charbel1011 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Trying to buy my first custom loop but it stays it's recommended to have 2 radiators https://imgur.com/oTHxEql how's that even works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zotty Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 option 2.. you told it you are over clocking?... its suggests 3 rads for my case if OC'ing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charbel1011 Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 No i clicked the option that im not overclocking. can i get away with 1 radiator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyncharas Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 No i clicked the option that im not overclocking. can i get away with 1 radiator? That would depend on the CPU and GPU your system uses; if they are known to generate a lot of heat, one radiator is applied to each component, to spread thermal dissipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevBiker Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 That looks like two 120mm or 140mm radiators ... so yeah, you'd want at least two of them if cooling both CPU and GPU. For single radiator, you'd need something larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charbel1011 Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 That looks like two 120mm or 140mm radiators ... so yeah, you'd want at least two of them if cooling both CPU and GPU. For single radiator, you'd need something larger. i wanna cool only the cpu not the gpu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee Corsair GregX Posted May 29, 2019 Corsair Employee Share Posted May 29, 2019 Trying to buy my first custom loop but it stays it's recommended to have 2 radiators https://imgur.com/oTHxEql how's that even works? Hi, According to image I assume you have a 570X case, motherboard and CPU which have a compatible CPU water block and a graphics card which does not have a compatible GPU water block. Let me know your full system configuration or provide a configuration code from the configurator. Can be found on bottom of configuration overview step. 2 radiators are recommended to provide enough cooling performance to meet requirements for stage 2 (recommended by Corsair). Why is there a smaller radiator on front? It seems you have a graphics card model which is long and would prevent installation of pump/reservoir unit with larger radiator installed on front. To accomodate space for installation of the pump/res unit, configurator reserved space for the pump/res unit and put a largest possible radiator on front position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zone55555 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 also if you picked the extreme/enthusiast setting then it'll add an additional rad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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