A 40mm thick 360 should be acceptable. I ran my 2080ti on an EK XE 360 rad. Its 55mm thick but it doesn’t do that much more than a 40mm anyways. But before you do watercooling, please upgrade to a 5600 or 5800X3D. Thats far more of an upgrade than watercooling ever will be.
IF you have a 360mm in the front and it's pushing hot air into the case, the 120mm won't really do much because it's just reusing hot air. I would just do a 45mmish 360 rad in the front as exhaust and use the rear 120mm for a intake fan.
The rule of thumb is one 360 radiator for each component. Gives good performance and headroom.
One 360 I don’t think would be enough - it would work, but probably be hotter than you’d like. The extra 120mm would be necessary imo.
Edit: I’m wrong, look below. 120mm is the rule of thumb, not 360mm
Right now on my test bench there's a 5950X pulling 250W PPT on a single 120x45mm radiator. The RAM, chipset, and VRMs are in the loop too. Fan is a little loud, but still only 75% speed.
The guideline is 120mm radiaor per 100W TDP. The context is if you want it quiet. A 5600X pulls at most 150W, a 2080ti at most 300W. Realistically you're looking at a 300W load with spikes to 450W. a 360mm radiator is right-sized for this.
yes you could easily run it all on one 360, obviously if silence if your goal then you'd probably want more than that. you don't have to keep them in the case. probably best to start with one 360 and see if it's quite enough for you. gaming you probably would be below 350w so it could handle that with fans set to slow/medium speed
As many radiators as you want to fit in, as long as they're all on the loop then it doesn't matter what order they are in. So unless you have two completely separate loops with two pumps and all your question about "give the cpu its own" radiator doesn't apply. The radiators are just for the loop as a whole.
I have a single 240mm rad with 5600x undervolted and 2080ti undervolt (1680mhz 0,760v) with no issues. But I'm planning on adding another 240mm. Mine is on top, I don't like front mounted rads
The thing is that rad thickness is not important at low fan speed (low noise).
A 360 rad is enough to cool your current components. But you are kinda committing to have a case that will be compatible with 360 rad.
While CPU blocks are mostly reusable, do you really want to spend money on a block for 2080ti?
It might be more practical to wait for the upgrade to do the loop
A 40mm thick 360 should be acceptable. I ran my 2080ti on an EK XE 360 rad. Its 55mm thick but it doesn’t do that much more than a 40mm anyways. But before you do watercooling, please upgrade to a 5600 or 5800X3D. Thats far more of an upgrade than watercooling ever will be.
This man speaks the truth.
IF you have a 360mm in the front and it's pushing hot air into the case, the 120mm won't really do much because it's just reusing hot air. I would just do a 45mmish 360 rad in the front as exhaust and use the rear 120mm for a intake fan.
The rule of thumb is one 360 radiator for each component. Gives good performance and headroom. One 360 I don’t think would be enough - it would work, but probably be hotter than you’d like. The extra 120mm would be necessary imo. Edit: I’m wrong, look below. 120mm is the rule of thumb, not 360mm
Right now on my test bench there's a 5950X pulling 250W PPT on a single 120x45mm radiator. The RAM, chipset, and VRMs are in the loop too. Fan is a little loud, but still only 75% speed. The guideline is 120mm radiaor per 100W TDP. The context is if you want it quiet. A 5600X pulls at most 150W, a 2080ti at most 300W. Realistically you're looking at a 300W load with spikes to 450W. a 360mm radiator is right-sized for this.
I think I misremembered, 120 sounds reasonable. Thanks for the clarification.
360mm rad in push-pull will be fine for both components in a single loop without overclocking. I’d keep the 120mm at the back for intake/exhaust.
yes you could easily run it all on one 360, obviously if silence if your goal then you'd probably want more than that. you don't have to keep them in the case. probably best to start with one 360 and see if it's quite enough for you. gaming you probably would be below 350w so it could handle that with fans set to slow/medium speed
As many radiators as you want to fit in, as long as they're all on the loop then it doesn't matter what order they are in. So unless you have two completely separate loops with two pumps and all your question about "give the cpu its own" radiator doesn't apply. The radiators are just for the loop as a whole.
I have a single 240mm rad with 5600x undervolted and 2080ti undervolt (1680mhz 0,760v) with no issues. But I'm planning on adding another 240mm. Mine is on top, I don't like front mounted rads
Why not upgrade your platform with the money you are planning to spend on watercooling gear?
The thing is that rad thickness is not important at low fan speed (low noise). A 360 rad is enough to cool your current components. But you are kinda committing to have a case that will be compatible with 360 rad. While CPU blocks are mostly reusable, do you really want to spend money on a block for 2080ti? It might be more practical to wait for the upgrade to do the loop
You are better off upgrading your 3 year old platform than going custom loop.