two pumps questions

[mateo]

I was wonder what you guys thought would be better for flow:

pump > 360 rad > 360 rad > another pump > gpu

or using the EK dual pump modification and do:

pump + pump > 360 rad > 360 rad

or do you think just one pump would be sufficient
for a loop with res/two 360 rads/1 gpu block/cpu/northbridge block

the pumps are Swiftech MCR320-QP

thanks for any advice

 

[baboonpkt]

what pump/s are you using again? the part number you listed is for a radiator.

In most cases, one pump should be fine, I have the stackable radiator 2x 320's setup from swiftech running through 2x ek vid blocks going though a mcp355 with a xspc res top without any problems.

 

[mateo]

sorry pump is a the mcp355 as well and it will be running through the switftech stackable rads too. So you dont have a problem with flow? do you have a res?

 

[baboonpkt]

no problems with flow at all, I use the xspc res top in leiu of a seperate res, it improves performance of the pump as an added bonus as well.

 

[hotbrass]

One pump should suffice. Having too is a nice fail safe though. I have seen threads where a pump will fail and block tops will actually melt. Sounds like you've got a nice setup there, though.