Watercooler system ( tubing setup )

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

Hi everyone.

I need some advices.

I am building a Watercooler System, the parts/components that are going to be Watercooled are: Motherboard/Chipsets, GPU and CPU's.

Now my question is:
What should i cool for first,
motherboard/chipsets or Graphic card?

What I mean by that is:
Should the water cool for first the GPU and then the Motherboard/Chipsets or vice versa?

My setup should go this way:

Plan A

280 Rad >>>> GPU >>>> Chipsets >>>
120 Rad >>>> CPU #2 >>>> Rad 240 >>>> CPU #1 >>>>> Res.

Plan B

280 Rad >>>> Chipsets >>>> GPU >>>> 120 Rad >>>> CPU #2 >>>> Rad 240 >>>> CPU #1 >>>> Res.

All suggestions are more than welcome.

Thanks in advance.

dorsetknob · Aug 16, 2016

A Suggestion
res to pump
Pump feed (Split 2 way )

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/12andquot;-12andquot;-Highflow-Y-Splitter-Nickel-Plated_827.html
to CPU1 (Pump feed to CPU2)
Return from Each CPU to Each Chipset
Return from each Chipset ( Feeding into reversed 2 way splitter to 240 Rad

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/12andquot;-12andquot;-Highflow-Y-Splitter-Nickel-Plated_827.html
240 Rad to Graphics Card
Return from Graphics Card to 120 Rad
120 Rad to res/pump

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Aug 16, 2016

If it was me i would play it safe and buy an AIO for each cpu and leave the 1080 on air.

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
i would play it safe

That's mean?

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Aug 16, 2016

I wouldnt risk an expensive hard to find motherboard with my first custom loop.

dorsetknob · Aug 16, 2016

Somewhere in that Loop your going to need a Flow meter or two

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

dorsetknob said:
A Suggestion
res to pump
Pump feed (Split 2 way )

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/12andquot;-12andquot;-Highflow-Y-Splitter-Nickel-Plated_827.html
to CPU1 (Pump feed to CPU2)

Sorry but I don't like splitters

Btw, i have always avoid to cool the CPU with the water that comes from another component, the water to goes to the CPU should come directly from a Rad to CPU, each component should get water from a Rad.

Res to pump, let's forget about it that's an old history.

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
with my first custom loop

Are you talking about your Watercooling or about the one that i am building?

dorsetknob · Aug 16, 2016

"way you want it "is dumping heat from one Cpu to another BAD IDEA
You want Both CPU's to get same and individual flows of cool water before that water goes anywhere else otherwise you can kiss the proverbial ass of high overclocks goodbye

dorsetknob · Aug 16, 2016

Knoxx29 said:
Are you talking about your Watercooling or about the one that i am building?

no he was referring to you from a 3rd person perspective

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

dorsetknob said:
no he was referring to you from a 3rd person perspective

Who said that's my first Watercooling System? :shadedshu:

P4-630 · Aug 16, 2016

I will never do any watercooling, I don't like the idea of water and computer hardware together....
If you have a leak somewhere, bye bye hardware...
All I can say is: good luck!

Vego · Aug 16, 2016

it doesnt matter, all you need is a decent pump and there will be no realy temp difference on CPUs. I did somethign like this in the past and all was OK
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/my-new-pc.136658/

Caring1 · Aug 16, 2016

It would be an easier choice if you didn't have three different sized radiators.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Aug 16, 2016

I assumed because you are asking these questions that it is your first one.

My bad.....good luck with it.

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I assumed because you are asking these questions that it is your first one.

My bad.....good luck with it.

C'mon @CAPSLOCKSTUCK you have seem my last 3770K Watercooled Machine, did you forget it?

If i ask it's not because it's my first, i asked because i would like to hear differents opinions.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Aug 16, 2016

Knoxx29 said:
C'mon @CAPSLOCKSTUCK you have seem my last 3770K Watercooled Machine, did you forget it?
View attachment 77931

If i ask it's not because it's my first, i asked because i would like to hear differents opinions.

No i dont remember that one.

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
No i dont remember that one.

I told you that i was going to sell it and so did i.

Even i posted here on TPU.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/fs-eu-selling-my-main-machine-components.215164/

Vego · Aug 16, 2016

dude, you need to get some estetics classes

FireFox · Aug 16, 2016

Vego said:
dude, you need to get some estetics classes

I built it for me, it doesn't have to like you, when something is better than what you have it's always a nice excuse to criticise :nutkick:

Vego · Aug 16, 2016

sorry but can you write it in english?
also you would need to try much harder to get something better than what I have...

m1dg3t · Aug 16, 2016

Loop order doesn't matter, sealed system. Equilibrium. Splitters are for the birds.

Only time i would ponder loop order is if there was a high restriction block involved.

That is all

peche · Aug 16, 2016

Order does not compromise performance or its not something you maight notice or could be ending on hotter temps,
ill recomend to use hard tubing, way better than the plastic one, but its a little bit "fragile"

also ... i dont likte flow splitters...
but i like flow indicators...!

FR@NK · Aug 16, 2016

The motherboard chipset doesnt need to be water cooled. By putting a waterblock on it you might be causing it to run warmer then it would if it was just air cooled. You could watercool the VRMs on the board and they would be last in the loop since you only need to keep them under 75C.

As for flow indicators; they look nice and add function, but they arent really needed.

Also flow splitters could only really work to split the flow between the two identical CPU water blocks. Since the water will take the path of least resistance you dont wanna use a splitter for blocks with different pressure drops.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Aug 16, 2016

P4-630 said:
I will never do any watercooling, I don't like the idea of water and computer hardware together....
If you have a leak somewhere, bye bye hardware...
All I can say is: good luck!

Like many I've used it years, I change stuff often and NEVER leak check, I just do it right first time but I'm not concerned about spillage , you don't set your loop up with the pc switched on after all.
I've tried many a config but here's my loop preference as of now.
Res,,Dual inline pumps,, 360 rad ,,,CPU block ,,,360 rad,, northbridge,,, vrms then res ,,,but I did just get 2 gpu blocks so I will likely fit them inline at the end of that loop split fed.

Oh and for me loop order does matter if you have multiple rads and or are going for slight clock increases ,ie if I had my CPU block last it would get higher temp water to cool it and would hit higher temps a.d be less stable.
Soo single rad and pump you still go CPU first ,yet order doesn't matter to some ,not so imho.

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