its that hot eh? are there any modifications i can do to help cool both? possibly invest in a another rad for the cpu? i can fit 2 dual rads on the window side of my case but that would be the rest of my headroom for cooling right there.

Reply to stevethejew

It just seems like a waste investing a few hundred bux on a cooling kit when i would have to dedicate it only to a single card and not the cpu.

Reply to stevethejew

The 590 is a dual GPU card so it's going to generate a LOT of heat. The stock fans cool enough for the card to run but it's annoyingly loud ain't it?

The rule of thumb : 120x1 = 150w

120x1 = 150
120x2 = 300
120x3 = 450

If you're OCing, make a little headroom, 15 to 20%

Reply to e56imfg

Here is a great article of water cooling.
http://www.overclockers.com/guide- [...] r-cooling/

You could cool everything with a decent 360 rad but your DT will be higher and you would have to opt for a louder, faster fan to cool the rad sufficiently.

Reply to e56imfg

This topic has been moved from the section Opinions and Experiences to section Overclocking by Pyree

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Reply to Pyree

I have a rundown of delta-T in the Tom's WC sticky as well, including how to determine how many radiators you'll need based on total heat output @ 100% load; including CPU OC.

That delta guide was written by Conumdrum- he used to frequent Tom's, but usually hangs over at XS forums now. He started getting very impatient with new people asking questions and not reading stickies.