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RX240 enough to handle my q9550?

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Nick911
I will be getting 2 scythe typhoons and running it at around 800-1000RPM and a XSPC RX240. My ambient is around 70F(winter)-90F(summer). I got mcp655 vario setting one, lapped q9550,lapped apogee gt.

Questions:

Will I be fine during the normal temp? (70-80)

Will I be fine at 90?

What type of temps would I be looking at? If I can load my games under 55c I am fine with that.
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should be fine, but a 360 would definitely be an upgrade.
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Psycho666
i had a GTS Lite 240 rad for my Q9550 for more then a year...OC'ed to 4Ghz...Highest temp was 65c and that was with LinX.
and that was unlapped...now that their lapped my highest temp is 60c

so...it's safe
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Nick911
Psycho, what is your ambient?How fast and what fans did you use?

My custom made acrylic case can't fit a triple rad since it will be a 12X12X12.

I have noticed that the RX series has twice the thickness of any normal rad... Doesn't that equate to twice the performance to say a swiftech double with the same RPM fan?
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Psycho666
i started with 3 1250RPM Nanoxia fans...
ambient is mostly around 20c here...summers are between 30 and 40c

that is when i lower my OC

maybe you can get some Enermax Magna fans?
i have those now on my 360 rad and i can't even hear them...their awesome
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Nick911
there you go! 3 fans on your rad, that is around 100 watts more heat dissipation then mine and don't forget that my fans are running at max 1000RPM. You info that you gave me and based on the 60c temp and that ambient is around 30C, my temps would be around 60c or so. My fans that I have are the best fans that you can get for a radiator right BEHIND the delta 38mm fans.

Thing is I can run my setup gaming wise definitely under 65. Stress testing I have no clue. That is all I needed to know thank you all for your help.
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Psycho666
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Originally Posted by Nick911 View Post
there you go! 3 fans on your rad, that is around 100 watts more heat dissipation then mine and don't forget that my fans are running at max 1000RPM. You info that you gave me and based on the 60c temp and that ambient is around 30C, my temps would be around 60c or so. .
wha?
maybe i wasn't making sense...

i had 4 fans on the 240 rad...now i have a 240 rad for my cpu and a 360 rad for my GTX295...
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Nick911
oooohhh ok lol. Then I will definitly be fine temp wise, thanks for your help ^_^
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