Radiator mid loop?

[CorCat87]

I'm planning out a new build and I'm thinking of water cooling it. I was thinking of getting ROG MOBOs with the water cooling options. Ive read that loop order doesn't matter as long as the res is feeding the pump. But would it matter if I go pump/res->360rad->Mobo/cpu->140rad->GPU. Or should I go pump/res->360rad->140rad->Mobo/cpu->GPU. The reason I want the 140 rad is kind of silly. I've been sitting on 3 120mm and 1 140mm LTT noctua fans for my new build that I've had keep putting off/getting back in to PC stuff 

[Mick Naughty]

Do what ever is clean and/or simple. 

 

Mid definitely add the 140. Never been a fan of a single 360 on a modern loop. 

[SolarNova]

Which ever way u want.

 

For example my loop runs:

 

Res/Pump >> GPU >> 240 Rad1 >> CPU >> 240rad2 >> 240x80rad >> Res/Pump

[Derrk]

loop order really doesn't matter. I like to have a rad in between cpu and gpu but it doesn't really make a difference - just helps me sleep at night.

my loop is res/pump > gpu > 360 rad > cpu > 360 rad > res

 

definitely overkill, but relative to everything else in the loop, rads are the kinda cheap

[Benjeh]

3 hours ago, CorCat87 said:

I'm planning out a new build and I'm thinking of water cooling it. I was thinking of getting ROG MOBOs with the water cooling options. Ive read that loop order doesn't matter as long as the res is feeding the pump. But would it matter if I go pump/res->360rad->Mobo/cpu->140rad->GPU. Or should I go pump/res->360rad->140rad->Mobo/cpu->GPU. The reason I want the 140 rad is kind of silly. I've been sitting on 3 120mm and 1 140mm LTT noctua fans for my new build that I've had keep putting off/getting back in to PC stuff 

Answered your own question....

[andrewmp6]

You did answer your own question,What i can say is install all your parts but the tubing,Then figure out the shortest and easiest way to run the tubing.

[Shadow_Storm56]

On 2/18/2019 at 11:31 AM, CorCat87 said:

I'm planning out a new build and I'm thinking of water cooling it. I was thinking of getting ROG MOBOs with the water cooling options. Ive read that loop order doesn't matter as long as the res is feeding the pump. But would it matter if I go pump/res->360rad->Mobo/cpu->140rad->GPU. Or should I go pump/res->360rad->140rad->Mobo/cpu->GPU. The reason I want the 140 rad is kind of silly. I've been sitting on 3 120mm and 1 140mm LTT noctua fans for my new build that I've had keep putting off/getting back in to PC stuff 

loop order is basically meaningless, although if you had 25 titans water cooled and then feeding into the cpu right after it may make a difference..... maybe..... the idea is that the specific heat capacity of water is too high for the little change in temp from putting a gpu infront of a cpu or something is so low that loop order means nothing. everything equilibrates and then there ya go. 

[CorCat87]

On 2/18/2019 at 1:48 PM, Benjeh said:

Answered your own question....

 

8 hours ago, andrewmp6 said:

You did answer your own question,What i can say is install all your parts but the tubing,Then figure out the shortest and easiest way to run the tubing.

What i should have said is that I have read about flow restriction(?)I can't think of the right trem at the moment, but I thought it may have an effect on flow rate 

[Mick Naughty]

Flow rate will be the same as you have to go through them anyway. That’s why less is more. But can always turn up the pump. 

[Benjeh]

1 hour ago, CorCat87 said:

 

What i should have said is that I have read about flow restriction(?)I can't think of the right trem at the moment, but I thought it may have an effect on flow rate 

Flow rate through a rad is typically not restricted, waterblocks as you can imagine is a different story.