is this the right order to hook my WC kit up ? :/

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ALL DONE!! :) take a look at the link for pics.
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is this the right order ? i bought a lot of the kit second hand so i have no instructions and since ive fitted it, im having some issues...

i ask because when i first turned it on, no liquid moved at all... i had to unhook one of the pipes and blow it through... now its flowing at about 65% capacity with LOTS of air in the tubes... any ideas ?


its a nexxos XP block
black ice pro radiator
some e-systems pump, not sure how to tell what model it is (its got quite a noisy grumble on it ? is that normal ? its quieter now some waters getting to it i will say)

its a half inch system... and a bloody huge difference when compaired to the thermaltake i threw out... its shaved 11oC of my idle cpu temp and im clocked even higher now :eek:
 
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It makes no difference what order your WC components are in. The difference in temp is tiny and you are far better off putting the components in the order that bests fits your case.

SiriusB
 
You're best off having the pump pulling water from the rad if I remember rightly, then I like to go from the pump to CPU, GFX then RAD. As said though, at the end of the day you're probably best off with the neatest tubing layout.
 
Shortest and least bent tubing is far more important than order. I learnt this the hard way and now have reeeeeeeally long, reeeeeeally bendy pipes :(. As a result my temps aren't quite as good as they should be.
 
what do you guys make of the pump noise?

p.s. ive fixed most of the air bubbles by titling the system back and continueing to fill the res up, theres still a billion small bubbles clinging on to the sides of the tubing but there are no more huge swirling gaps anymore...
 
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locutus12 said:
what do you guys make of the pump noise?
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Mine got really noisy when it was on the bottom of my case (5mm sticky foam pad), although this was undoubtedly due to the INSANE amount of bubbles in my loop :o

I got rid of the bubbles, ripped it off the bottom, stuck it in a 3.5 inch bay with 4 socks and it's silent :)

ah if it is bubbles then try to make sure your resevoir is properly sealed. Leave the cap off for a few hours and then try it.. That's all I can recommend really seeing as I got rid of mine by doing an entire loop rebuild...
 
Zefan said:
Mine got really noisy when it was on the bottom of my case (5mm sticky foam pad), although this was undoubtedly due to the INSANE amount of bubbles in my loop :o

I got rid of the bubbles, ripped it off the bottom, stuck it in a 3.5 inch bay with 4 socks and it's silent :)

ah if it is bubbles then try to make sure your resevoir is properly sealed. Leave the cap off for a few hours and then try it.. That's all I can recommend really seeing as I got rid of mine by doing an entire loop rebuild...
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well i can put up with it i suppose as the liquids flowing solidly and my temps have me in shock :D you said 4 socks ? as in real socks ?? doesnt the pump get toastie ?
 
locutus12 said:
well i can put up with it i suppose as the liquids flowing solidly and my temps have me in shock :D you said 4 socks ? as in real socks ?? doesnt the pump get toastie ?
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It might do actually.... haven't had any problems yet though :p
 
locutus12 said:
i hope they were clean socks otherwise it may make an awful smell... :eek:
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Actually they were straight off my floor... it wasn't meant to be a permanent solution but you know how these things are :o
 
Its makes no odds what order you have it in but if you are using a Res then that has to be before the pump.
So on my system its Res>Pump>Gpu>Cpu>Rad>Res.
 
As pegasus1 said, it it make little difference ordering your loop in a particular order.

The only thing which is a MUST is having the Res directly before the pump. Keeping the loop neat is good for asthetics and helps minimise tubing use too.

So its RES->Pump->everything else
 
Silentphoenix, just noticed your sig and that a quility retro rig you have there, mostly the same as my lads but why run your XP-m only at 200x11 on an NF7?
 
silentphoenix said:
As pegasus1 said, it it make little difference ordering your loop in a particular order.

The only thing which is a MUST is having the Res directly before the pump. Keeping the loop neat is good for asthetics and helps minimise tubing use too.

So its RES->Pump->everything else
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hmmm... so i could go res to pump, pump to cpu block, cpu block to radiator, radiator to res ? ( use the diagram at the top to give you an idea of where my stuff is placed in my case)

as currently im going res to cpu block, cpu block to rad, rad to pump, pump to res and ive got noise, and air bubbles and its just not too great.
 
any opinions on changing the order ?




from:
res to cpu block, cpu block to rad, rad to pump, pump to res and ive got noise, and air bubbles and its just not too great.


to:
res to pump, pump to cpu block, cpu block to radiator, radiator to res ? ( use the diagram at the top to give you an idea of where my stuff is placed in my case)

it would also mean shorter pipes,
 
you HAVE to go res to pump, otherwise the pump wont have any water to pull

aside from that it doesnt matter a whole lot

that is one insanely weak pump for a nexxos tho mate
 
Of course the pump has water to pull but only once the loop is full. Order makes next to no difference once the loop is fully bled; it's only critical to have the res before the pump in order to facilitate filling.
 
Id leave the setup as you have it in your diagram but switch the inlet/outlet round on the pump, so its pulling water from your res to rad.
 
Yoni said:
Id leave the setup as you have it in your diagram but switch the inlet/outlet round on the pump, so its pulling water from your res to rad.
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that would mean its dumping warm water into the res, the heat from the warm water would heat up the res and the radiator would have more heat to cope with increasing the temperatures :confused:
 
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