Help with fan control on rads

thoncopers · 26 May 2015 at 20:52

Is it ok to run all fans manually and just have the pump res combo linked to the cpu header so flow can increase with load/temp?
Im about to make my first custom loop in a 900d and all the tutorials seem to gloss over this part of fan/pump control.
Can i run the fans on a slid controller like the nzxt sentry 2 and the link a pump res combo to the cpu header like a EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140 as it is pwm.
any help would be great guys wanna get this right first time

thoncopers · 30 May 2015 at 10:56

thanks for the tips
any preference on fans?
i think i have enough space for push pull in the bottom of the 900d

thoncopers · 30 May 2015 at 11:03

sorry il give specs
x99 deluxe,5960x,hyper x predator 3000 ddr4,g1 gaming gtx980,2 intel 730 ssd's in raid 0,corsair axi 1500w psu,corsair 900d and a h80i just to get the systems going

thoncopers · 31 May 2015 at 13:06

was gonna go for that big 480 xspc white and put it in the bowel of the 900d with push pull as there is lots of space there.
i think that one big rad should be well enough for just cooling the cpu with push pull.
was gonna mount the pump on the backside of the drive cages as i have seen a lot of builds looking good like that.

thoncopers · 31 May 2015 at 13:15

if i decide to add another 980 later then get water blocks for them i could add one more big 480 in the ceiling with push pull so there is always a rad in between the components.
i have seen a lot of builds with the loop going from two gpus directly to the cpu??!!!
isn't that a fatal flaw in the heat dissipation