Could someone explain this whole room watercooling set up to me?

[Jodomcfrodo]

Hey LTT,

So on the WAN show the past couple weeks, Linus and Slick have been talking about the whole room watercooling set up. Now while the loop makes sense as in external rads and 5 systems being cooled but a couple things don't make sense to me.

 

This week Luke said you could use quick disconnects to move a computer our of the loop. I have the loop in my mind as a big pump pushing through 5 PC's (which have D5's in them) straight then to the external radiators. So how would you disconnect and reconnect without shutting down the other pumps and computers? 

To make this a little clearer I imagine this:

Big Pump

5 PC's straight

External rads

and back to pump

 

If you think about disconnecting one PC with quick disconnects, the liquid would hit a block at the disconnect before it is reconnected. So would you have to shut down the other PC's and pump to move one computer? Then you can reconnect the disconnects bypassing the one you just moved.

Also when disconnected, if the pump is still running, the pump will pull the liquid from the other side of the connect. So basically lets say you disconnect the 3rd computer. The liquid in the 4th and 5th computer would still be pulled by the pump. If the loops are air tight then a mini vacuum will occur before you can reconnect the 4th computer to the 2nd computer in the loop.

 

 

Secondly, I understand that in single computers loops the loop order does not matter because the temp of the liquid equalizes. In a 5 PC loop wouldn't the temps of the liquid be very hot by the time it reaches the last PC? My understanding of a D5 is that the liquid should not reach over 60c. But after 4 CPU's and GPU's, wouldn't the liquid be much higher than 60c?

 

Maybe I have the whole loop mixed up in my head. Could someone correct me if I've made any mistakes in this and explain to me the whole set up?

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Clyne]

This may be off topic but i would be surprised if they put a pool as the reservoir. On the Wan Show yesterday, Barnacules said also said if they had a pool then he would drive to B.C and take a shower in it.

[GhostWindGamer]

This may be off topic but i would be surprised if they put a pool as the reservoir.

They may have to to pull this off

[Nico123473]

This may be off topic but i would be surprised if they put a pool as the reservoir.

They will not use a pool the will use a bath tub a pool would be excesive 

[Enderman]

The PCs will be connected in parallel not series.

Also think of it as a tap in your house. When you shut it off none of the other ones explode right? There is a pressure limiter. All the taps are connected to the same pipe.

[Clyne]

They will not use a pool the will use a bath tub a pool would be excesive 

I said " I would be SURPRISED  if they put a pool as a reservoir."

[Jodomcfrodo]

The PCs will be connected in parallel not series.

But still. If you disconnect the first one, the whole loop needs to be shut down right?

[Enderman]

But still. If you disconnect the first one, the whole loop needs to be shut down right?

Read my edited post

[Jodomcfrodo]

Read my edited post

But if you disconnect one of your taps, then you can't run the pump without reconnecting that pipe correct?

[Enderman]

But if you disconnect one of your taps, then you can't run the pump without reconnecting that pipe correct?

Yes you can. Turning off a tap is the equivalent of disconnecting it because no water goes through.

The pump will keep running but will be moving less water. This will not damage the pump though even if the water is completely stalled.

[Nico123473]

I said " I would be SURPRISED  if they put a pool as a reservoir."

sorry, i misunderstood, english is not my main language and sometimes i get confused

[Jodomcfrodo]

Yes you can. Turning off a tap is the equivalent of disconnecting it because no water goes through.

The pump will keep running but will be moving less water. This will not damage the pump though even if the water is completely stalled.

 I imagine this:

P=pump

C= computers

 

Doesn't seem to work in my head.

 

[AlwaysFSX]

T barb or whatever it's called? You have a main line and you can connect to it. 

[Clyne]

 I imagine this:

P=pump

C= computers

 

Doesn't seem to work in my head.

 

This is off topic but it looks like a snake. I guess if they did this then probably one of the tubes would leak i guess?

[L.E.D]

[Keudn]

I imagined one pipe that circulates water around using the main pump and then each computer comes off that pipe at a T and then returns the water to that pipe at another T so if one is unplugged the water just bypasses the T completely and goes to the next computer

 

Edit: exactly like LED posted just a bit before me LOL

[DigitalHermit]

Refer to @L.E.D 's post.

 

The 2 cut-off tubes at the bottom should go to the outdoor radiators...

 

The only problem I see here would be coolant freezing during the winter... They 'could' use antifreeze but how would it react with the waterblocks in the PCs?

[Enderman]

 I imagine this:

P=pump

C= computers

 

Doesn't seem to work in my head.

 

 

It will be like this:

[ForsakenLive]

It's just a giant parallel loop. Or at least that's what would make sense.

Basically what L.E.D said. Water get's distributed to all systems at the same time, and returns in a common line that gets to the radiators, that are again, in parallel.

With the massive pressure there will be no temperature difference between systems, and you can disconnect one and the flow chain won't be interrupted, as the water gets in and out almost at the same time on all the PCs.

[L.E.D]

Refer to @L.E.D 's post.

 

The 2 cut-off tubes at the bottom should go to the outdoor radiators...

 

The only problem I see here would be coolant freezing during the winter... They 'could' use antifreeze but how would it react with the waterblocks in the PCs?

 

Where they are the temp doesn't get lower than -10c with the CPU heat it would keep it above 0c so it shouldnt be a problem either way

[Imabigmac]

Refer to @L.E.D 's post.

 

The 2 cut-off tubes at the bottom should go to the outdoor radiators...

 

The only problem I see here would be coolant freezing during the winter... They 'could' use antifreeze but how would it react with the waterblocks in the PCs?

why would there be risk of freezing? Isn't the loop supposed to be inside a house or am I missing something here? 

[L.E.D]

why would there be risk of freezing? Isn't the loop supposed to be inside a house or am I missing something here? 

 

The point of this whole setup is to move heat from inside to outside through liquid, the rads will be bolted to the side of the house. Outside.

[DigitalHermit]

why would there be risk of freezing? Isn't the loop supposed to be inside a house or am I missing something here? 

 

It was supposed to hang outside the room's window with industrial Noctua fans iirc...

[Giddyguy]

Did they post a final video about this? I think i missed the vlogs or whatever they were going to release.

[Deftin]

Did they post a final video about this? I think i missed the vlogs or whatever they were going to release.

 

There was a short tour of the system in-progress a wee while ago.