Remaining Watercooling Questions

BoredErica · April 18, 2017

The first picture shows a top down view. The second picture gives a much better 3D view of what's going on.
Green line = tubing. Black lines from fans = PWM cables. Merge into red 4 way splitter to go into fan controller. Some cables and tubing go from the middle compartment, behind the shelf, up to the top of the shelf where the case and other 2 rads sit.

Fan Cable Length: Silent Wings 3 have cable length of almost 20 inches so are not long enough to reach everything. The fan controller only has 4 fan headers but I have 26 fans. I think a 4 way PWM splitter will work. (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-cable-splitter-4-fan-pwm-extended) So each side of a radiator fits into one of these 4 way splitters. Due to math, I have to combine some 4 way PWM splitters. If any cable should be too short I will extend the 4 way PWM splitter with a normal PWM extension. If I extend each individual fan's cable that quadruples the amount of extensions to use and increases clutter and cost. (http://www.performance-pcs.com/ek-cable-pwm-fan-extension-30cm.html).

Two Pumps: I am going with two pumps. I am ignoring the well-measured Eisepumpe due to QC problems and possible manufacturing defect. Instead I am looking to run two EK pump+top combos in serial.

So that's one fitting, goes through a short tube, into another fitting, into the pump. There is the option of a dual pump unit, but it measures slightly worse on Thermalbench and has no sleeving on the cables which is ugly.

Pump: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xtop-revo-d5-pwm-incl-sleeved-pump (x2)
Res: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/reservoirs/reservoirs/ek-res-x4-series (x1)
Dual Pump Unit: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xtop-revo-dual-d5-pwm-serial-incl-pump

Fittings: I am going off of the assumption that the compression fitting EK recommends for my tubing (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-acf-fitting-13-19mm-black-2) will be the one fitting I will use for ALL parts of the loop that needs a fitting. IS THIS CORRECT?

In red are all the places that the fitting will be used.

Ghost · April 19, 2017

RE: Reservoir & Pump Orientation

Those holes are just there to prevent a vortex forming. There is actually an outlet hole behind that metal plate that you will have to ensure is submerged at all times. It's in the center.

BoredErica · April 19, 2017

39 minutes ago, Ghost said:

RE: Reservoir & Pump Orientation

Those holes are just there to prevent a vortex forming. There is actually an outlet hole behind that metal plate that you will have to ensure is submerged at all times. It's in the center.

Thanks for the answer!

Right now I'm still deciding on reservoir (which in turn may rely on the number of pumps I end up getting).

BoredErica · April 26, 2017

I have updated the thread. I've trimmed the fluff and it's all down to the questions remaining. I hope to purchase the parts this or next week. I know the pictures are big, but the text isn't that much and I segment them into categories.

Thanks