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Arthalen

Arthalen

Arthalen

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Hopefully be receiving my Bigwater SE kit today, and was wondering a couple of things as I've read a lot of posts on loops and push/pull configurations.

Reading through the d/l instructions for setting this kit up and:

1) The loop. In the manual it states to setup the loop as Resevoir -> Pump -> CPU Block -> Radiator -> Resevoir.

I've been thinking that to get the best performance out of this kit to change the loop order to Resevoir -> Pump -> Radiator -> CPU Block -> Resevoir

Although this means an increase in temp in resevoir, it should mean the water going to the block is as cold as it can be. Is it a) viable to do this and b) worth doing it ?

2) The Radiator configuration. The kit comes with a single 54CFM fan on the radiator. I have space to mount it internally, and will do so. However, I can probably get another fan mounted to the external side of the radiator, and thus have a push/pull config. Is this worth doing to get the water in the radiator as cold as possible ?

Not only that, I have a 110 CFM Silverstone available that I could use. Is it worth using this as the pusher or the puller ?? Or use it as the intake fan on my case to get the best amount of air into the system and then have a pair of 54CFM fans to do the push pull config ?

Every 1C that I can get out of this budget kit would be worth it....
 
Arthalen said:
1) The loop
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It doesn't make any measureable difference what order you put the blocks in a loop, though having the res before the pump helps with bleeding I think.

Arthalen said:
2) The Radiator configuration
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The only way to be sure is to try it, though I suspect having two fans with wildly different flow rates will be counter productive as the bigger one will do all the work and the smaller one will act like an obstruction.

If you can live with the noise go with the 110CFM, otherwise just stick with the stock fan.

Jokester
 
Arthalen said:
a) is it viable to do this and b) worth doing it ?
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It's many peoples prefered setup, i personally like my block straight after my rad just to make sure the water entering has not been heated any by the pump, ensuring it is as cold as it can be, but the difference is tiny anyway. i just do it because i'm not just fussy, but a perfectionist when it comes to watercooling, lol.

So imo a) yes and b) yes.

Arthalen said:
Is this worth doing to get the water in the radiator as cold as possible ?

Every 1C that I can get out of this budget kit would be worth it....
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You've answered your own question i think mate, the more air you have flowing through that rad the better it will cool the water passing through it. You would however be best to use two matched fans, if you have one high qfm fan and one low qfm fan, the slow one will resrict the fast one. worst case scenario being that the high qfm fan will force the low qfm fan to spin faster than it wants to and it will die of death.
 
@Bundles / Jokestar: Thanks for the advice.

So changing the loop really isnt going to affect performance much, but the fan setup could end up hurting me.

I'm unsure over how to setup it up really.

These are the options:

1) Radiator has pair of Push/Pull 54 CFM fans - Air Flow is exhausting from System
2) Radiator has pair of Push/Pull 54 CFM fans - Air Flow is intaking into the system

3) Radiator has a single 110CFM Fan - Pushing - Air Flow is exhausting from System
4) Radiator has a single 110CFM Fan - Pulling - Air Flow is exhausting from System

5) Radiator has a single 110CFM Fan - Pushing - Air Flow is intaking into the system
6) Radiator has a single 110CFM Fan - Pulling - Air Flow is intaking into the system

The manual describes option 3 as the normal but with the standard 54CFM fan that thermaltake provide.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, much interesting thoughts going on. Anyone have any further ideas ????
 
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