newbie help: 2 pumps & 2 reservoirs ok?

[Monty007]

Hi everyone.  I'm new to custom water-cooling and want to run something by you.  I'm planning out my build and I'm building it all in a 900D chassis - just driving me nuts waiting for it to arrive.  Paid in February and still not here and it's the middle of June!!!  NCIX Canada is last on the list apparently  :(

 

XSPC Raystorm kit 750 RX360

XSPC GTX 680 block

XSPC EX360 rad

 

Anyway I went and ordered an XSPC Raystorm 750 RX360 kit (non-refundable).  I like the way the CPU block has the acrylic surrounds with LED's.  The kit comes with a great Rad but the pump is a bit questionable.  I did verify it is the version 4 which has been vastly improved and uses the dual bay integrated pump combo.  Since I'm more cautious with my build I wanted to get the MCP655 by Swiftech for redundancy but I also wanted to add a large cylindrical EK 400 reservoir since the 900D has so much ample room.  Am I able to run this without any issues??  I know that running just the 2 pumps will be just fine but the 2nd reservoir is what worries me.

 

Can i fill the XSPC res/pump combo full and then have the air/bleed capabilities on the EK reservoir??

 

Here is what I was thinking:

 

XSPC pump/res > RX360 rad > CPU > VGA block > MCP655 > EK res > EX360 rad > XSPC pump/res

 

Please let me know what you guys think.

 

Thanks in advance!

[M-ursu]

Why 2-pumps?

MCP655 is not nessesary.

I would stay whit XSPC combo.

[Ghost]

Without going into the details of why you are doing this. Yes you can.

[Monty007]

Without going into the details of why you are doing this. Yes you can.

  

Ok great! Any tips on filling up the loop? I shouldn't have bought the XSPC kit without doing more research.

Why 2-pumps?

MCP655 is not nessesary.

I would stay whit XSPC combo.

In case the XSPC pump fails

[M-ursu]

Ok great! Any tips on filling up the loop? I shouldn't have bought the XSPC kit without doing more research.

In case the XSPC pump fails

If XSPC fails you will notice it when your computer turns of.

[Ghost]

If XSPC fails you will notice it when your computer turns of.

I wouldn't count on that. If the water flow stops completely then the CPU could overheat very fast, maybe even damage itself before it throttles itself. Also the computer would be out of service until the next pump arrives and the whole loop is re-assembled.

 

I should add that any Laing D5 pump is fine. There's nothing special at all about the MCP655.

[M-ursu]

I wouldn't count on that. If the water flow stops completely then the CPU could overheat very fast, maybe even damage itself before it throttles itself. Also the computer would be out of service until the next pump arrives and the whole loop is re-assembled.

 

I should add that any Laing D5 pump is fine. There's nothing special at all about the MCP655.

Then i must ask that can i do this:(link), if i buy cheapest pump and put it after res?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/27692-custom-loop-question/#entry351947

[Ghost]

Then i must ask that can i do this:(link), if i buy cheapest pump and put it after res?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/27692-custom-loop-question/#entry351947

Yes. The other pump might be loud though. If you plan to do that then get a DDC.

 

At that point you wouldn't need the D5 anyway because the DDC is powerful enough on its own so you could do away with the D5 completely. Problem solved?

[M-ursu]

Yes. The other pump might be loud though. If you plan to do that then get a DDC.

 

At that point you wouldn't need the D5 anyway because the DDC is powerful enough on its own so you could do away with the D5 completely. Problem solved?

Yes. :)

[Monty007]

So I was informed that my case is coming in tomorrow (FINALLY!!). I'm going to try it with just the XSPC pump only to see how it works out! I will take pics. Thanks for the input so far.