Need your advice please.

[Daniel Barota]

Looking to build a gaming rig. (last one I did was over 12 years ago).The parts I have chosen are:

Asus Maximus IX Formula
Intel i7 Kaby Lake 4.2Ghz
2x8gb Gskill RGB at 3000mhz
Asus Rog Poseidon 1080Ti
Evga G3 850W
Case: Thermaltake View 31
Need help with the cooling. I am looking at EK 140 PWM D5 pump and 2 EK slim 360 radiators with Thermaltake Ring Plus fans.

Q1: Is the 2x 360 (25cm thick) slim radiator sufficient to cool the Mobo, GPU and CPU or do I need a thicker radiator?
Q2: One 360 slim radiator is it enough to cool the motherboard and CPU and one for GPU?
The case allows me to install thicker radiators but it will affect the...look I want to achieve. (all about vanity)
Thank you!

 

[EXCellR8]

personally I'd probably use a single standard 360 radiator for the whole thing; as long as you got some good air flow I don't see you having any issues unless you OC everything.

 

[aigomorla]

no no no... thermaltake ring plus fans do not generate enough static pressure required for the high FPI on slim rads.

You would either need to get something with lots of static pressure like a noctua industrial 3000rpm pwm or a Nidac Gentle Typhoon 2150rpm.

Even then slim rads are horrible at everything they do.
They are very restrictive, have high FPI which require loud static powerful fans.

Also how are you cooling the motherboard?
Do you intend on getting that EK block with does the CPU + Mosfets? Because that isnt real motherboard cooling.

If thats the case, 1 thick 360 should be enough as you wont see much benifit from the cpu due to the horrible TIM unless u intend to delid the cpu.

 

[DrMrLordX]

EK Vardars may also work well on a slim rad.

Personally I like the idea of a high FPI, but then I like loud fans with lots of static pressure. Noctua IndustrialPPC 3000rpm fans ftw!