case choice for 3 loop project

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well I have a pile of bits and an idea of what I want but all my units to date have been pretty simple affairs with single loops reserators and the like.

I have the following
rampage 2 with ek blockset
920
cpu block TBC
saphire 5970 and EK block
D5 vario pump and EK top
choice of rads
360 GTX
240 gts
360 gts
2 x 120 feser
pair of enermax galaxies
some aquacomputer 'bullseye' reservoirs

loads of 1/2" and 3/8" compression fittings and tygon pipe :D

A 2nd hand tj07 (whitecobra) case with 3 x 5-1/2"" bay res and 3 rads caught my eye on fleabay.
didnt buy it but liked the look :cool:

I'm thinking of 3 loops with a 360 for the 5970
a 240 for the cpu and a 120 for the chipset blocks.

That just leaves case choice and getting the tools out.
I can either
gut my old koolance / v1000 case and lever all this inside somehow
or
go for the default tj07
or
? what else ?
 
I seen a really nice project which involved 3 loops and a TJ07, cant remember where tho :-/ bittech maby?.

Ive got the TJ07 case aswell and it just screams quality :D, not put anything in it yet ,been too busyt sitting looking at it :D.
 
I reckon the TJ07 route will end up the nicest looking, the V1000 is just a little small I think.

V2000 would be good as well though if you like the look.

I know of someone who'd want to take the V1000 off your hands. Can you sort out your Trust account (basically email)? (Bottom right of your posts)
 
Have a 240 for the 5970 and a 360 for the cpu and mobo.

If you're going the TJ07 root, you can put the 240 in the roof and the 360 in the bottom compartment.

Also, if you don't mind mounting one rad outside with a radbox, you'll have so much more choice of case.

The case that I just got, lian li pc-p80, looks pretty good for dual loops. A 360 on the floor of the case, a pump/reservoir in 2 drive bays and a 240 in the drive bays. The other pump can also be a drive bay one, you'll have enough room. Or you can mount it ontop of the hard drive cage or something :)
 
good luck fitting three loops in a TJ

if you want three loops then you will need to be looking at Mountain Mods

the question of "do you actually need three loops" is up to you to decide.

i would say, no.

there is no real difference in temperatures between single and dual loops anyway.
 
why 3 loops , well thinking was that if 2 was better than 1 to make sure the gpu and cpu both get maximum cooled water in, then a small 3rd loop for the chipset would be easy enough.

I have one of the koolance external rad mount brackets so I could put a rad out the back but if I can keep it inside the case then there is less likelihood of accidental damage to the rad. Doable but not my first choice I think.

to run three loops I thought perhaps a xspc twin ddc res pump set up with the d5 for the main loop or perhaps a couple of the koolance res/pump combos?

I thought the 360 for the 5970 as it draws much more power than the cpu and I wouldve thought would need much more cooling. 240 should be enough for the cpu? I have a spare H50 which could also do that job.

There are a couple of spare cases hanging round which I could use if I was up for getting the dremmel out.
TJ10 which is nice but isnt friendly for levering the 360 in. I'd need to use a 240 and probably a pair of 120s in the rear and front floor..
The other case spare is a lianli pc7 already cut for a 240 in the roof. I'd be simple enough to put a 120 in the front and hang another rad out the back but it feels too weedy a case for what I want.
An antec p180 not really suitable
an ancient lian li box which'll be fine for dremmelling up at some point and
tackyest is a Xaser 3 :o
As you can tell my den is stuffed with an assortement of PCs and components and does get a bit toasty with ambient as high as 30c even with the windows open :eek: hence the leaning towards larger cooling surfaces and many rads
 
two is not better than one

please read this

also, i have tried both on my current rig, besides a single loop looking neater, there is a 3% difference in both configurations. which i put down to margin of error
 
interesting!!!

now I understand why the question of a 480 fitting into a tj07 comes up.
if there is no appreciable benefit to multi loop multi rad then a single monster rad with twinned d5s for redundancy looks like a very sensible (and neater) approach.

I have a test rig set up to leak test & run in a bitspower install on another rampage 2 using a thermaltake 3 way adjustable splitter.
single rad, single pump, split into 3 loops before the cpu/gpu/board. I dont like the idea of the splitter as its must be impacting the flow.
That link indicates a I can ditch the splitter and go for a neater better flowing serial loop with no real degradation of cooling.
cpu then gpu then board I think.....:D

learn something every day....The single serial loops vs multi loops is v interesting as the result is counter intuitive
 
twin d5 is total overkill

i had twin ddc and that was too much imho

i just run a single d5 now. more than enough.

it doesnt seem like it should work but after running it myself i can confirm that the results ring true
 
So V1000 up for grabs?

Good luck with the project, and I'd agree, one D5 and two loops at most are enough.
 
the v1000 is one of the silver ones converted by koolance with a 120x3 qnd fans in the roof and a pump/res/controller combo
 
You only need to go dual loop if you go higher than two gpu's. Gabe from Swiftechs research shows that up to dual sli you are fine with a single loop. You might want to add a second pump for redundancy but most pumps will have a fan monitor wire that you can connect to the cpu fan header on the mobo to shut down the PC if the pump fails.
 
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