Loop and rad advice

YvesT · Thursday at 11:43

Hi all

I have a lian Li o11 Dynamic evo It's a new build and honestly a while since I bothered with water cooling.

Plan to have one 360 rad with the res mounted to the back wall as on photo. The other 360 at the top. Currently not installed yet gpu with block still otw.

Having the rad with res with the fittings on top is impossible due to the fans being in the way. So it'll have to be like this I guess.

The top rad however I can either have them towards the back or towards the front. Seems easier to have outlet from rad to rez with them facing the front. But CPU out to rad will be a bit more annoying due to them not lining up exactly.

Would love to get some input from some experts.

Ps. fans are some old ones I had laying around as a template until the new ones have arrived.

https://imgur.com/a/lbrECoq

Thx

SpudMaster · Thursday at 13:39

I have the same case with 3 360 rads. My loop order is:

pump/res combo in back comparent above PSU --> top rad --> CPU --> GPU --> bottom rad --> side rad --> pump/res

Not the best picture but it's all I have on my phone and won't be home until tomorrow

YvesT · Thursday at 14:26

What GPU are you running?
I have a 4080 figured 2 360 rads would be sufficient.

The pump in the back isn't a bad idea. Just not sure how convenient it is with hardline.

SpudMaster · Friday at 09:58

7900XT.
2 rads will more than likely be sufficient but the more the merrier. I've always used soft tubing. Can't see any benefits of hard tubing personally, just extra hassle. You could use hard tubing in the front and soft tubing going to the pump in rear were you can't see it

SirConfused · 2024-12-28T13:31:49+0000

I've got the same case and 2 rads, with one on the bottom and one on the back, both intake.
The bottom rad ports are at the front of the case and the back rad has ports at the top, everything fits pretty well with the pump mounted on the bottom rad. I've got soft tubing but all of my runs could be done pretty directly with hardline.

YvesT · 2024-12-28T18:24:18+0000

Manages to get everything done today with hardline.
Although have to redo a few things and modify some.
Did bottom and top rad.

Didn't have my permanent lian Li fans yet.
And stupidly forgot about the fans which get mounted to the side next to the motherboard.
Which means it comes more towards the middle

So my return line from top rad to rez needs to get shorter
The outlet from pump to rad needs to be shorter.

And the rad to gpu will be an issue unless I can somehow fit the line between the pump bracket.