Need to watercool Corsair 400c

[Abdulrehman3d]

I am a 3D artist by profession and the temperature here is getting high already. With no use at all the GPU temperature is sitting around 45 degrees for both GTX 1080ti cards and as a result I am not able to work properly. This case (Corsair 400c) is too compact and I was wondering if anyone could help with the parts used here: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Color/carbide-400c-config/p/CC-9011095-WW

 

Pleas have a look at my build, I have removed all the filters and my temperature is around 42 now. I clean my workstation once a week with high pressure air blower. When the system is in use it is getting almost 80 degrees for both the cards!

 

Build link: https://imgur.com/a/31htW

 

Thanks!

[razy60]

I am a 3D artist by profession and the temperature here is getting high already. With no use at all the GPU temperature is sitting around 45 degrees for both GTX 1080ti cards and as a result I am not able to work properly. This case (Corsair 400c) is too compact and I was wondering if anyone could help with the parts used here: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Color/carbide-400c-config/p/CC-9011095-WW

 

Pleas have a look at my build, I have removed all the filters and my temperature is around 42 now. I clean my workstation once a week with high pressure air blower. When the system is in use it is getting almost 80 degrees for both the cards!

 

Build link: https://imgur.com/a/31htW

 

Thanks!

 

Hi, when you temp here is getting do you mean the room temp.

That said as far as your GPU do you notice a drop in temp if you leave the side panel off?

the air flow in that case when running SLI GPU's isn't the best ideally you should get a bigger case or remove the front panel.

A friend of mine was running 2 tri fan cooled gtx980ti's but ended up cooling the top gpu with a aio cooler I used to use and straight away it was better.

Essentially you have restricted air flow to the GPU's and they are FE cards which don't have the best cooling any way.

[c-attack]

40-45C idle is not unusual for a Ti card at idle. You will see normal daily shifts in accordance with room and case temperature. Obviously the load temps are the point of concern and 600-700W of GPU heat is a lot to manage.

 

Are you asking about the custom loop parts used in this photo? It looks like EK GPU blocks and Bitspower fittings. The radiators I don't recognize straight away (XSPC?), but that is an interchangeable piece and you should pick the one that is appropriate for your desired fan speed. That said, putting together a dual GPU cooling loop is not 3 step and you're done process and might be a bit daunting if you have never built one before. Dual GPUs in particular are difficult because of the large wattage you need to get rid off and there is a decision whether to tie the CPU into the loop or leave it on a standalone AIO cooler to separate the two coolant streams. This a complex decision in regard to the above and case selection.

 

 

 

My immediate short term suggestion is to flip the fans on the H100i GTX/v2 to exhaust up and out. Right now you have one single fan trying to evacuate the heat from your CPU, two GPUs, and the normal board/VRM heat. That is a big ask. Since you did not mention CPU temps, the GPU would seem to be the priority. I suspect the entire case is a bit warm and your H100i v2 coolant temps are elevated beyond what they should be as well. A second suggestion would be use 3x120 in the front vs 2x140. Theoretically, most 3x120 set-ups can provide more air volume than 2x140, but that is not really what you are after with this. 3x120 with a medium rake fan is going to have a better focused flow and the middle fan should be able to shoot the gap between the cards. In my two years running extensive testing with this, the 3x120 was worth almost 5C in GPU temp reduction for the top card vs 2x140, albeit on small watt 970s.

[Abdulrehman3d]

Thank you very much!!