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proper watercooling loop?

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ExhaustNote

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I just ordered parts for a watercooling setup and I was wondering what the proper way to arrange the components was. I ordered a white water, dtek pro core radiator, hydor L30, and a bay res. sorry for the noob question.
 
if you have a bit slower pump then.

Pump===>Waterblock/s====>radiator===>reservior back to pump

if pump is powerful then

pump=====>radiator===>Waterblock===>reservior and back to pump

For weal pump its very important that you firs put WB in loop to maintain proper prssure in waterblocks.
 
With most pumps, the water is sent through so fast that the arrangement doesnt matter b/c the heat becomes evenily distrubuted through all. The arrangement should only matter on waterflow (no creases) and ease like he said^^^^
 
Originally posted by funkymonkey
if you have a bit slower pump then.

Pump===>Waterblock/s====>radiator===>reservior back to pump

if pump is powerful then

pump=====>radiator===>Waterblock===>reservior and back to pump

For weal pump its very important that you firs put WB in loop to maintain proper prssure in waterblocks.
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Whichever way you put it, perssure drop will be the same in the block. The other guys have the right idea, set it up however is most convenient as far as routing goes.
 
Originally posted by zer0signal667
Whichever way you put it, perssure drop will be the same in the block. The other guys have the right idea, set it up however is most convenient as far as routing goes.
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There are a couple of exceptions to this though.
1) If you have a very high capacity reservior. (Mine is 1.5 gallons)
2) If you are running a parallel setup from 1 pump.

On my system, If I run the reservior before the CPU block, 2 things happen. 1, I get a small leak through the fill plug (need to find an o-ring) and 2) I gain a few *C average on my CPU temp. It doesn't really make sense to me either, but it happens.
As far as the 1 pump parallel setup goes, the split should happen as close to the blocks as possible and the dual lines should be after the blocks. For proof of this, just look at the LRWW and DD RBX.
 
Originally posted by cgrant26
There are a couple of exceptions to this though.
1) If you have a very high capacity reservior. (Mine is 1.5 gallons)
2) If you are running a parallel setup from 1 pump.

On my system, If I run the reservior before the CPU block, 2 things happen. 1, I get a small leak through the fill plug (need to find an o-ring) and 2) I gain a few *C average on my CPU temp. It doesn't really make sense to me either, but it happens.
As far as the 1 pump parallel setup goes, the split should happen as close to the blocks as possible and the dual lines should be after the blocks. For proof of this, just look at the LRWW and DD RBX.
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OK, ya got me there. I was assuming a loop in series. And your situation with the reservoir is sort of puzzling, did you make that change without removing the waterblock? Is there anything else it could be attributed to?
 
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