Water cooling idea

[engstrom0304]

Hi,
I have a watercooling idea.

Here goes, case is Coolermaster HAF 932.


Drive Bay Res - D5 Vario Pump (on floppy bay shelf) - Y splitter - (to gpu and cpu blocks) - Y splitter - triple rad - Reservoir.

What do you think. Will the D5 vario handle a split or should i do it in series??

Thanks
Tim

 

[WJA96]

I don't fancy that at all Tim. How about a Primochill Typhoon III reservoir with the D5 and two loops instead?

 

[engstrom0304]

Very nice idea!! That reservoir is designed to fit a D5 vario so that will be ideal. It's all starting to get a bit expensive though!!

Would the D5 be at setting 5???

 

[engstrom0304]

So I shouldnt use 1 triple but 2 seperate radiators?

 

[Avalon]

D5/T3 L1: RAD, CPU. L2: GPU. Both loops will equalize in terms of temp but the T3 is an amazing bit of kit, I run my D5 at 2 and it's near silent even with a oc'd Q6600 and 4870 with a Swiftech 120.2 and still get good temps under heavy load.

 

[WJA96]

Would the D5 be at setting 5???

Probably not. I'm running a much bigger pair of loops on 3 and it's working fine. If you have a block that likes high throughput eg. EK Supreme then you might need 4 or 5 for best results on the D5 Vario.

 

[WJA96]

So I shouldnt use 1 triple but 2 seperate radiators?

You could, but you don't have to as all the coolant is 'shared' but there is plenty of pressure available if you want to. A 120.1 on the GPU loop will give a good temperature drop with a 120.2 or 120.3 on the CPU loop. Either way it will be more than enough.

 

[shadowscotland]

Sorry for the thread hijack

I run my D5 at 2 and it's near silent even with a oc'd Q6600 and 4870
with a Swiftech 120.2 and still get good temps under heavy load.

@ Avalon/WJA96

I read that the T3 makes the D5 a bit noiser - intresting that you say it's near silent at setting 2.
As I can't hear my D5 at all at 2 and only just at 3. Is it a 'water' noise or vibration
or the 'dentist drill' of setting 4-5 coming in early.

Went with the EK X-top rev2 in the end for a mild boost and better connectivity. And the issue
of fitting it in my case (as WJA will know) due to the rad/ barbs taking up the top two bays.
Also a month or two ago you cound not buy one anywhere - and I NEEDED to stop the fans or else I'd explode

 

[engstrom0304]

You could, but you don't have to as all the coolant is 'shared' but there is plenty of pressure available if you want to. A 120.1 on the GPU loop will give a good temperature drop with a 120.2 or 120.3 on the CPU loop. Either way it will be more than enough.

Ok, so are you saying that becuase i am using a 120.2 or 120.3 on the cpu that will help the temperatur of the gpu cooled only by a 120.1??

If I were to add another gpu to the loop would i have to swap so the 120.1 was cooling cpu and 120.2/3 was cooling the gpus?

Or would the fact that the rads are at the end of the loop mean that that is not necessary and the big cpu radiator is making up for the ghigh temperature on the 120.1 outlet if you see what i mean! Do you think the rads are better at the end of the loop to give the gpu block cooler water from the reservoir given by the excessive cpu radiator to balance out the temps?


EDIT:

If you have a block that likes high throughput eg. EK Supreme then you might need 4 or 5 for best results on the D5 Vario.

I am going to use a Watercool HK LGA1366 3.0 LC block which I believe does not restrict flow much.

EDIT 2!: Do you know if the T3 res has a port at the top for a barb to connect a pipe to the fillport on my HAF 932. Or somthing to convert the lid to a barb

 

[WJA96]

Ok, so are you saying that becuase i am using a 120.2 or 120.3 on the cpu that will help the temperature of the gpu cooled only by a 120.1??

I'm saying that you could easily add more cooling capacity to a second loop. I suggested a 120.1 because they are easy to fit into 120mm fan ports. All the coolant mixes in the reservoir so you really only have one loop, you just have two sets of outputs from the pump for neat pipe routing.

If I were to add another gpu to the loop would i have to swap so the 120.1 was cooling cpu and 120.2/3 was cooling the gpus?

No, because the whole lot will equilibrate after about 20-30 minutes. The fluid in the reservoir is common to both loops so both radiators would cool all the components.

Or would the fact that the rads are at the end of the loop mean that that is not necessary and the big cpu radiator is making up for the ghigh temperature on the 120.1 outlet if you see what i mean! Do you think the rads are better at the end of the loop to give the gpu block cooler water from the reservoir given by the excessive cpu radiator to balance out the temps?

Loop order is effectively irrelevant with a Typhoon III.

EDIT:

I am going to use a Watercool HK LGA1366 3.0 LC block which I believe does not restrict flow much.

Fine, but restrictive components really aren't a problem with a D5.

EDIT 2!: Do you know if the T3 res has a port at the top for a barb to connect a pipe to the fillport on my HAF 932. Or somthing to convert the lid to a barb

The caps are G1/4" on the Typhoon III and mounted on the front of the unit so a fillport would have to T into one of the loops somewhere. If you want a top-filler then check out the XSPC dual-DDC reservoirs (they have both separate and common fluid types for 2 DDC pumped loops). XSPC make a metal cap for that that will take a G1/4" threaded barb for a fillport.

 

[engstrom0304]

Thanks for all your help WJA96! Much appreciated!

 

[shadowscotland]

You can also buy a T3 with a top G1/4 thread - it's an factory added optional extra from the primochill site

 

[engstrom0304]

O thank you!!!! shadowscotland!!