Parallel system loop

KiiYzOo

KiiYzOo

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I'm wanting to go back to a full custom loop in my air 540 as I think it would be best for temps, looks and my excessive need for silence :p

Specs of my rig are in my signature if anyone wants to know in order to help out :)

I've decided that due to the fact that I love the super clean look of it, I want to run my 4790k and my 290x in parallel and run with the pump/res in the back along with the tubing from the rads being completely hidden. for the last part I was thinking of getting a 240 rad in the top with multiple ports and trying to line the ports of a 360 rad in the front up to it and running the tubing out into the back of the case.

I already have a d5 pump so I dont need that, so far I have laid out a rough setup here:


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(Sorry for some reason my basket plugin isn't working :( )

I've put two sets of blocks in because I cant really decide between them, ideally I'd like to have the blocks matching, and if possible as in line as I can get when actually fitted if this is possible :confused:

I'm probably gonna end up getting a CZ backplate and bottom plate for my 540 in order to make it look nice :p

I haven't included fittings or tubing etc, as I am probably gonna go with my favoured 1/2" barbs with 7/16" clear tubing as I personally really like how it looks

This will probably be done over a few months, so I don't need to rush it
 
What do you mean by parallell?

It is generally recommended to put everything i series as the path of least resistance could make components underperform severely in parallell, especially radiators and pumps.
 
ErikN said:
What do you mean by parallell?

It is generally recommended to put everything i series as the path of least resistance could make components underperform severely in parallell, especially radiators and pumps.
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Not true. Parallel works fine.

I have CPU + 2* GPU, 240+360 rads. All in series except the GPU's, which are parallel. Temperatures are excellent, and my D5 is dialled down to 2 (lovely and quiet).
 
String said:
Not true. Parallel works fine.

I have CPU + 2* GPU, 240+360 rads. All in series except the GPU's, which are parallel. Temperatures are excellent, and my D5 is dialled down to 2 (lovely and quiet).
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Fair enough, I should have added that an exception is parallel gpu blocks provided the rest of the loop is in series.
 
It has been proven that putting your loop in parallel doesnt make very much difference at all, and I mean putting the two tubes from the cpu block directly down to two top inputs on the graphics card block, then taking the tubing from the bottom of the waterblocks on the graphics card and passing them both through into the back of my case to go into the res/pump and the rads
 
Agreed, but parallell can mean a lot of things, was just making sure you didnt plan on making t-junctions or something to split between gpu's/cpu.
 
Tbh, my biggest concern with the loop is trying to get rads that will work with what I have planned, since I dont have any that I could use to check clearance for fittings etc
 
I like the Alphacool rads due to them having holes for fittings in "all" directions, but looks like the Coolgate ones in your cart have the same feature.
 
ErikN said:
I like the Alphacool rads due to them having holes for fittings in "all" directions, but looks like the Coolgate ones in your cart have the same feature.
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yeah, I was looking at the xspc ones too, I like the alphacool ones as well, tbh the only reason that I put the coolgate ones is because of the price of them
 
Just a heads up that the coolgate 360mm you have selected is high FPI which work better for higher fan speeds. For silence purposes a low FPI rad like the alphacool nexxxos and XSPX RX series would be ideal.

You'll also be hard pushed to find a thin, low FPI, multiport rad.
 
Is that the 360mm or the 240mm rad that you're talking about? as the 360 shouldn't actually need to have multiple ports as long as I am right with how far up the case that the ports should go
 
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