Loop Help

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 10:37

Ok, got all my watercooling kit coming next week sometime, so I've been thinking about how to do the loop, this is the latest thing I have come up with:

I want to balance it between, short loop but also looking good, haha.

The pump/res has made it difficult and think I may have trouble when bleeding.

Any got any other loop/order suggestions?

btw atm it is.

res/pump -> 240rad -> 2nd gfx -> 1st gfx -> 120rad ->CPU -> res/pump

*EDIT*
Also it would be possible to mount the 120 radiator on the top, whichever is best.

Its_Me · 8 Apr 2011 at 10:49

your never going to get the air out of that 120.2 rad unless you lay it flat or something before you mount it.

Think of it like this, can you get a bubble to go down in water?

JeffyB · 8 Apr 2011 at 10:52

Looks fine to me, nice clean loop and shortest route by the looks of it too

Only other route i'd suggest considering is

res>pump>240 Rad>cpu>120 Rad>gpu1>gpu2>res

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 10:52

I know, but with it mounted upwards I think the bends down to the pump/res on the bot would cause kinks. I'll have a look at it again and see what I can come up with.

JeffyB · 8 Apr 2011 at 10:53

Its_Me said:
your never going to get the air out of that 120.2 rad unless you lay it flat or something before you mount it.

Think of it like this, can you get a bubble to go down in water?

You'll easily get it out, i had my pc upside down and round and round to get the air out

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 10:55

JeffyB said:
You'll easily get it out, i had my pc upside down and round and round to get the air out

I was thinking that, but with my res top I'll need to make sure it's full of water otherwise the pump could suck a load of air through.

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 11:00

Heres with 120.2 rad other way round (longer loop):

Heres the loop in reverse:

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 11:03

Heres 1 with the reverse order and 120.2 the other way round:

What about 120 rad at back vs top?

JeffyB · 8 Apr 2011 at 11:07

Is there any way you can mount the res higher? In the 5.25 bays perhaps?

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 11:29

I could, but I don't really want to lose my dvd bays etc. And I would also lose both hdd cage and dvd bays. But if it's at the bottom, I think I get 2 x 5.25 bays free.

hdd cage I can do without cus I can stick them in 5.25 bay. Plus I can use the 120mm fan whole at the bottom to mount the rad easily.

hyperst · 8 Apr 2011 at 11:47

what about, pump>gfx>240>cpu>120>res, oh and 240 other way up

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 12:08

hyperst said:
what about, pump>gfx>240>cpu>120>res, oh and 240 other way up

I like the idea but seems like a really long loop. Here's my improvement to it. I think I like this 1:

Its_Me · 8 Apr 2011 at 12:47

definitely an improvement,

hyperst · 8 Apr 2011 at 13:49

seekdestroy said:
I like the idea but seems like a really long loop. Here's my improvement to it. I think I like this 1:

see the way I showed it is the same as I am doing but I decided to go with a seperate res that is sitting higher up the chassis and it shortens the pipes a lot

also it would mean the gfx gets cooled by the 240 rad before hitting the cpu

Sayso · 8 Apr 2011 at 20:58

JeffyB said:
You'll easily get it out, i had my pc upside down and round and round to get the air out

hehe on my current set up its a nightmare to bleed...but like jeffy its been rotated vigorously

SpeckleD · 8 Apr 2011 at 21:02

How about this, try rotating the 120, this would mean doing the PC shuffle dance to get all the bubble sout but wont take long to shake em all loose

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 21:05

SpeckleD said:
How about this, try rotating the 120, this would mean doing the PC shuffle dance to get all the bubble sout but wont take long to shake em all loose

The 2 holes on the 120 are at the same end. you can't go in at the bottom and out at the top.

SpeckleD · 8 Apr 2011 at 21:07

Like I said, rotate it 90 degrees as its 120mm square.

seekdestroy · 8 Apr 2011 at 21:18

SpeckleD said:
Like I said, rotate it 90 degrees as its 120mm square.

lol yeah sorry, I see what your saying now. I'll to have a look at the rad when it comes and what I got room for etc.