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Old 07-15-2010, 12:17 AM   #1
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New build - Heat exchange concerns

Hey all! Okay, gonna keep this short as I somehow got signed out and lost my previous post. I've purchased all my parts and they're awaiting installation. Here's the list:

2x Intel Xeon E5506 2.13ghz
Intel S5520SC Server board
24gb DDR 1333 (6x4gb)
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800
2x Corsair H50 Liquid Cooling
Silverstone Raven RV01
80gb SSD Intel X-25M
1.5 Tb Seagate 7200RPM

My problem is that the Corsair H50's require mounting on a fan. Unfortunately the case has 2 inlet fans and only 1 outlet fan. My friend is suggesting putting the 1 radiator on an inlet fan and 1 radiator on the outlet. I'm afraid this will cause an interruption in the airflow. His reasoning is that liquid cooling the two processors will significantly decrease the temp in the box leaving only the gfx card and the ram generating heat. The ram will be 1 per slot so that should reduce temps, but this machine will be used for graphical editing so it will see some stress. To relieve some heat on the video card I was looking into pci fans.

My last resort is to cut a hole in the plexiglas and adding an extra outlet fan. I don't really want to do this as I never have before...and it'd be a shame to cut into the case.

What kind of suggestions do you guys have as a simple set up? Should I even be worried?
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Old 07-15-2010, 08:50 AM   #2
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well, as your friend said, liquid cooling the CPUs will reduce heat in the box, but somehow i get the feeling that that video card will put out alot of heat. 24gigs of ram would put out some heat too, regardless of use/spacing.

using the outlet fan would be kind of pointless. unless you flip the fan or get another fan to turn that vent into an inlet, you will be using warm air from the case to cool that cpu, and you would see higher temps on one cpu.

ultimately i would have suggested a different case with more vents available for fans, but you have already purchased that one, correct? and btw sick looking case.

try switching the fans from one inlet and outlet, putting the radiators on the 2 inlet fans, thus keeping the positive pressure, and not using warm air to cool your cpus. this still leaves the problem of GPU/RAM though. there are waterblocks for GPUs, idk what else to really say.
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Old 07-16-2010, 07:13 PM   #3
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The heat generated will not be more than the power your PSU can provide. Which PSU do you have? That's the first question that needs to be answered. You then determine which device uses what amount of power and then you determine how to dissipate the heat being generated by each device. There is no need to guess.
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