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Advice on watercooling loop

t_ski

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It's looking more and more like I am going to have to install my watercooling in the rig again in order to cool it down to where I want to. System components will include:

EK Supreme CPU block
EK S-Max NB block
2 x Koolance Mosfet blocks
Swiftech MCR-320-QP radiator
Danger Den D5 pump
Swiftech MC-Res Micro reservior

Right now I am designing the loop to try to minimize runs and maximize flow. Included below is a basic mock-up of the loop. The main things I am looking for opnions on are the flow of the loop and the placement of the reservior. Let me know what you think.
 

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do the voltage regs really need to be water cooled? i'd say that cpu then nb is quite enough with decent airflow over the vregs.

however i do like the placement and flow of the loop, having said that ive only done 4 or 5 w/c setups, and only starting recently, so im not really a guru yet.
 

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he's only got the NB and Cpu that are giving off good heat. I don't see the need for two separate loops. I would probably go res,pump, rad then to cpu and nb
 

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i suggest you separate loop with 2 pumps and 2 radiators my 2 cents

If I was going to add the 4870X2's into the mix, then I'd go with two loops w/2 rads and pumps. Otherwise, IDK if it's worth the extra $$$ and effort.

Do you guys think the mosfets would be alright air-cooled? Trouble is, if I take the NB heatsink off, most of the other stuff comes with it. I'm probably going to have to work something out tom reuse the SB heatsink anyway. Maybe I can find some nice Enzotech heatsinks that will work for the mosfets...
 
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