Alternative tube routing brainstorming

[For Science!]

Hello!

 

I'm looking for some ideas to improve the aesthetics of my watercooling tube runs prior to my next scheduled maintenance. Below I've attached the current routing from two angles. I'm quite font of the component order as is (Pump --> front radiator --> GPUs --> Top radiator --> CPU block --> Reservoir), but feel a little bit unsatisfied with in particular the CPU --> reservoir run.  If you have bright ideas, I would appreciate it if you could demonstrate it by scribbling over the images below

 

As usual the bottom run (front rad --> GPU) needs to be improved to be more parallel with the bottom of the case, but its always said than done .

 

Fairly restricted parameters:

- Rad positioning (can't have ports on the other sides, for example)

- Pump position (I think it sits nicely where it is, the only other place would be mounted on the rear fan

 

 

[Lipe123]

You stated your preferred loop order but I feel you'd get cleaner looking results if you went from the GPU -> CPU and then to the rad and res.

If it's possible to flip the CPU block to get the inlet next to the GPU's of course.

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6 hours ago, Lipe123 said:

You stated your preferred loop order but I feel you'd get cleaner looking results if you went from the GPU -> CPU and then to the rad and res.

If it's possible to flip the CPU block to get the inlet next to the GPU's of course.

I think it’s possible and happy to consider it, could you sketch you layout? The outlet would be on top. 

 

[Lipe123]

How much room is there between the motherboard heatsinks etc and the rad at the top? is it possible to do a run between the fans and motherboard?

 

I'm not super familiar with that res, is there a spec page for it you can link ?

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3 minutes ago, Lipe123 said:

How much room is there between the motherboard heatsinks etc and the rad at the top? is it possible to do a run between the fans and motherboard?

 

I'm not super familiar with that res, is there a spec page for it you can link ?

It's tight, im going to say difficult

 

 

Bog standard reservoir

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-res-x3-110

[Lipe123]

Dang that's too bad, I recently saw a really cool build where the "back" run was totally invisible as it ran under the res but in that instance there was enough space.

 

My "paint" skills are pretty horrific, maybe this makes sense? This assumes the CPU block is flipped with the intake at the bottom.

 

I'm guessing you have to use a cross connection on the gpu's to try and get the same flow through both?

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6 minutes ago, Lipe123 said:

Dang that's too bad, I recently saw a really cool build where the "back" run was totally invisible as it ran under the res but in that instance there was enough space.

Thanks for your input. I think I'm struggling to like the fact that the GPU-> CPU run is one direction (vertical), and the CPU --> GPU run is another direction (horizontal). Previously when I had a different block/motherboard I could make it work to follow a parallel bend, but that was because the ports were side-by-side (and that the ports from the CPU and GPU lined up better). Now it kind of needs to snake, and I don't think it'll look so good....

 

Previously...

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16 minutes ago, Lipe123 said:

I'm guessing you have to use a cross connection on the gpu's to try and get the same flow through both?

I'm not against changing to a serial configuration, and so if you have a cool idea that involves splitting the GPUs, I am happy to consider that too

[Lipe123]

8 minutes ago, For Science! said:

I'm not against changing to a serial configuration, and so if you have a cool idea that involves splitting the GPUs, I am happy to consider that too

I was more thinking about keeping the run a straight line through the GPU's into the cpu , but the "corner to corner" run makes logical sense to keep the runs equal length.

You could maybe use 2 45 swivel fittings to keep it straight and then angle it into the CPU block below sneakily out of sight.

 

Your case seems super tight to work in, above my paygrade XD

 

 

[For Science!]

Could do a wacky bend inbetween the two guys (mocked up below). Though maybe its a bit too tuby and busy.

 

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