Loop Layout ?

Sipha · 9 Feb 2009 at 13:49

Can some one please check over my loop layout, I'm unsure whether its a feasable setup tbh, as I presume my Res has to be above the Rad in order to work correctly ??

I need a 120.3 for cooling both cpu & gpu, but its hard to get it to fit anywhere in/on my PC-7B lol.

If not what else could i do ?

Ta

Phunky Phish · 9 Feb 2009 at 14:14

That loop will be fine, but a pain to fill I think.

If you look at the watercooled case gallery lots of people have it set up like that.

you will need to keep it well filled when you are filling/starting the loop for the first time.
I had a res ontop of my ddc once (not the better XSPC ones) that when you took the top off, all the water above it wanted to rush down and out the open top!

Could you lift the res out and abpve the rad of initial filling/bleeding?
Then if the rads got a blled hole you can fill the whole loop until the rad is full, half fill the res, maybe 3/4. seal it all up and start it and the res should do the rest!

Bubo · 9 Feb 2009 at 14:47

Yes, filling is possibly going to be the awkward bit here. I have no experience of bayres but for the pictures of them they seem to have a threaded plug on the res for filling. Is it possible to fit a barb into this? If so then you could screw a barb in and attatch a length of tube such that you can easily tilt or lay the case on its side to help bleeding, whilst still being able to fill via the tube. Looking at your pic, you would maybe have to rotate the case 90° counter clockwise so that air would be able to be caught in the res will filling. If space is tight fit a 90° bend fitting to your fill tube so that it can be stowed more easily.

PistolPete · 9 Feb 2009 at 15:25

Rather than moving the reservoir, how about unmounting the rad and dropping that down to the back of the case - that should force the air up into the res..... then remount it once it's full. You will need to pay close attention once running as the air could collect in the rad.

Sipha · 9 Feb 2009 at 15:38

How about this layout (Assuming I can actually fit a 360mm rad in the bottom of my case) shold be ok I think..

Sipha · 9 Feb 2009 at 16:05

Also is it best to go:

Res - Pump - CPU - GPU - Rad

or

Res - Pump - CPU - Rad - GPU

Basically putting the rad inbetween the CPU and GPU or having the GPU directly after the CPU ? or will it not make any difference ?

Cheers

lankymorley · 9 Feb 2009 at 16:12

I suppose it depends on which component you want to overclock the furthest. If you want to overclock the CPU the most then I suppose it would make sense to put the rad before that. If you want the GFX to be a higher overclock then your second suggestion would be better, but it may slightly hinder CPU cooling.

I'm by no means an expert on watercooling and I could be totally wrong, this is just what my initial thoughts are.

DJ_Switch · 9 Feb 2009 at 16:20

*ignore* Didn't look closely at the placement.

Sipha · 9 Feb 2009 at 16:27

I actually already have a 120.1 I could use, so I guess I could buy a 120.2 mount it at the rear of the case and use the 120.1 also, something like this ??

Bubo · 9 Feb 2009 at 21:42

There is nothing wrong with your first setup, it is just going to be slightly harder to fill with a bayres. The res does not need to be above the rad once the loop is filled. The res ideally should be above the rad when filling which is usually acheived by tilting the case. If you do as I suggest in my previous post you will not have a problem. If you're going buy anything new consider an EK multioption res rather than a new rad. That res will defo be cpmpatible with my filling method.

MikeTimbers · 9 Feb 2009 at 21:46

Your first loop is better. To fill it, just tip the case backwards until the fill-hole of the res is above the rad. Fill with water as much as possible. Close res. Set case normally. Tip back again and add more water.

As for the order, the first pic is fine. But it really doesn't matter much. Whatever is easiest to plumb, using the least tubing withot sharp bends.

My PC-60.