D5 - Too little?

Tonester0011 · 3 Apr 2015 at 20:13

Before i commit and hook up my pump etc....i'm starting to question whether 1 is enough even on the 5th setting.

4x 360 rads, 1 GPU and 1 CPU block, a lot of angles, with a fair height.
I have another D5, but is being used on my spare computer. I'm the type of person to do and ask questions later, but i'd rather not start only to find i need to bleed the lot only to add a second later down the line.

So, Watercooling section - what do you think?
I personally think yes, i've had a decently restrictive loop before and the D5 smashed it albeit not with the extra height etc.

Undesirable · 3 Apr 2015 at 23:52

No, it's not too little. You might have to turn it up a bit more than previously (unless it was already on 5). I've got 1x 360mm and 1x 280mm + 2 waterblocks + 400ml bay res + separate top and setting 1.5 - 2 on the D5 vario pushes the water around well enough for me. 4+ seems like a Tsunami. Maybe you need more with lots of 90° fittings, or if you want a fail-safe in case a pump dies.

whyscotty · 4 Apr 2015 at 06:56

I had similar when I did my first Titans loop, so it would cope.

3 x Gpu
2 x mobo blocks
1 x Cpu block
1 x 360mm 1 x 240mm rads
Lots of angled fittings
With a spaghetti junction of tubes which ran with the pump on setting 3.

However, a 2nd as redundancy wouldn't hurt IMHO

Dice · 5 Apr 2015 at 00:34

Why so many rads? Only two blocks seems like overkill!

Tonester0011 · 5 Apr 2015 at 21:35

Dice said:
Why so many rads? Only two blocks seems like overkill!

No such thing

I'm adding a second pump anyway, redundancy if nothing else.

Instead of stripping my spare computer i just bought another.

Cerelia · 6 Apr 2015 at 15:19

Well, I think another D5 would be needed to boost flow with that many rads.

1 D5 is good for about 4m worth. 360 rads stretched out are 720mm from the design.

With rads alone you've 2880mm (2.8m), add in the other parts of the loop, I think you'd run into some issues.