Watercooling in Coolermaster h100

[Wakka420]

So i have been hacking away at my Cooler Master H100. I know, its been bombed in most reviews, but im drawn to it like a moth to a flame. It already has a 120mm aio installed, but i want to modify the AIO and add a reservoir to the loop. Because i can. But im trying to figure out if i can still use the pump waterblock combo that came with my AIO as well as a res with a pump, so the loop would have two pumps. Let me know if im crazy. I have the layout already figured out, just need to get clarification on a few things.

 

Im going to be moving my HDD under the GPU to make room for the res pump combo. going to do soft tubing to start, but eventually move onto hard tubing.

[Meganter]

1 hour ago, Wakka420 said:

 

Hello,

 

Must be doable but not necessary in this case.

 

If you do go with 2 pumps, my guess is they would need to be moving the water at the same flow to avoid damage. One moving too much water while the other one can't handle the flow is something you want to avoid.

[Wakka420]

2 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

 

 

If you do go with 2 pumps, my guess is they would need to be moving the water at the same flow to avoid damage. 

I was going to connect both pumps to a y splitter, then connect the open end of the splitter to the AIO pump header on my mobo. controls from the software should hit both pumps, correct?

[Meganter]

11 minutes ago, Wakka420 said:

I was going to connect both pumps to a y splitter, then connect the open end of the splitter to the AIO pump header on my mobo. controls from the software should hit both pumps, correct?

Yes indeed, both pump need to have the same flow though

[Wakka420]

1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

Yes indeed, both pump need to have the same flow though

will have to keep that in mind, but im sure it cant be that hard to screw up.

[Meganter]

5 minutes ago, Wakka420 said:

will have to keep that in mind, but im sure it cant be that hard to screw up.

At worse, the pump running slowly would stop spinning to avoid damage (if there is that kind of feature) I'd guess.

[Wakka420]

14 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

At worse, the pump running slowly would stop spinning to avoid damage (if there is that kind of feature) I'd guess.

I guess the more important question would be: would adding a res/pump combo to my AIO help with thermals? At idle my cpu (ryzen 7 2700x clocked to 4.1ghz) sits at 47 c. Under load it hits maybe 70c.

[Meganter]

14 minutes ago, Wakka420 said:

I guess the more important question would be: would adding a res/pump combo to my AIO help with thermals? At idle my cpu (ryzen 7 2700x clocked to 4.1ghz) sits at 47 c. Under load it hits maybe 70c.

No it won't help, only a bigger rad for dissipation will help.

[Wakka420]

Just now, Plouffe said:

No it won't help, only a bigger rad for dissipation will help.

well i could go 140, but then i would run into sizing issues. Cooler Master needs to hurry up with that 200mm rad they previewed months ago.

[Meganter]

Just now, Wakka420 said:

well i could go 140, but then i would run into sizing issues. Cooler Master needs to hurry up with that 200mm rad they previewed months ago.

That would be very good, but need some nice 200mm static pressure fan

[Wakka420]

Just now, Plouffe said:

That would be very good, but need some nice 200mm static pressure fan

I have the masterflow 200mm that came with the case, but looking to upgrade to a noctua for obvious reasons.