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MrGoodKat44
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I just rebuilt my rig and changed my watercooling up a bit. I have provided some old pictures of how it looked before and some new pictures of how it looks now. I just wanted to see what the [H]ardForum thinks about my new setup.
The pictures with the white hoses are the updated pictures.
I basically got a new CPU waterblock, Swiftech Apogee XT, and new radiator, Swiftech MCR x20 360mm, with built in pump and reservoir. I used to have 2 360mm swiftech radiators and a dual bay 5.25 XSPC reservoir with 2 MCP355 Swiftech pumps. One loop was for GPU's alone and the other loop was for the CPU and MOBO. They were hooked up in series. With the new setup I am able to run one single loop on a 360mm radiator with all of the waterblocks hooked up in parallel.
Surprisingly enough the temperatures of everything are basically the same in the single parallel loop as it was in the 2 separate loops hooked up in series.
New temps
CPU @ idle ~23 C
MOBO @ idle ~29 C
GTX690 @ idle ~ chip 1 @ idle 29 C and chip 2 @ idle 30 C
Under load when playing The Secret World with all settings maxed out none of the temps break 50 C.
I couldn't be happier with the results. I was alittle worried about the temperatures when only running 1 loop as opposed to 2 but there is only a couple degrees difference.
Previously I had an Antec 1200 case. Neither one of the radiators would fit in the case so they were hung off the back of the case using 2 swiftech rad boxes. I got a new case obviously which is the Corsair Obsidian 900d. This new case is so bad ass. It has so much room for expansion and has the best design for cable management. It was worth every penny. I also changed my hose sizes from 1/4 ID x 3/8 OD and went with bigger hoses. I have 7/16ID x 5/8 OD flowing straight from the radiator to the CPU block then the same size hose leaves the CPU block and goes to the 2 mobo blocks and the GPU block. The return hoses back to the radiator are 3/8 ID x 1/2 OD with the theory that the venturi principal will take effect and by reducing the ID of the return hoses back to the radiator it will increase the flow velocity.
Let me know what you guys think.
http://imgur.com/a/0sKon
The pictures with the white hoses are the updated pictures.
I basically got a new CPU waterblock, Swiftech Apogee XT, and new radiator, Swiftech MCR x20 360mm, with built in pump and reservoir. I used to have 2 360mm swiftech radiators and a dual bay 5.25 XSPC reservoir with 2 MCP355 Swiftech pumps. One loop was for GPU's alone and the other loop was for the CPU and MOBO. They were hooked up in series. With the new setup I am able to run one single loop on a 360mm radiator with all of the waterblocks hooked up in parallel.
Surprisingly enough the temperatures of everything are basically the same in the single parallel loop as it was in the 2 separate loops hooked up in series.
New temps
CPU @ idle ~23 C
MOBO @ idle ~29 C
GTX690 @ idle ~ chip 1 @ idle 29 C and chip 2 @ idle 30 C
Under load when playing The Secret World with all settings maxed out none of the temps break 50 C.
I couldn't be happier with the results. I was alittle worried about the temperatures when only running 1 loop as opposed to 2 but there is only a couple degrees difference.
Previously I had an Antec 1200 case. Neither one of the radiators would fit in the case so they were hung off the back of the case using 2 swiftech rad boxes. I got a new case obviously which is the Corsair Obsidian 900d. This new case is so bad ass. It has so much room for expansion and has the best design for cable management. It was worth every penny. I also changed my hose sizes from 1/4 ID x 3/8 OD and went with bigger hoses. I have 7/16ID x 5/8 OD flowing straight from the radiator to the CPU block then the same size hose leaves the CPU block and goes to the 2 mobo blocks and the GPU block. The return hoses back to the radiator are 3/8 ID x 1/2 OD with the theory that the venturi principal will take effect and by reducing the ID of the return hoses back to the radiator it will increase the flow velocity.
Let me know what you guys think.
http://imgur.com/a/0sKon
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