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Big loop system [Rad/pump advice needed]

BIGX333

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Hello,

I'm working on a new water cooled rig and while this isn't my first WC, my last WCe'd rig was 4 years ago so I'm totally outdated:p .

I want to use a pretty big loop with blocks for CPU, NB-SB (one piece), Vreg and GPU (possibly upgrading to dual gpu someday) and i need some advice about the rad's and pump.

The system gonna run a i7 920 (which i expect to overclock to 4.0) and a radeon 4890 (big chances to add another one later), i would like to keep it all internal (cooler master haf 932) with single loop (if possibly :p ) and use the lowest number of rads/pumps possible (i really don't want even more hoses around lol).

So far I'm going for those parts:

Watercool Heatkiller 3.0 LT (i prefer the LT look over the copper :p )
Koolance MB-EVX58
Koolance MVR-40
EK FC4890 CF
Swiftech MCP655
EK D5 X-TOP Version 2
EK Multioption RES 150 Rev 2 EK-RES-150

I don't need a 2 delta system but i want a decent performance with my ambient temp (which is pretty high... 22c ~ 26c).

So my questions are... This pump does the job?, would a mcp355 be better?, do i need dual pump?.

And what about radiators?, i was thinking about a thermochill 120.3 about I'm not sure if it's enough (i have no idea about TDP of mosfet + nb-sb :p ). I don't mind in using push/pull with some high speed fans (silence isn't one of my main goals) as far i don't end with a 747 in my room :D .

Any input would be highly appreciated :D .
 
i rather start with two loops from the beginning.

a 360 rad for the cpu and a 240 rad for the rest (mobo+gpu). Had a setup like this but i did some small mods and ended up with a 480 on the cpu loop and 2x240 on the gpu+mobo loop since i run two 295GTX graphic cards. First setup was like this:


cpu loop: pump->swiftech GTZ->HWLabs 360GTX->XSPC res->pump
gpu+mobo loop: pump->NB/SB full cover->Mosfet->GPU1+GPU2 in parallel->XSPC res->pump

i used delta fans AFB1212HE@110CFM in push/pull.

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a picture with the old setup without the mobo blocks installed.

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L.E

forgot to tell you that the old graphic cards were EVGA 285 FTW's. This will allow you to figure out some TDP numbers for the loop. I'll post some temp screens soon as i arrive back home. (business trip)
 
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