Hello there!
I've been lurking around the forum for some time gleeming as much info as I can about water cooling and overclocking. I built my last machine (XP2200+, Soyo Dragon blah blah..) about 3 years ago and it's time for an update!
Since I want this machine to be as near damn quiet as possible (unlike the hoover I have at the mo) and squeeze as much power as possible, water cooling is the only way to go!
The updated pc is going to be primarily for games, but a bit of other stuff too.
I haven't got or even spec'ed the hardware yet (waiting to see what ATI bring out in the next month or so, but may go the NV route, dunno) but I want to iron a few things out regarding the water cooling side of things.
Now, to get to the crux of this post, - water flows.I'm not convinced that linking all the water blocks in series is the way to go, but I could be wrong. I'm planning on water cooling almost everything : CPU, GPU x2, NB, HDs x2. Thats six water blocks. Heck, I might even water cool the PSU if I feel it will help! When you go for it, you gotta be [H]ard right?
Now, surely six waterblocks in series would be bad, because (IMH) you would need some serious flow not to transfer the heat from the first few blocks the later ones in the chain. So I was thinking something along the lines of the image below:
I might be barking up the preverbial, missing something or whatever, and I'd appreciate your views and comments on this!
Cheers!
I've been lurking around the forum for some time gleeming as much info as I can about water cooling and overclocking. I built my last machine (XP2200+, Soyo Dragon blah blah..) about 3 years ago and it's time for an update!
Since I want this machine to be as near damn quiet as possible (unlike the hoover I have at the mo) and squeeze as much power as possible, water cooling is the only way to go!
The updated pc is going to be primarily for games, but a bit of other stuff too.
I haven't got or even spec'ed the hardware yet (waiting to see what ATI bring out in the next month or so, but may go the NV route, dunno) but I want to iron a few things out regarding the water cooling side of things.
Now, to get to the crux of this post, - water flows.I'm not convinced that linking all the water blocks in series is the way to go, but I could be wrong. I'm planning on water cooling almost everything : CPU, GPU x2, NB, HDs x2. Thats six water blocks. Heck, I might even water cool the PSU if I feel it will help! When you go for it, you gotta be [H]ard right?
Now, surely six waterblocks in series would be bad, because (IMH) you would need some serious flow not to transfer the heat from the first few blocks the later ones in the chain. So I was thinking something along the lines of the image below:
I might be barking up the preverbial, missing something or whatever, and I'd appreciate your views and comments on this!
Cheers!