Suggestions for Water Cooled 4930k

[clayton006]

So I'll list out the system in my signature (EDIT: Can't seem to find a spot for a signature, will attach here). I just added a 4th titan I picked up used. My temps so far seem to be doing well, but I did buy a dual pump top and another pump because I plan on adding some custom made Vreg and chipset blocks and I'm worried about restriction.

Right now I have two Rads:
1-Black Ice GTX 480
1-Low FPI 360 (Can't remember brand)

With my CPU and my four GPU blocks I'm worried about adding the chipset blocks and if I will take a huge hit to my flow rate. Any thoughts on my system?

One Drive Image Links:
http://1drv.ms/1tdp48o
http://1drv.ms/1tdp6NE

System specs:
4930k @ 4.7GHz (H2O) / ASRock x79 Extreme 11 / 4x EVGA GTX Titan (H2O) / 32GB Ballistix 1600 RAM / SilverStone 1500w / 256GB 840 Pro / 1TB 840 EVO / WD Black 4TB

Moved from CPUs and Overclocking.

mfenn
General Hardware Moderator

 

[tweakboy]

Am I reading this straight , 4 titans ? Thats what 800 a pop, 3200 for video card doesnt look good or sound good....thx .....

 

[Burpo]

This should be in "Cases & Cooling".. You'll get more help there..

 

[clayton006]

I'm not able to contact an admin to get this moved. Is someone else able to do that?

 

[Ketchup]

I'm not able to contact an admin to get this moved. Is someone else able to do that?

I have asked a mod to take care of this. In the meantime, I am not sure I understand the need for a chipset block. What is leading you in this direction?

Very nice pics, btw! What case are you using?

 

[clayton006]

I have asked a mod to take care of this. In the meantime, I am not sure I understand the need for a chipset block. What is leading you in this direction?

Very nice pics, btw! What case are you using?

Thank you. I'm using a Corsair 900D. I should probably take more pictures later.

For the chipset block, since this is cooling two PLX chips and an LSI raid controller it has this annoying little fan called "X-Fan" that drives most of the owners of this board nuts! Right now I have some blu-ray cases stacked up in there to prop a 120mm fan to blow air directly over it. Problem solved for now, but I would like a more permanent solution.

 

[Ketchup]

OK, I see it now. That was my bad, I am so used to Intel chipsets being passively cooled I didn't take a look. Is there a temp sensor that tells you how hot the chip is getting now? Does the board come with software to adjust the fan speed? Have you heard what the safe temps for those chips are?

What I am getting at is if it can be mounted better manually, you may be able to get the fan to a quieter level without resorting extra heat in the water.

 

[clayton006]

There is software from ASRock to monitor it and adjust the fan. Problem is, anytime that fan is spinning it is loud and annoying. So it's either live with the sound, or attempt to cool it so that the fan doesn't come on.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

You could attempt to replace the fan, and pick one of similar amperage and identical size. You'd look for something with a superb bearing.

It wouldn't matter so much if only the width/depth size was the same and height were different (suppose a 15mm vs a 25mm), but it would interfere with your graphics cards if the fan was "thicker" or "higher".

It has to fit.

Beyond that -- thermal fan control through BIOS and/or software. I wouldn't consider a motherboard that didn't give me total thermal fan control on each and every port excepting the "PWR_FAN." But I'm sure AsRock's X79 boards have all of that.

 

[clayton006]

Well I've looked at all of the above, but I already have the custom blocks on order so I'm going to go that route. I'm mainly looking for opinions on if two pumps will be enough to overcome the restriction.

 

[aigomorla]

im willing to guess you'll be fine.

2 pumps give roughly double the head pressure with 1/3rd increase in flow.

adding a mosfet and chipset block wont impact your flow that much unless ur running multipul injectors.

 

[clayton006]

im willing to guess you'll be fine.

2 pumps give roughly double the head pressure with 1/3rd increase in flow.

adding a mosfet and chipset block wont impact your flow that much unless ur running multipul injectors.

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Thanks. That is what I believe as well.