EK pump res + rad "combo" in Define R5

[CuteMango]

Hi all,

 

Just wanted to run this idea past you all.

 

I'm creating a custom loop inside a soon-to-be-bought Define R5.

 

I am going to have a 360 in the front and a thicker Alphacool 240 in the top with a single set of fans on each.

 

Does this look ok?

 

I have bought:

 

EK X-RES 140 D5 Vario

 

120mm fan mount for the pump-res combo

 

EK PE 360mm radiator

 

3 NF-F12's

 

 

 

 

[SuperPug]

Why do you need so much radiator surface? Are you planning on cooling the gpu aswell?

 

Edit: you cant really mount a 360 in the r5 front. I mean you can but the top 120 wont get much outside air so its pointless... nvm

[CuteMango]

Why do you need so much radiator surface? Are you planning on cooling the gpu aswell?

 

Edit: you cant really mount a 360 in the r5 front. I mean you can but the top 120 wont get much outside air so its pointless... nvm

 

Not initially.

 

I'd rather just start with a CPU loop and then get a GPU loop happening down the track.

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

For a cpu, the amount of surface area is overkill.

[ICTG]

I would put the 240 in the front and the 360 in the top, so you can buy a Monsta 240

[Benji_w]

For a cpu, the amount of surface area is overkill.

If he is cooling an overclocked FX8350... Let me tell you that it is not at all lol, especially if he cools his VRM which I highly recommend. If it is an Intel then fine if you're not going for 5ghz then it is overkill. Again I see this a lot on this forum "that set up is overkill..." he is using water to cool things, that alone is overkill, but with that much rad space he can drop more waterblocks for his RAM, VRM, NB, SB and GPUs further down the line, what is overkill for you isn't for someone else, like for me that setup isn't overkill at all. 

 

Hi all,

 

Just wanted to run this idea past you all.

 

I'm creating a custom loop inside a soon-to-be-bought Define R5.

 

I am going to have a 360 in the front and a thicker Alphacool 240 in the top with a single set of fans on each.

 

Does this look ok?

 

Please don't mount your res on the rad, I'm lead to believe you have a few options to pop it else where but I do not own that case, please look at some build logs and see what options you have. You're kinda reducing the ability that fan will cool the rad at that point (I know, I know probably not by much but it will effect things) you're supposed to keep fans clear of things.  B)

[Lays]

You should be able to get a 360mm x 60 in the front, with push + pull fans, and put a res inbetween the GPU and the rad still.

I measured it out whilst using my 290x lightning PCB as a reference point, it fit with about 2mm to spare.

 

I see no reason why this won't work though.

[Spev]

Damn that rad space is overkill! That's exactly what I have setup for my CPU AND GPU loop

[d33g33]

Seems fine, and for the cost of a rad I disagree with the people above saying its overkill.

 

The more rad space you have, the lower speed you can run the fans and the quieter your system will be, hell you might even be able to run it with some fans off and have them kick in if you a good monitoring tool like fan expert or something similar.

Looks good to me, plenty of headroom when you add the GPU to the loop as well.

[topsu]

If he is cooling an overclocked FX8350... Let me tell you that it is not at all lol, especially if he cools his VRM which I highly recommend. If it is an Intel then fine if you're not going for 5ghz then it is overkill. Again I see this a lot on this forum "that set up is overkill..." he is using water to cool things, that alone is overkill, but with that much rad space he can drop more waterblocks for his RAM, VRM, NB, SB and GPUs further down the line, what is overkill for you isn't for someone else, like for me that setup isn't overkill at all. 

 

 

Please don't mount your res on the rad, I'm lead to believe you have a few options to pop it else where but I do not own that case, please look at some build logs and see what options you have. You're kinda reducing the ability that fan will cool the rad at that point (I know, I know probably not by much but it will effect things) you're supposed to keep fans clear of things.  B)

 

I bet he or you could see a difference with Res mounted to the rad compared to res being somewhere else.

[Benji_w]

I bet he or you could see a difference with Res mounted to the rad compared to res being somewhere else.

 

How do you mean buddy? Do you mean couldn't see a difference? If he has a window the dust being drawn onto the res and pump will show up nicely, the fan will work harder due to slight obstruction, it's all realative and just shows poor planning and lack of space like people who shoe horn loops into tiny cases then end up heating up a component by sandwiching the fan between the rad and component.

 

He has the ability to place it else where so why not?