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I am going to be hooking up a dual radiator setup in the next few days! What is the correct or most efficient way to hook it up!!

two radiators
gpu block
cpu block
northbridge block
pump

Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Thank you in advance, Wicked
 
Wicked_Bass said:
I am going to be hooking up a dual radiator setup in the next few days! What is the correct or most efficient way to hook it up!!

two radiators
gpu block
cpu block
northbridge block
pump

Any suggestions would be very helpful!

Thank you in advance, Wicked
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1 GPU or two? The entire system specs would be helpfull.
 
Pump right after your T-line or resevoir. After that do it in whichever way uses the least amount of tubing while not kinking. The order DOES NOT MATTER!
 
Sorry here are system specs!

Celeron D 3.06
Geforce 6800
1 gig Geil DDR 400


Thanks for the info so far!

Wicked
 
You need to put the coolest water into the cpu. So, rad then cpu then vc then whatever else. Its really not that complicated..
 
Order does not matter as long as the pump is after the res or T Line. Going straight from the rad to CPU will only matter ~ .25-.5 of a c. Once the water reaches equillibrium, it matters not.
 
dekard said:
You need to put the coolest water into the cpu. So, rad then cpu then vc then whatever else. Its really not that complicated..
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Rarely the case, but depends on the block. It's common practice to place the inlet of the CPU block directly after the outlet of the pump, because A) the inline heat dump of the pump can be fairly insignificant and B) pressure is greatest immediately after the pump's outlet, and most blocks "thrive" on pressure.

Flow order is unimportant unless one is chasing degrees (or half-degrees).
 
Thanks so would it be best to dasiy chain the radiators like


pump to cpu to radiator to gpu to northbridge then to the second radiator back to resy to pump!
 
Wicked_Bass said:
Thanks so would it be best to dasiy chain the radiators like


pump to cpu to radiator to gpu to northbridge then to the second radiator back to resy to pump!
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NO!

It doesn't matter which is best, they will all perform with in a fraction of a degree centigrade within each other. Your only concern should be making the tubing as short, neat, and kink free as possible.

Having the CPU right after the pump makes no difference. Sure there is a pressure loss after components, but pressure doesn't affect the thermal conductivity of the block only flow, and flow is constant throughout the entire loop.

Having the water go to a radiator to "cool" the water before entering the CPU also makes no difference. At most the pump will heat the water by a tenth or two of a degree centigrade. That small increase in coolant temperature will have have a negligible effect on the cooling performance of the waterblock.

So it really DOESNT MATTER what order you put the blocks in.
 
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