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Loop flow direction?

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So Im finally getting my loop together and was wondering if I should have the water flow towards the cpu from the pump or to the pump from the cpu. Heres a diagram of my loop

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It wont make any difference, as long as the res feeds straight into the pump.

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The way it's set up, you want the coolant to go through the rad before the water block.

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The way it's set up, you want the coolant to go through the rad before the water block.

I'm pretty sure the flow is fast enough that the water temps before and after a block (or radiator) are negligible as the heat capacity of water is pretty high. For this reason order and flow for cooling reasons don't really matter. Only thing I could see that matters is that the res should be before the pump, but since its a combo unit it shouldn't matter in this case.

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Clockwise because it would be easier to bleed.

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Thanks for the replies, it looks like I'll be going clockwise

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