Single or dual loops

joshcowin · 19 Feb 2013 at 19:49

Hi their in a few months time i will be building a overkill watercooled loop,its going to have cpu,gpu,mobo and memory cooling. the rads will be 2x 420mm,1x 360mm and a 240mm rad. Im not sure whether to have a single loop with everything in or have the 420mm in the top for the cpu and memory,then the 420,360 and 240 for 3x 7970's and a asus rampage iv extreme with waterblock.if its a single it will have 2 d5 pumps im the system and if its dual loop a dual bay with 2 d5's
The only problem with a dual is that the 420,360 and 240 are in the bottom and front.thanks Josh

teenwolf · 19 Feb 2013 at 19:53

i always prefer a single loop.
i had a cpu and 3x gpu setup, 360mm, 2x240mm rads.

JonJ678 · 19 Feb 2013 at 19:53

One loop is simpler. Your D5's might fight but should be OK.

Main advantage of dual loop is thermally isolating CPU and GPU. Relative to a series loop, you can run the cpu colder and the gpu hotter on the same amount of radiators. It's logistically simpler too when you come to replace a graphics card.

joshcowin · 19 Feb 2013 at 20:21

Well if i have on d5 in the res then one between the bottom rads that should be okay,im not bothered about the noise.and a single would be easer as the gpus are going to be in serial