Okay, I usually cheat like mad with these setups, and they usually have equal parts air and water. Can't do that here, so I'm really unsure on my sizing.
Here's what's being cooled:
2x Opteron 252
2x Big Frigging Video Cards (ATI, nVidia, doesn't matter - they both run hotter than a REALiZM.)
7x Big Frigging Hard Drives (call 'em Hitachi 15K73's for sake of oversizing.)
Since the board is a Tyan K8WE, can't WC anything else really. Power is still being figured out, pumps may have a seperate PSU so I can hack in Vsense and safety cutouts.
Here's what's being abused to cool it:
2x DangerDen RBX
2x Zalman GWB2
7x Koolance HydraPak HDD Coolers
Dunno 2x120mm Rad, probably BlackIce 120.2.
2x Good, strong pumps with GOOD head rating.
Some sorta resevoir.. like it matters that much!
Now, before the debate about "OMG YOU SHOULD USE XYZ" gets started; no, it's not all set in stone, except the HydraPaks. Unless those things leak like a sieve, there simply is nothing equivalent that fits in the same space.
What I was figuring was two circuits that go something like this:
PUMP -> CPU0 -> GPU0 -> Tee -> HDD0+HDD1 -> Tee -> Tee -> Radiator
PUMP -> CPU1 -> GPU1 -> Tee+Tee -> HDD2+3+4 / HDD5+6 -> Tee+Tee -> Tee -> Radiator
The radiator and resevoir would be shared between both circuits, obviously. The setup isn't for overclocking, its's for QUIET, so I was figuring Papst or Panaflo in a draw-out configuration. The actual watercooling "compartment" is segmented from the rest of the case, with significant venting to allow fresh air in. Most of the actual "tubing" will be soldered copper pipe, most likely 1/2".
I'm worried that I don't have enough radiator, though. I can change pretty much anything and everything except the components, since the case is going to be built from scratch. The layout is something like this:
(Rear-Top)->(Front)
PSU -> Floppy bay stuffs
MOTHERBOARD -> DVD+-RWs
Watercooling setup -> INSULATED WALL -> Hard Drives
The thing is, I'm not sure this is big enough. Should I be looking at three circuits? Bigger radiator? More radiators? Again; gotta be quiet, but no way I want to have the parts even around 50C.
Here's what's being cooled:
2x Opteron 252
2x Big Frigging Video Cards (ATI, nVidia, doesn't matter - they both run hotter than a REALiZM.)
7x Big Frigging Hard Drives (call 'em Hitachi 15K73's for sake of oversizing.)
Since the board is a Tyan K8WE, can't WC anything else really. Power is still being figured out, pumps may have a seperate PSU so I can hack in Vsense and safety cutouts.
Here's what's being abused to cool it:
2x DangerDen RBX
2x Zalman GWB2
7x Koolance HydraPak HDD Coolers
Dunno 2x120mm Rad, probably BlackIce 120.2.
2x Good, strong pumps with GOOD head rating.
Some sorta resevoir.. like it matters that much!
Now, before the debate about "OMG YOU SHOULD USE XYZ" gets started; no, it's not all set in stone, except the HydraPaks. Unless those things leak like a sieve, there simply is nothing equivalent that fits in the same space.
What I was figuring was two circuits that go something like this:
PUMP -> CPU0 -> GPU0 -> Tee -> HDD0+HDD1 -> Tee -> Tee -> Radiator
PUMP -> CPU1 -> GPU1 -> Tee+Tee -> HDD2+3+4 / HDD5+6 -> Tee+Tee -> Tee -> Radiator
The radiator and resevoir would be shared between both circuits, obviously. The setup isn't for overclocking, its's for QUIET, so I was figuring Papst or Panaflo in a draw-out configuration. The actual watercooling "compartment" is segmented from the rest of the case, with significant venting to allow fresh air in. Most of the actual "tubing" will be soldered copper pipe, most likely 1/2".
I'm worried that I don't have enough radiator, though. I can change pretty much anything and everything except the components, since the case is going to be built from scratch. The layout is something like this:
(Rear-Top)->(Front)
PSU -> Floppy bay stuffs
MOTHERBOARD -> DVD+-RWs
Watercooling setup -> INSULATED WALL -> Hard Drives
The thing is, I'm not sure this is big enough. Should I be looking at three circuits? Bigger radiator? More radiators? Again; gotta be quiet, but no way I want to have the parts even around 50C.