Water Flow Direction Question?

[bbowers12]

I am getting ready to order a water cooled setup and have been doing some research. I am just going to cool the CPU. My question is how should the water flow from pump?

Should it be:
Reservoir to
Pump to
Radiator to
Water Block to
Reservoir

or does it need to go from

Reservoir to
Pump to
Water Block to
Radiator to
Reservoir

 

[malicious]

the block needs pressure so lot's of peeps like to run

pump
block
rad
rez

 

[Darkala]

the block needs pressure so lot's of peeps like to run

pump
block
rad
rez

the other advantage is the cooler water is also in the res which is the largest body of water, that can give you better cooling potential

 

[zer0signal667]

the other advantage is the cooler water is also in the res which is the largest body of water, that can give you better cooling potential

Run it so that your tubing has fewest sharp bends and looks how you like it. Order doesn't matter, water temp varies very little anywhere in the loop. The only thing you might want to consider is placing the res before the pump inlet, it has been suggested that this reduces the possibility of pump cavitation.

 

[Steeeeve]

the above poster makes a good point.

I see

Res->Pump->Rad->block

very often....it also seems to flow in a system better that way with few bends. I have a SFF and that is how mine works.