Watercooling loop advice

GiraffePencils · 26 Feb 2013 at 16:32

Hey I was thinking of having 2 Rads in my loop and not sure where best to have them?
top rad=double 120mm
front/rear = single 120mm

I was thinking:
pump&res->top rad->CUP->GPU->Front rad->pump&res

but would I be better:
pump&res->top rad->CUP->rear rad->GPU->Pump&res

Or even:
pump&res->top rad->rear rad->CPU->GPU->pump&res

Or maybe something entirely diff.....
any and all help welcome

Deceptor · 26 Feb 2013 at 16:40

Mount the rads in the easiest or most visually appealing fashion. As for the loop itself:

Res -> Pump -> Closest item

Beyond pump/res, the order of things makes no difference (maybe a 1 degree variance if that), so just use tubing to the next item be it rad or block to keep things tidy

GiraffePencils · 26 Feb 2013 at 16:48

kk,
I was thinking the res between the CPU and GPU would improve performance

also I thought maybe if I had a res on the front pulling air in, it would heat up before going out through the top res decreasing the performance?
therefore having both on the rear and top it would pull cool air in the front then up and back to cool.
But would the improvements in these cases be negligible/non-existent?

teenwolf · 26 Feb 2013 at 16:49

you can make the loop up however you want, it wont make any difference in temps.

Deceptor · 26 Feb 2013 at 16:51

Water runs so fast through the system that there will be no "hot" or "cold" areas, as I said probably 1 degrees variance as water temps reach equilibrium

Also made a boo-boo in my above post, the pump should be after the res and ideally the res should by higher than the pump so mavity assists the pump.