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immaturegizzmoe · ‎12-26-2012

Hey everyone, hope you all had a Merry Christmas. I was wondering if anyone knew if a 140 radiator with a push pull setup with no resivoir just pump and rad, would be enough to cool the onboard vrm cooler on my Asus Maximus 5 Formula board. I want to use my larger rads on other componets so had enough space left to mount a lone 140 with no res. if this will be enough. the cpu memory and graphics have other means of cooling so this is all thats left and I dont want to share one of my other loops.

kkn · ‎12-26-2012

the VRM dont get too hot unless you are OC'ing mutch i think.
i guess you could get a pump/res combo??
here is one option if your interested: http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c107/s1076/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-PC_Water_Cooling_Pumps-Radiato...
another option: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9898/ex-pmp-92/Bitspower_Mini_Water_Tank_Plus_DDC_Pump_Attachement...
or you can look at other options on combo pump/res: http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g30/c107/s152/list/p1/Liquid_Cooling-PC_Water_Cooling_Pumps-PumpRese...

Area_66 · ‎12-26-2012

About anything will do too cool only the VRM, actually you can use only push or pull, no need for both.

Krindor · ‎12-26-2012

Reservoirs where made to make filling and bleeding easier, it's possible to have a loop without a res, but remember it will be much harder to fill the loop.

Area_66 · ‎12-26-2012

swiftech make rad with reservoir if you can fit a 120 mm, their model as the same barb size as the VRM Formula block

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/6570/ex-rad-125/Swiftech_MCR120_Quiet_Power_120mm_Radiator_w_Reser...

rad. size