how much fluid will i need

dawnyworld · 4 Sep 2015 at 13:03

hi was wondering how much fluid do you think i will need

i have a 360 rad 2 gfx cards 1 cpu a res and a external 720 rad not sure how much to order

thanks DW

stuie · 4 Sep 2015 at 13:58

I got through about 1.5 litre with a 420 280 2 cards and cpu but thats all internal

Depending on the length of run to the external Id say 3 to be on the safe side its always better to have extra in case of spillage and top ups

Deathjester · 4 Sep 2015 at 14:28

Each meter of tubing (12 OD / 10 ID) holds 78.5ml of coolant
Reservoirs hold: 28.2 mls of coolant / centimetre of coolant depth.
A 240mm Rad (3mm thick) holds around 250ml of coolant.

A 720mm Rad (50mm thick) will hold 1.25l of coolant (at a guess)
The rest of the figures depend on the size of your reservoir and your tubing runs.

dawnyworld · 4 Sep 2015 at 19:59

ok thanks think i better order another 3 ltrs

cheers DW

Bart_Hunt · 4 Sep 2015 at 21:05

3 x EK PE 360s + 2 x 5.25" bayres + 1.8m of pipe and I used just about 2 litres.

tyler_jrb · 8 Sep 2015 at 19:22

2x 480 and 1x 240 (EK PE). 1 CPU, 2 GPU blocks, EK X 250 res, 1m ish pipe. Used just under 2L.

Teuton · 8 Sep 2015 at 19:52

I'm about to fill my first loop soon. I have 2x240 slim rads, 140 x-res CPU + GPU block + mATX case. Got 1L of coolant so it had better be enough

savagesam117 · 8 Sep 2015 at 20:00

Teuton said:
I'm about to fill my first loop soon. I have 2x240 slim rads, 140 x-res CPU + GPU block + mATX case. Got 1L of coolant so it had better be enough

Should be fine, I just filled mine, 360, 280, cpu and 140 res, used under a litre