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Hi All.

I will be doing a dual loop sometime this year.

Original Plan Was the following
Loop1(CPU) Res>CPU>MOBO>140mm>420MM
Loop2(GPU) Res>GPU1>GPU2>140mm>280MM

However after consideration i though i was boarderline on GPU loop and overkill on CPU. so here is my below revision

Loop1(CPU) Res>CPU>MOBO>420MM
Loop2(GPU) Res>GPU1>GPU2>140mm>140mm>280MM


This will be my first w/c build and i will be going all out, yes ambitious i know. Acrylic tubing for the win :)


Any suggestions/recommendations welcome

Ignore tte purple lines btw

 
Do it as a single loop with 2 pumps in series, you only need one res then and you dont have to worry about trying to balance heat load to different rads
It will massively simplify your tubing runs, and, if you ever have the misfortune of a pump failure, the one remaining pump will give enough flow to allow you to safely shut down the system without it over heating
 
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andybird123 said:
Do it as a single loop with 2 pumps in series, you only need one res then and you dont have to worry about trying to balance heat load to different rads
It will massively simplify your tubing runs, and, if you ever have the misfortune of a pump failure, the one remaining pump will give enough flow to allow you to safely shut down the system without it over heating
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I had considered this. However due to me upgrading GPUs on a semi regular basis having the dual loop makes swaping components out slightly easier.

Tubing will be complex but with Acrylic tubing im confident i can make it look sexy :)
 
Picked up a ex140 and ex420 1/2 price (b grade) so the rest of the shopping list is as follows

YOUR BASKET
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 140 (incl. pump) £107.99 (£215.98)
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X Matrix - Acetal+Nickel £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Monsoon Hardline Pro Bender Kit 3/8 x 1/2 (13mm) - Value Bundle £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO - Acetal+Nickel (Original CSQ) £52.99
1 x PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fitting Acrylic Tube 13/10mm Diamond 10-Pack - Red £49.99
1 x PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fitting Acrylic Tube 13/10mm Diamond 10-Pack - white £49.99
1 x XSPC EX280 Dual Fan Radiator £44.99
1 x XSPC EX140 Single Fan Radiator £39.95
1 x PrimoChill 13/10mm Acrylic Tube 60cm 4-Pack - White £15.95
1 x PrimoChill 13/10mm Acrylic Tube 60cm 4-Pack - Red £15.95
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Terminal DUAL Parallel £13.99
2 x PrimoChill Revolver Compression Fitting Acrylic Tube 13/10mm grooves - White £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £847.79 (includes shipping : £13.50).

 
I'm not sure that your GPU routing plans are gonna work too well. It looks like you're going for some kind of parallel thing involving the radiator.

ED: Unless I'm just looking at it wrong :D
 
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Uncle Petey said:
I'm not sure that your GPU routing plans are gonna work too well. It looks like you're going for some kind of parallel thing involving the radiator.

ED: Unless I'm just looking at it wrong :D
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good point, the return from the rad wants to go straight on to the next rad, the drawing makes it look like it goes back via the GPU blocks
 
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