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Loop order question

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astyler

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Would it be alright to have my radiator between my reservoir and my pump?

I want my loop to be:

reservoir -> rad -> pump -> cpu -> vga -> nb -> reservoir

Not for any particular reason besides space. It would be difficult for me to have the reservoir feed directly into the pump.
 
usually a bad idea, unless your res. is over your pump enough so that there always water flowing into the pump.
 
Keep the reservoir the last thing in the loop before the pump inlet. This is especially important because pumps can starve and die if the reservoir isn't in the loop just before the inlet and there's a problem. Also, make sure your reservoir is physically higher, above your pump.
 
The order of your loop doesn't matter whatsoever. Do whatever uses the least amount of tubing.

You can't starve your pump (a block in any position of the loop will starve the pump of water), and it doesn't need to be higher than the pump at all, but it certainly helps with bleeding.
 
Anything really..

Some suggestions are if possible:

-Res before pump
-Rad before CPU or Pump before CPU
 
Alright, thanks for the info.

I'm not sure how pumps work. I can see pulling water through the first rad will be a strain for it, but I don't know if it's any different than having it after w/ "push" strain.

Anyways, for those interested, my loop is going to be:
res -> rad -> pump -> rad -> cpu -> gpu -> nb -> res

Although initial fill will be more of a pain, this loop greatly simplifies things for me.

Switching out my 120.2 for 2x 120.1s to keep it internal/clean. Hopefully I'll get back up and running this week.
 
ak47is1337 said:
usually a bad idea, unless your res. is over your pump enough so that there always water flowing into the pump.
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Not sure what this means. Pumps also pull water in as well as push it out. Shouldn't have to rely on gravity to feed the pump, right?
 
astyler said:
Not sure what this means. Pumps also pull water in as well as push it out. Shouldn't have to rely on gravity to feed the pump, right?
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This is entirely correct in a closed loop system. Rise will always equal Fall.
 
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