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Stupid_Newbie

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Well talked to frozen CPU today, just waiting on rad, wanna do a little shop around a bit on a few other parts till rad is in. What pump should I use?

I'm looking for a quiet build. I'll be running 2x ek-fc6870 water blocks, raystorm, and magicool 540.

I was gonna go with the 35x for its pwm control, with optional pump top red (v2)

Or is there something else to be looking at, and maybe a bay res (inside case only don't want through bay to front)

Thanks
 
The 35x is very nice and powerfully while still compact
 
Will that be able to be auto controlled? With pwm from board or through a controller? Or is it all or nothing?
 
I have also use the Swiftech MCP655 this is the one is with a controller think it has 5 notches
(MCP655 is without a controller)
I have used these pumps exclusively for about 8 years now. One word of warning thou, I would not use this pump if you plan on adding colored coolant or dye to you loop.
They do cost about $80.00, but I feel so secure that the pump will never die on me. had one for I think 6 years now. Think they estimated a life of about 5 years.

I am using Primochill in in and haven't had a single problem ever.

They are also very powerful pumps.
I just turn the speed down to where it doesn't make any difference in temp under load, usually on #3

You check on newegg you can read the specs and see the little red speed controller on it.
 
The MCP35X is the only pump out there that is PWM compatible.

The Laing DDC series pumps are a very strong pump. I have 6 of them all from around 2005 and 2006. I have 4 of the 9w and 2 of the 18w versions. Even the 9w version can push through cpu block, gpu block and 2 radiators. I wouldn't try adding any more in the loop with a 9w version. But I have a 9W pushing through Swiftech Storm, Swiftech MCW60, BlackIce GTS 120, and a BlackIce GTS240. I have the XSPC RES top on the pump.

Temp wise my HTPC idles with in a couple degrees of my gaming computer which is running better blocks, radiators, and the 18w pump with XSPC acrylic top.
 
Yeah I'm still waiting for the 540 (3x180) rad to come back in stock. Then I'll have a raystorm and dual gpu. And I'm not going crazy clocks, just want silent. I won't have any dye or lights. I'm past that stage in my life. I'm a little bugged by the fact that my psu came with a led fan. But 135mm fans aren't common to replace it. I'm ordering a blank door straight from silverstone ($20+sh) cause I don't want a window. Just quiet and clean looking case
 
Stupid_Newbie said:
Yeah I'm still waiting for the 540 (3x180) rad to come back in stock. Then I'll have a raystorm and dual gpu. And I'm not going crazy clocks, just want silent. I won't have any dye or lights. I'm past that stage in my life. I'm a little bugged by the fact that my psu came with a led fan. But 135mm fans aren't common to replace it. I'm ordering a blank door straight from silverstone ($20+sh) cause I don't want a window. Just quiet and clean looking case
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Remember silence is relative, you still need fans to push air through the radiators. And the more blocks you have in your loop cooling items, the more heat you need to dissipate, the more fans you need and sometimes higher CFM fans which make more noise. But if you just want quiet, you can get fans and put them on a fan controller and run them at lowers speeds and still get proper heat dissipation. In my high-end cooling system, I ran my 12 fans for my rads on a fan controller and when I just wanted quiet operation, I would dial my OC down and turn the fans down.
 
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