Preference really. I love my D5. Mine is completely silent at full speed, and they run cooler than your 3.2s typically.
Majin SSJ Eric - a couple things.
1. I'd probably grab the Cosmos II from Newegg. It's 305 + $15 shipping from newgg or 330 with free shipping from amazon. PPCS WILL charge you for shipping on top of that 340.
2. I'd avoid nickel plated EK products. Even with their "new" style of doing the coating, issues are still being reported. Even the blocks that were pre-bad coating issue had some issues as well (as evidenced by my 5850 block pre finish problem that lost it's finish in my loop)
And for questions:
Are that many connectors necessary for SLI/Crossfire setups? There's $110 worth of connectors just for linking your video cards together alone. That's crazy if so :/
Why not run 1 RX360 and 1 RX240 instead of the EX and the Koolances? Lower Fin density, lower speed fans, great cooling potential. Should be able to run the 2 radiators instead of 3, lower your restriction, get same overall temperatures I'd say.
I mean shoot... I'm running a single RX360 with 3 high speed yate loons, i7-3770k @ 4.7GHz, and a single 7970 with FC block @ 1300/1700. The GPU never gets above 45C. I'd think adding a 240 rad should cover the additional heat of a second GPU as well as X79 setup no problem.
Majin SSJ Eric - a couple things.
1. I'd probably grab the Cosmos II from Newegg. It's 305 + $15 shipping from newgg or 330 with free shipping from amazon. PPCS WILL charge you for shipping on top of that 340.
2. I'd avoid nickel plated EK products. Even with their "new" style of doing the coating, issues are still being reported. Even the blocks that were pre-bad coating issue had some issues as well (as evidenced by my 5850 block pre finish problem that lost it's finish in my loop)
And for questions:
Are that many connectors necessary for SLI/Crossfire setups? There's $110 worth of connectors just for linking your video cards together alone. That's crazy if so :/
Why not run 1 RX360 and 1 RX240 instead of the EX and the Koolances? Lower Fin density, lower speed fans, great cooling potential. Should be able to run the 2 radiators instead of 3, lower your restriction, get same overall temperatures I'd say.
I mean shoot... I'm running a single RX360 with 3 high speed yate loons, i7-3770k @ 4.7GHz, and a single 7970 with FC block @ 1300/1700. The GPU never gets above 45C. I'd think adding a 240 rad should cover the additional heat of a second GPU as well as X79 setup no problem.
Beast of Burden
(19 items) |
Cool story, bro!
(16 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q9550@ 3.5GHz w/ 1.191v | Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P | Sapphire Reference 5850 @ 775/1100 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| Crucial C300 | Spinpoint F3 | Caviar Black | ASUS DVD-RW |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Keyboard |
| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Samsung 23" | Saitek Eclipse III |
| Power | Case | Mouse | |
| Corsair 430W | NZXT Source 210 | Wolf King | |
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Beast of Burden
(19 items) |
Cool story, bro!
(16 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q9550@ 3.5GHz w/ 1.191v | Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P | Sapphire Reference 5850 @ 775/1100 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Optical Drive |
| Crucial C300 | Spinpoint F3 | Caviar Black | ASUS DVD-RW |
| Cooling | OS | Monitor | Keyboard |
| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit | Samsung 23" | Saitek Eclipse III |
| Power | Case | Mouse | |
| Corsair 430W | NZXT Source 210 | Wolf King | |
| View all | |||
) imho.
Mines on 5 and its almost silent 
