Help me organize my custom loop...

[WhiteSkyMage]

Hey guys,

I need some help here. I want to cool my CPU (5820k) and 2 Gigabyte GTX 980s. I have now the H240X cooler from Swiftech cooling my cpu and just one gtx 980 (gonna get another one later this year). Now i know that I can customize that Open loop cooler, but i am not sure how many components it will manage. Certainly a 280mm rad can't hold a overclocked cpu and 2 gpus, so i will need another 240mm rad. I might use 2x120mm rads if that big 240mm doesn't fit on the bottom of the case as an exhaust. Question is, do I need an additional pump and reservoir? Can the H240x do the job with the additional components or should i help it? I was going to put a bay pump/res combo....

My case is C70 Vengeance from Corsair. Just so you know.

[Necrodead]

That pump should be enough to drive everything you want, 3 blocks + 3 rads. I probably wouldn't add any more waterblocks than that though. Rads are higher flow than blocks so you could always add more rads. And you don't actually ever need a reservoir in your loop, it just makes it easier and safer to fill your loop.

[WhiteSkyMage]

That pump should be enough to drive everything you want, 3 blocks + 3 rads. I probably wouldn't add any more waterblocks than that though. Rads are higher flow than blocks so you could always add more rads. And you don't actually ever need a reservoir in your loop, it just makes it easier and safer to fill your loop.

Thanks a lot, but in any case, I will have to add a bay reservoir, because the Swiftech one will be extremely hard to fill (the cap is at a horizontal side when the radiator is on the top of the case).

[Necrodead]

Thanks a lot, but in any case, I will have to add a bay reservoir, because the Swiftech one will be extremely hard to fill (the cap is at a horizontal side when the radiator is on the top of the case).

Just make sure that your pump dosen't run dry, that might be hard if your resevior is below your pump.

[WhiteSkyMage]

Just make sure that your pump dosen't run dry, that might be hard if your resevior is below your pump.

Hmm... Id say it would be on the same level...just the tube connecting them will go from the bottom of the h240x to the back of they bay res. Which Bay reservoir would u recommend bytheway (without pump).

[spwath]

Hmm... Id say it would be on the same level...just the tube connecting them will go from the bottom of the h240x to the back of they bay res. Which Bay reservoir would u recommend bytheway (without pump).

I would get a tube res, easier to fill.

Also, make sure the tubing goes directly to the pump from the res

[WhiteSkyMage]

I would get a tube res, easier to fill.

Also, make sure the tubing goes directly to the pump from the res

Have you even seen the H240X? The radiator itself has a reservoir/pump combo (it's an All-in-one open loop liquid cooler, just like Corsair's CLCs, but it's customizable). The problem is that the tap for filling is at horizontal state, so i have to go through the hassle to take off the radiator and hold it while i put water in and start/stop the pump. All i want is to have a reservoir on a place where it is easier to fill, connected to the reservoir of the H240X itself.

[spwath]

Have you even seen the H240X? The radiator itself has a reservoir/pump combo (it's an All-in-one open loop liquid cooler, just like Corsair's CLCs, but it's customizable). The problem is that the tap for filling is at horizontal state, so i have to go through the hassle to take off the radiator and hold it while i put water in and start/stop the pump. All i want is to have a reservoir on a place where it is easier to fill, connected to the reservoir of the H240X itself.

Right, was think of h220 not x

[WhiteSkyMage]

Right, was think of h220 not x

Yeah, just gimme a suggestion for a bay res...that...won't...leak...cuz...most do...lol...anyways! Yup, just make sure it's res only, not a re/pump combo.

[spwath]

Yeah, just gimme a suggestion for a bay res...that...won't...leak...cuz...most do...lol...anyways! Yup, just make sure it's res only, not a re/pump combo.

Just get one from a refutable company, like ek and the like

[WhiteSkyMage]

Just get one from a refutable company, like ek and the like

Yeah there is that one from EK with flow meter...i was going to get one but having one in the reservoir is quite useful...however...lol 250ml of water... Isn't that alot?

[Necrodead]

Hmm... Id say it would be on the same level...just the tube connecting them will go from the bottom of the h240x to the back of they bay res. Which Bay reservoir would u recommend bytheway (without pump).

You have to make sure you connect the res to the intake of the pump(or in your case the fill port on your 240x), and that is usually not on the bottom of the pump, since that could make it run dry. And when you fill make sure your water level is higher than the pump intake before you turn it on, and only turn it on for a second until you know its not sucking in air any more.

250ml isn't a lot, for example your radiator probably holds that much.

[WhiteSkyMage]

You have to make sure you connect the res to the intake of the pump(or in your case the fill port on your 240x), and that is usually not on the bottom of the pump, since that could make it run dry. And when you fill make sure your water level is higher than the pump intake before you turn it on, and only turn it on for a second until you know its not sucking in air any more.

250ml isn't a lot, for example your radiator probably holds that much.

By "the fill port" you mean the tap from the side where it is for filling, not the bottom where the stock tube connects to the reservoir... Are you sure that's possible?

[Necrodead]

By "the fill port" you mean the tap from the side where it is for filling, not the bottom where the stock tube connects to the reservoir... Are you sure that's possible?

Yes, it should be a g1/4 port so you could use a normal fitting, or like I said just make sure you use an intake on the pump, but without looking I only know of the 'fill port' intake.

[notenoughtv]

I would recommend getting a XSPC tube res, they are made out of glass and are sealed from the factory. I found that the bitspower res I had scratched up just from handling it.

I would also get a new pump if you get a new res so the pump can be on the floor of the case

[spwath]

By "the fill port" you mean the tap from the side where it is for filling, not the bottom where the stock tube connects to the reservoir... Are you sure that's possible?

He is wrong, just Conect it normally

[spwath]

I would recommend getting a XSPC tube res, they are made out of glass and are sealed from the factory. I found that the bitspower res I had scratched up just from handling it.

I would also get a new pump if you get a new res so the pump can be on the floor of the case

No, xspc tube res are really bad, plastic threads for where you connect fittings.

I highly recommend against them.

(But the glass is nice)

[WhiteSkyMage]

He is wrong, just Conect it normally

  

I was going to connect it normally. The fillport is not made for fitting...

No, xspc tube res are really bad, plastic threads for where you connect fittings.

I highly recommend against them.

(But the glass is nice)

Yes, the XSPC tubes have very bad reviews about leakage. I was not going to get a tube anyways, because it will not be on the same level as the pump (or the other res in fact. I want a bay reservoir, i said it earlier... But the question is, do i need another pump?

[spwath]

  

I was going to connect it normally. The fillport is not made for fitting...

Yes, the XSPC tubes have very bad reviews about leakage. I was not going to get a tube anyways, because it will not be on the same level as the pump (or the other res in fact. I want a bay reservoir, i said it earlier... But the question is, do i need another pump?

Not for 1 980, but for 2, probably.

 

I have an XSPC tube res, its really pretty glass and aluminum, but i almost stripped the threads, but so far its good.

[WhiteSkyMage]

Not for 1 980, but for 2, probably.

I have an XSPC tube res, its really pretty glass and aluminum, but i almost stripped the threads, but so far its good.

Yeah, but do you think 1 would do well for 1440p screen? It's cuz 2 will have the SLI scaling problem, and will consume well over 300W, meaning that AMD 390X will be having a Win here. In other case, i will just have to sell it and wait for the confirmed Ti...for 30% performance, it's not worth is it? Im looking for the most efficient way to get away with high 1440p fps for ulmb.