Which block and rad for Sapphire Vapour X r9 290X

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So my shiny new 290x has arrived and I want to put it under water preference is for an EK block unless others are better and I was thinking of a 240mm sized rad D5 will be taking care of pumping duties via the second outlet on my monsoon res.
Does that sound sufficient rad space there's a 360 with just the CPU on the other loop.
 
I have always stuck with EK and never been disappointed.

However I am concerned about how you plan to put it in the loop. Could you elaborate on how you intend to do it.
 
You will get better overall temps with a loop in series. The reservoir designed to be able to do two loops in parallel sharing the res is designed to be used with a pump on each loop. If you are set on going for two loops then two EK 4.0 pumps work beautifully well and have ample pumping power if you don't want to dish out for two D5 pumps.
 
If it has two inlets and two outlets then it is designed to use two pumps on two loops sharing a reservoir. If it has two out and two in but the pump can be directly attached to reservoir it is fine to use just one pump and it will be enough.

If you attach a pump in one loop after the reservoir, then the loop with no pump in it will have next to no flow, since there is no head/force to drive water through the other loop.**

Loops in series share radiators, so components which output the most heat (the ones you need to cool the most) will get a share of the cooling power proportional to their heat output. Because you are 'sharing' the coolant there wont be a big temp difference between the loops but a lack of flow in the loop with no pump attached will reduce the efficiency of the radiator and the block on that part of the loop.

Using the pump reservoir combo above will deliver temperatures much closer to a loop in series than a proper parallel loop but because one side of the loop will have different restrictions and therefore different flow to the other side of the loop, you may find that as you add components one radiator gets a bit warmer than the other for the same reason i mentioned above** where i described reservoirs without direct pump attachments combo'd with just a single pump, though the effect will be far less noticeable since the pump flow is distributed to both loops evenly rather than on just one loop (which is what your opening post sounded like)


*I didn't see the reservoir you were using before as the link wasn't working for me, but some google foo has got me a picture. Should be fine to use but to be honest, the set up your describing is practically a serial loop since the water will be shared and flow will be sufficient enough to keep water temps even.
 
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Yes, although I would use the 360 for the 290x and the 240 for the cpu.

I've got crossfire 290x's and they put out some serious heat.
 
Yes, although I would use the 360 for the 290x and the 240 for the cpu.

I've got crossfire 290x's and they put out some serious heat.

Ok see where your coming from but as Avenged7Fold pointed out with a common res will the two rads and the CPU / GPU not just balance out irrespective of which heat generator is coupled to which rad?
 
Sapphire is listed on the EK website along with blocks. Is it the 4gb/8gb/OC version?
 
That might just be on, with two issues!
One are we allowed that link?
Two import duty makes it a stupid price been there and got burnt big time before importing from the USA.
Thanks though, I've gone alpha cool from the EU.
 
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