[samster25]

i have a xspc rx240 with 2 panaflows and 2 fan shrouds, and gtz block, im gonna be watercooling a e8400 and gtx280, will the dual rad cut it. im not really gonna overclock the gpu. thanks

p.s. i think the rad is a dual pass

 

[7hm]

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Originally Posted by samster25 i have a xspc rx240 with 2 panaflows and 2 fan shrouds, and gtz block, im gonna be watercooling a e8400 and gtx280, will the dual rad cut it. im not really gonna overclock the gpu. thanks p.s. i think the rad is a dual pass

Ugh that's gonna be a close one I'd suggest a 360 at least

 

[samster25]

the e8400 wont make that much heat right, and its just a 280

 

[7hm]

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Originally Posted by samster25 the e8400 wont make that much heat right, and its just a 280

Are you OC'ing the e8400?

 

[samster25]

yeah 4.3 its runs on 1.33

 

[xToaDx]

I think you will be "fine".
As stated I doubt it would be considered ideal.
I ran an OCed Q6600 and a highly OCed GTX280 on an RX360 with 3 really crappy fans. My CPU temps were awesome, and my GPU temps were pretty sweet, about the same IDLING, but the delta between idle/load was waaaay smaller. Which is the point of WCing a GPU, in my opinion.

 

[7hm]

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Originally Posted by samster25 yeah 4.3 its runs on 1.33

You'll be alright but you won't see a HIGH improvement from regular air on the GPU even adding a 120 rad to the loop or another 240 will be awesome and give you much better results than air on the GPU temps.

 

[reiben05]

you'll be fine.. a gtx 280 + a C2D wont produce a lot of heat..

 

[samster25]

thanks guys +rep

 

[nafljhy]

you'll be fine. your temps won't be spectacular but you'll do just fine for what you want to do.

 

[USlatin]

I think samster's avatar should come with an epileptic attack warning.

 

[Mikecdm]

Right now I'm running my 550be and gtx 260 of an mcr220. I had the 550be unlocked and running at 3.7ghz folding on all 4 cores and the gtx 260 folding as well. I really can't tell the temp on the 550be when unlocked, but the gpu temp went up about 3°C from when it was in my other computer running off a triple rad. The double also has two cheap fans where as the triple had push/pull. Keep in mind, the processor in the old rig was at stock voltage and always idling.

I think that it should be fine only using a double rad. Temps could be better with more surface area, but it won't be completely horrible with a dual.

 

[samster25]

thank you mike,
and my avatar is fine lol

 

[sp4wners]

That's not true. I just mounted my new WC with Feser Xcharger 240 + Two Gelid 120mm UV Blue fans and my CPU temp in stock is 28, for GPU is 37. In stress I have 46 on CPU and 48 on GPU. So don't listen to them, triple radiator is more expensive and You'll don't see any changes :/ OCd my Phenom II X4 to 3.86GHz for now with 1.47v, so I think my temps are really good

 

[reiben05]

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Originally Posted by sp4wners That's not true. I just mounted my new WC with Feser Xcharger 240 + Two Gelid 120mm UV Blue fans and my CPU temp in stock is 28, for GPU is 37. In stress I have 46 on CPU and 48 on GPU. So don't listen to them, triple radiator is more expensive and You'll don't see any changes :/ OCd my Phenom II X4 to 3.86GHz for now with 1.47v, so I think my temps are really good

that depends.. u'll see a lot of difference with an i7 (from dual to triple rad), and fans is a factor too.. anything less than 50CFM probably aint good/bad at dissipating heat..

 

[samster25]

I ordered a bunch of watercooling parts lol i love jab-tech