What pump/res?

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Right, I will be doing my first watercooled system very soon but I will be doing it in two stages.

Stage 1

CPU loop only

Stage 2

Motherboard & GPU added in


For stage 2 I will also be adding another rad to help keep things cool.


What I am not sure about is what pump/res to get. I am aware that the chances are it will be over kill for stage 1, but it will need to be able to cope with stage 2 of the build.

Also, would it be better to do 2 loops or 1 big loop.

Thanks
 
Its cheaper to do one loop.

Ive used a few pumps and im currently running a Phobya one (bottom of the range) it only cost £30 so is a good deal and i have no complaints so far.

What sort of watercooling are you going for bling/best compoanants/cheap? and what do you want from your watercooling low temps/low noise or a mix of the 2?

It will be hard to get a decent watercooling setup in an Antec 300 case, if you are only doing the CPU a 120 will cool your AMD965 well enough but will be considerably dearer than air cooling and the end results will not be spectacular..

What GPU have you got?

For the components you have listed a 240 might cope ok but i would want a 360 RAD to allow for me to use slow fans and achieve good temps.
 
I am ideally after low noise/low temps but I don't really overclock much.

It wont be going in the antec 300, it would never fit. I have an NZXT phantom case just waiting for me to start modding it. The first rad to go in will be the Phobya Xtreme 200, I was planning to use this to do the cpu first (stage 1) and then another 240 rad will be going in for the rest (stage 2). I have a GTX 460 and was planning to get another to crossfire them (this will be after I have upgraded the cpu and motherboard for bulldozer).

I know that a single loop will be cheaper but would 1 pump be strong enough for everything?
 
the D5 is top of the range Ferrari of pumps if cooling in one loop its highly recommended, but for £80 i think its overpriced.
 
So, a single loop with a D5 pump would be sufficient then (although possible overpriced).

What order would everything be in then?

I was thinking, res - pump - rad1 - GPU - GPU - rad2 - motherboard - cpu - res

Would that be ok or have I missed something really obvious?

Thanks for the help guys.
 
TheCenturion said:
I got it for £50 ;)
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grrrr you git :)

the loops seems fine i would put a RAD in-between the hot components ie GPU and CPU but as the water temp evens out anyway its not necessary.

The main thing is to make the loop as simple as possible you do not want to be running from one end of the case to the other or have criss crossed tubing when you can follow a simple point to point line around your case using the least ammount of tubing, do a few sketches of your case and components and work out the best way of running, you could always post on here if your not sure and we would be happy to give advice.

The other thing to consider is fans and the orientation having the correct fans push or pull can make a 5-10C difference on temps.
 
I will definitely be doing a few sketches of the loop before I build anything and probably posting them up here to check that they will be ok first.

As for fans, I have a few Apache Blacks already and I have heard that they should be quite good on rads so will be using them.

What would be a good res to use with that pump or does it make no difference?

Thanks for all the replies guys, being really helpful as always.
 
A few RES to consider really the ek multi option for in case and bay mounted ones if you want to see the water from the front of your case, in fact i have a XSPC single bay RES you can have for the price of postage if you contact me via TRUST :)
 
Sayso said:
The other thing to consider is fans and the orientation having the correct fans push or pull can make a 5-10C difference on temps.
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+1, have a look at skinne labs, they have resreached the above, but also they may have reviewed your Rad or another of the same make telling you the best fan set up and which fans to use.

Link - http://skinneelabs.com/
 
i had dual loops for a while, now on one loop and temps aren't much different; main benefits include less noise (as i now only use a d5 instead of having that on one loop and a ddc -1t pro on the other), and a tidier looking case.

the d5 is more than capable, i have in my loop:

5870 full cover
5970 full cover
ud7 motherboard blocks
heatkiller cpu block
2x 120.3 rads
 
twist3d0n3 said:
i had dual loops for a while, now on one loop and temps aren't much different; main benefits include less noise (as i now only use a d5 instead of having that on one loop and a ddc -1t pro on the other), and a tidier looking case.

the d5 is more than capable, i have in my loop:

5870 full cover
5970 full cover
ud7 motherboard blocks
heatkiller cpu block
2x 120.3 rads
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That's great, 1 loop it is then.

I also had a look at http://skinneelabs.com/, really useful info on there.

Thanks for all the help guys, hopefully I can repay you all with an epic build log with loads of pics.
 
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