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Upgrading a koolance system?? help?

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merlin87

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im running a koolance pc2. recently i found a a leak on my resevoir, so i decide to fix it. the nipple coming from the resevoir to the cpu cracked. but when i tried to fix it, it snapped off. so i decided to put a barb fitting on there and it worked out. when i started to put back the res together i notice it was leaking from the seal, and the top of the res got cracked as well :( but some epoxy fixed that. im a total n00b and its hard to find info when the search isnt working. and i hate asking because i know its been asked 10000x's. but i want to upgrade this rig.

first how should the flow of water be? pump-rad-cpu-gpu-pump? another thing i noticed is that the rad is a couple of inches away from the fans. should i move the rad up against the fans and have the fans blow out? right now there are 3 fans, 2 blowing in, 1 blowing out. the next is what about the size of the line? right now i believe it is 1/4" id. should i move up to 3/8"? and last is the pump. in the koolance system there are 2 pumps. i dont know why, but there are 2. should i get something like a pump/res or should the pump be a standalone and have a seperate res. im a total n00b so please help me out. or direct me to good info thanks.

btw what are you thoughts on this http://www.xoxide.com/xoxide/rapu.html
 
The pump right there looks nice, but it doesn't put out that much GPH. I use the Koolance PC2-601b myself, and I haven't had any problems. The 2nd pump is a backup pump (what I am told) that is there should the main fail.

I personally prefer the pump to be external. This just makes it easier to upgrade components. Like any integrated component, it takes less space, but there is generally a performance degradation or upgrade issue.
 
wow that pump sucks

hydor L30
Enheim 1250
Via 1300

are the standards. there are a few misc brands I cant think of right now for some reason that are just as good.

for the flow order, it usually wont matter but usually its pump->rad->cpu->gpu->res->pump
 
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