Anyone willing to take some time out to help me with first water loop?

[peps1]

Hey guys. I was just wondering if anyone would be willing to take some time out to help me with my first water loop.

Bit of a strange build, going for overkill on the rads to get a quiet system with enough cooling to expand down the road (also why I have chosen two loops). Plan to go hard line, but have soft tube fitting on there right now to test the system.

 

[oldbanana]

You say u chose overkill rads to get minimal noise, while using 120mm fans and two pumps ( wich are the biggest source of noise in a decent loop? ) 140mm fans tend to be quieter, I find and when you run your fans @ 500rpm 24x7 even one d5 pump @ 1/5 wich is the minimum setting, is by far the biggest source of noise, and you have two of those ? But perhaps they are not that noticable on a closed build.

 

[peps1]

You say u chose overkill rads to get minimal noise, while using 120mm fans and two pumps ( wich are the biggest source of noise in a decent loop? ) 140mm fans tend to be quieter, I find and when you run your fans @ 500rpm 24x7 even one d5 pump @ 1/5 wich is the minimum setting, is by far the biggest source of noise, and you have two of those ? But perhaps they are not that noticable on a closed build.

120mm fans were my only option, this case doesn't support 140mm fans, so I picked the EK-Vardar EVO 120ER that seem to be highly recommended when it comes to noise due to the stop-start function. I also plan to use Aquacomputer Shoggy Sandwich Anti Vibration Pump Pads in conjunction with the EK soft Revo D5 Decoupler to try and mitigate as much noise as possible....but I have a feeling there are always going to be compromises when trying to balance noise, upgradeability, form and function.

What I was really after was a little help with planning the runs after all this is my first water cooled build.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

120mm fans are fine i think, and there are more quality 120mm ones. Also way overkill.. Could've gone with just 2 rads and below 1,000RPM fans. I'd personally go with NFP12 with the low noise adaptor to cap max speed @ 900RPM.
On the plus side you could probably run half the rads without fans. That's going to be quite expensive to get all those.

Also are you doing 2 loops? That's probably completely pointless tbh.

 

[peps1]

Also are you doing 2 loops? That's probably completely pointless tbh.

Yes, 2 loops, as I plan on going hard line I wanted it to be a little more simple to switch CPU or GPU expansion, without having to drain the full loop......also i would be telling a fib it I did not admit the aesthetics of 2 loops is appealing.

 

[Bugbait]

I'd use the 360 for the CPU loop and the 480 for the GPU. Unless you're using low to mid range GPUs, the flagship GPUs will always produce more heat than the CPU when both are under load. Should be a cleaner loop route as well, CPU to the top and GPU to the front.