best water cooling set up?

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I have a RBX block for my P4 .. and a block for my raedon 9700 a black ice extreme hydo pump and a dual 5.25 reservoir. what is the best setup for the flow of water. How should I set it up?
 
You have some options as far as setup goes. As long as you put the reservoir before the pump you should be ok.

The 2 most general high flow setups are as following:

Pump -> RBX -> Y split to combine flow -> GPU -> Radiator -> reservoir -> pump

and

Pump -> radiator -> RBX -> Y fitting -> GPU -> res -> pump

Do which ever works best for you in your case.

BTW: I answered your earlier question on your Bay-res. Hope that makes sense.

-OMP
 
Thanks OMP I did notice your response to my reservoir question too :D I'm gonna go with Pump -> Radiator -> Y Connector one to rbx one to gpu then from both to Reservoir -> pump

Sound good?
 
That works too. Am I to assume that your res will now have 3 inlets? (The 2 RBX outlets and the GPU outlet?) Or are you going to use a y split right after the RBX then go to the res? It doesn't make a difference, except in the length of tubing which may end up killing your flow a little. No biggie.

Thats a good looking setup, but FYI you will get higher pressure and flowrates (I.E. lower temps) making everything inline (RBX -> Y -> GPU) rather than parallel. Maybe only a degree, but every little bit helps :D

Personally I go pump -> RBX, then split my flow, one outlet to GPU and one outlet to northbridge chipset -> 2 inlets on my bayres. It works ok and it looks really cool, but I did get lower temps going inline.

Just my .02 cents:cool:

-OMP
 
heh I'm going for looks too. I didnt want just a line of tubes forming sometype of circle. I was actually thinking of splitting the flow at the radiator to both blocks seperately and then using another Y fitting for the RBX dual output then that going to reservoir and my gpu going to reservoir .. which meant me buying another Y splitter. I thought you had to use the Y fitting after the RBX? If not i'll just use the one that came with it to split the flow after the radiator and send have three IN's on my reservoir 2xCPU and 1xGPU
 
Originally posted by ImDefinetlyUrGOD
heh I'm going for looks too. I didnt want just a line of tubes forming sometype of circle. I was actually thinking of splitting the flow at the radiator to both blocks seperately and then using another Y fitting for the RBX dual output then that going to reservoir and my gpu going to reservoir .. which meant me buying another Y splitter. I thought you had to use the Y fitting after the RBX? If not i'll just use the one that came with it to split the flow after the radiator and send have three IN's on my reservoir 2xCPU and 1xGPU
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You don't really have to use the Y right after the RBX, but it does help your pressure and flowrates a little tiny bit. Taking both outlets to the Res shouldnt hurt performance-wise, but it will take much more tubing, and depending on what you are looking for, may not look as good. Do whatever works best for you:cool:
 
Shouldn't you have the radiator AFTER the NB/GPU/CPU? That way the water can cool down after it leaves the blocks?

Just wondering. I've got a Maze4 on the way and I always thought that the flow should be: res/pump -> nb/gpu/cpu -> rad ->res/pump.
 
i would go nb CPU then gpu since you would be giving your cpu way hot water.
 
well either way, I always thought that the radiator should come directly after whatever components you are cooling.
 
i think the rad should go after the pump since the pump itself does give off some heat.
 
It doesn't matter one bit which position the radiator is in.

You can use the same logic to say "why not put the rad BEFORE the blocks? That way the coolest water cools the CPU before it heats up somewhere else!"

Heating and cooling works according to equlibrium temperatures of the water. After water has circulated in your system for a while it reaches equlibruim, meaning that it doesnt change temperatures after a rad, it just keeps at a constant temperature no matter what you do. Therefore, putting a rad before or after the blocks makes no difference.

I can explain the actual physics behind it, but it would take a while and I'm really too tired. Just trust a physics major when he says that it makes no major difference.

-OMP
 
This is true, and it is the reason why water cooling and it's respective temperature is dependant on the room temperature. If you are really concerned about a cool system you can integrate a thermoelectric (also known as a Peltier) plate into your system. It uses a special property of electricity to make one side of the block cold and the other side very hot, thus cooling your CPU and having the heat carried away by the water cooling system. Such a system can also be used in conjunction with a heatsink and fan but this isn't as good as with a water cooling solution. One note of caution: since this would bring the temp of the system below room temperature there is the risk of condensation. There are ways to mitigate this risk but it is still there. You can get a thermoelectric kit for around $100 (there are a number of them on the market) and the blocks are even cheaper - though I reccomend a kit since you don't want to mess up the polarity or you fry your CPU...
 
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