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Hi guys!
I was wondering if you be so kind as to have a look at my rig for me and see what you think I can do about my flow woes! My loop is as following (currently)
RES (XSPC Single Bay Res) -> PUMP (Laing D5) -> RADIATOR (Thermochill PA120.3) -> CPU (XSPC Delta V3) -> ROOF RADIATOR (XSPC RS240) -> GPU (SOON TO BE INSTALLED!) ->
Now, this entire loop is running off one D5. I have had flow trouble with this rig for a while now and would love to get it sorted. I recently saw that XSPC released a Dual DDC Bay Res/Pump combo which looked quite attractive but I as my rig is in a recording studio (ie. Soundproofed) it needs to be SILENT.
So, in light of this 2x DDCs would be too noisy correct? I have had ONE DDC and had an annoying buzzing which I got rid of by buying the D5 although I started to get bubble trouble thanks to lack of flow in the latter pump.
Therefore I feel that I could either:
a) Buy two not very powerful submerged pumps (like the XSPC ones for example) and run two seperate loops.
b) Buy a DDC Ultra for one loop and try my best to silence the thing.
c) Buy the XSPC double bay res with 2x DDCs for dual loops (although this would no doubt be noisy) - as far as I can tell said product does not actually submerge the DDCs in water correct??!
Anyhow check out some pictures of my current rig (bear in mind my friend just sold me his 285GTX as he can't play games anymore (long story!) and so the GFX card is just air cooled atm.
It should be noted that I am also very eager to get rid of the 'mess' in my case by limiting tubing and getting better cable management. In light of this, I am fully aware of the need to cut the mobo tray and combine the radiators' fan cables into one single braided snake. This way I could control all fans off ONE channel on my BigNG.
Here you go:
Two old pictures with my 4870X2 which I sold (just so you get an idea of the 'mess' I was talking about with a FC GFX block installed):
Thanks for taking the time to browse through this thread - I look forward to hearing what you guys have to say about my setup!
Tom
P.S I am juggling the idea of getting an XSPC RX480 down the bottom there - is this a good idea? I haven't got flexibility on the roof rad as the case is already modded to take a dual and I don't really wanna mess with it. The bottom compartment (as you can see) also houses the pump so I would want to ideally move the pump some place else (which is why that XSPC double Bay res looks so appealing!!!)
I was wondering if you be so kind as to have a look at my rig for me and see what you think I can do about my flow woes! My loop is as following (currently)
RES (XSPC Single Bay Res) -> PUMP (Laing D5) -> RADIATOR (Thermochill PA120.3) -> CPU (XSPC Delta V3) -> ROOF RADIATOR (XSPC RS240) -> GPU (SOON TO BE INSTALLED!) ->
Now, this entire loop is running off one D5. I have had flow trouble with this rig for a while now and would love to get it sorted. I recently saw that XSPC released a Dual DDC Bay Res/Pump combo which looked quite attractive but I as my rig is in a recording studio (ie. Soundproofed) it needs to be SILENT.
So, in light of this 2x DDCs would be too noisy correct? I have had ONE DDC and had an annoying buzzing which I got rid of by buying the D5 although I started to get bubble trouble thanks to lack of flow in the latter pump.
Therefore I feel that I could either:
a) Buy two not very powerful submerged pumps (like the XSPC ones for example) and run two seperate loops.
b) Buy a DDC Ultra for one loop and try my best to silence the thing.
c) Buy the XSPC double bay res with 2x DDCs for dual loops (although this would no doubt be noisy) - as far as I can tell said product does not actually submerge the DDCs in water correct??!
Anyhow check out some pictures of my current rig (bear in mind my friend just sold me his 285GTX as he can't play games anymore (long story!) and so the GFX card is just air cooled atm.
It should be noted that I am also very eager to get rid of the 'mess' in my case by limiting tubing and getting better cable management. In light of this, I am fully aware of the need to cut the mobo tray and combine the radiators' fan cables into one single braided snake. This way I could control all fans off ONE channel on my BigNG.
Here you go:
Two old pictures with my 4870X2 which I sold (just so you get an idea of the 'mess' I was talking about with a FC GFX block installed):
Thanks for taking the time to browse through this thread - I look forward to hearing what you guys have to say about my setup!
Tom
P.S I am juggling the idea of getting an XSPC RX480 down the bottom there - is this a good idea? I haven't got flexibility on the roof rad as the case is already modded to take a dual and I don't really wanna mess with it. The bottom compartment (as you can see) also houses the pump so I would want to ideally move the pump some place else (which is why that XSPC double Bay res looks so appealing!!!)