First Loop - a little help please :)

[haaammit]

Hello all. I'm planning my first loop and I was after a little bit of help/guidance to see if what I have planed is correct. The loop is primarily for looks, as I've enjoyed modding my case and would like to take it a little further than the AIO I have in there currently. Maybe if I put up a few pics and a diagram of what I'm thinking, it may help.

The pump top I'm thinking about has a couple of outlets, so I thought I could use one as a drain at the very bottom? The case it fairly small and a bit limited on space, but I see this as a challenge. To that end I'm planning on a horizontal res, filled with the PC resting on its front, then rotating back once the air etc is out. Thoughts/ideas/observations? I'd looked at different tube layouts, but this one seems to fill the case well. Haven't fully decided on fitting colour, but wither matte or chrome black is the plan. Cheers!

Current layout:

Proposed layout:

Rough diagram of layout/parts/fittings etc:

Pump = Alphacool VPP655 D5 PWM
Pump Top = Alphacool Eisdecke D5 Acetal Pump Top
Res = Bitspower Z-Multi 150mm
Block = EK Velocity DRGB
Fittings = XSPC G 1/4" to 14mm Rigid x 9 XSPC G 1/4" to 14mm Rigid 90° x 1 EK AF Ball Valve g 1/4 x 1 XSPC G 1/4" M to M 5mm x 1
Tubing = XSPC PETG 14/10mm Clear
Fluid = EK CryoFuel 1 litre Purple
Thermometer = generic one
Radiator = 1 x 240mm one I already have

So, would that work? Would the drain behave as I expect it to? Any ideas for a noob greatly received! Ta

 

[Gavster]

I think the drain would work fine there, have you thought about a crossflow radiator so you can keep the tube run from the CPU to the radiator shorter?

You could go the whole hog and put a waterblock on your GPU too, use a 360 radiator on the front and a 120 radiator on the rear.

 

[MikeTimbers]

So you're going from the res into the top of the pump, up to the cpu, then into the rad and back to the res?

It will work but I wouldn't do that. For me, put the 240mm rad that you have into the case and with it as high up as it will go, see how much room you have beneath it. Then look for a pump/res combo that can fit down there. Horizontal reservoirs are always a little funky.

e.g. the pump in the following picture is a DDC with quite a small res although this is in a huge case so it's not easy to tell.



e.g. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-w...rgb-pump-reservoir-combo-plexi-wc-9yr-ek.html