Water cooling setup plans, help please :)

[ronaldszkolnik]

Hello,
I am seting up a new sistem with the following specs:
ASUS STRIKER EXTREME
INTEL QX6700 QUADCORE
2 BFG 8800GTX WATER COOLED EDITION 1\2 FITTINGS IN SLI
2X1GB RAM PC9200 OCZ FLEX XLC (COMES WITH WATER BLOCK)
2 RAPTOR X 150GB EACH FOR OS
2 SEAGATE 7200.10 750GB EACH
PC POWER AND COOLING 1KW QUADSLI
1 DVD BURNER DVD-DL
1 DVD PLAYER
SWIFTECH APEX ULTRA H20-220 KIT
AN EXTRA RADIATOR FROM SWIFTECH MCR-120

ok, done with that, lets get to the good stuff.
from what i read the order of the loop is not as important as long as you keep it simple.
the problem i have is that in my loop there are three sizes barbs 1\2, 3\8 and 1\4, so it was hard to setup.
below are the plans i think is my best bet, but i am posting it here to see if anyone has ideas of making better or just telling me its ok.
most of the tubing and the parts are 1\2 but the extra rad wich i was told is needed is 3\8 and the heatsink that comes with the ram is 1\4.
heres the best way i could plan it:
reservoir-pump-vga1-vga2-cpu-from here i use a swiftech F fitting that reduces it to 1\4 and another F to go back to 1\2, thanks to the F i dont loose pressure because the 1\2 never get cut off.
From here i go to the the radiators the 2x120 has 1\2 barbs and the 1x120 has 3\8 barbs, so what i did is used a 1\2 Y fitting and one tubing i used a reducer to 3\8 and connect it to the small rad and on the other i went the the big rad, after this i uses another reducer and with another Y it all went back to 1\2 and one tube and from here to the reservoir wich by the way is a 5-1/4 double bay from dangerden.
Well thats about it. here is the upload from the plans to make it easier to visualize, dont mind the way the tubing goes in the case ill probably be different but this way is easier to see.
thanks for your help and hopefully ill be able to post pictures soon.
By the way i dont live in the USA, i did buy all there and took it back home so keep in mind that other fittings would be hard for me to get, i am triying to work with what i have, still any opinions are apreciated.

LINK TO PLANS

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[NordicRX8]

Water cooling for RAM is a waste as is water cooling for hard drives... but that's just IMO.

Save yourself a little $$$ and get the non "X" versions of those Raptors... unless you had plans on showcasing those drives through a side window or something.

Using different sized tubing is usually not a good thing in a waterloop, and you're planning on having 3 different sizes???

You do realize water acts like electricity, in that it takes the path of least resistance... Those "F" fittings look to be a trouble spot... but then again, you're cooling RAM with those loops. Go find someone with an overclocked system and touch their RAM (while system is running and being load tested)... see how warm they are, then come back and tell me RAM cooling is warranted.

2 Rads in the system? A 220 and a 120? Why not just get one 320, and not have to worry about the extra plumbing? Or Better yet, get a Thermochill PA 2.20 (it beat the Swiftech 320!)

Not sure what pump comes with that H20-220 kit, but is it enough to handle TWO Rads, TWO GPUs, a CPU, and your RAM?

Rather than a kit, why not piece your WC system from parts? Does the Swiftech Apex Ultra H20-220 kit come with the new Apogee GT block (designed for Quadcores) or the original Apogee block? The D-Tek Fuzion is the top dog for quad cores CPUS at the moment.

Good Luck with your build.

 

[EvilTwinSkippy]

Connection order is not crucial, but in general it's favored to go from the pump to the CPU block to have the coolest fluid flowing through it. Dual GPUs will add a lot of heat to the fluid before it gets to the CPU, so you're not optimizing your cooling capacity. Also, the different tubing all over the place will add a LOT of restriction to that setup.

 

[khanable]

axe the ram blocks, axe the 120mm rad, get a GOOD 120.2 or a decent 120.3 rad and go from there.

 

[Arcygenical]

Why are you posting a second (Third?) time on the same thing?

 

[ronaldszkolnik]

How do i delete the thread..