XSPC Single Bay Res/Pump ok for CPU/GPU Loop?

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I bought a Single Bay XSPC Pump/Res combo a while back with the intention of just cooling my CPU. Now i have managed to get a waterblock(Well 2 actually lol) for my 3870x2. Will the Pump flow enough to cool both 3870x2 and 4.2ghz dual core Core2duo? I have not put anything together yet.
 
It should work, but probably not as well as a decent stand alone pump. The one that comes in the single res is pretty weak

If you can afford it I'd upgrade it to a Laing DDC pump, get a res top for it if you cant use your current one anymore (dont know if you can remove the pump from your res or not?)
 
Cheers matey.. What i may do is run a dual loop with the Bayres/pump cooling the GPU and another pump/res top cooling the CPU. Only thing is that i will need a new Rad as well. Actually i have been on the look out for the new antec one that fits to the large fan in a 1200 chassis. Hummmmm....
 
Well i managed to get a Dual Bayres with integrated 750lpm so that should flow well.. now just got to work out how i am going to cool 1xcpu and 1x3870x2 and 1x3870 and pipe it all up..
 
remember quoted flowrates are with no restriction. Check the head of the pump and compare to others then look at whether the blocks you want are low restriction or high restriction. With that pump, make sure all your blocks are low-restriction or your flow-rate will be pitiful.
 
I currently have a Swiftech Storm Extreme Duty CPU Waterblock and 1 XSPC(I THink)3870x2 Acetal WB and wil be getting a single 3870 one soon... Cooled by a XSPC240 Rad.
 
Is it worth adding a extra rad for the GPU? So from RES/PUMP - RAD - CPU - RAD - GPU - RES/PUMP bearing in mind that it will eventually be going RES/PUMP - RAD - CPU - RAD - GPU - GPU - RES/PUMP
 
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