order of flow in loop?

jej_knowles · 26 Sep 2010 at 19:11

Hi all ! I am about to install watercooling into my first ever self build.
I have a lian li pc-a71f case with a 360 rad top panel and will be modding the front intake fans to mount a 280 rad up front!
I have it all worked out in my head and have sketched loop flow diagrams and think i have decided on this.....
res/pump > 280rad > gpu > 360rad > cpu > res/pump

I have read quite a few threads saying that the order of flow makes no difference to the temperatures but i fail to see how that could be true as the water coming out of the rad has to be cooler than the water going in otherwise it wouldnt be working!

am i right?

jej_knowles · 26 Sep 2010 at 19:51

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surely having the water going from the gpu to the top rad then the cpu would be better than gpu straight to cpu before the top rad?

jej_knowles · 26 Sep 2010 at 20:47

its statements like this that confuse me! lol!

Flow order doesn't make much difference at all. Obviously the first components in the loop will be cooler than the later ones, so put the components you want to be the coolest in your loop first.

jej_knowles · 26 Sep 2010 at 20:59

thanks for the reassurance guys just needed to make sure i was on track with my planning.
@Legion , I have no idea how many/size of rads needed but im using sr-1's with nice quiet fans so hopefully i will have excellent cooling with only a whisper from the fans!

jej_knowles · 26 Sep 2010 at 22:05

thats good to know! though i think im gonna stick with the 5870 untill the next generation nvidia cards come along next year! thanks again peeps ....