Help on a Water cool loop

[BlackScreen]

Im gonna use 3 radiators 1 bay  1 reservoir and 1 pump and im gonna water cool the gpu the cpu.

What is the best away to loop this?

Should i water cool the ram?

The case will be a corsair 900D

 

Thanks

[Scia]

Watercooling RAM is only for looks, doesn't make any performance difference what so ever.

Bay-reservoirs are bad, get a tube.

What GPU, what CPU and so on and so forth, need some more info to work with here.

[WunderWuffle]

Im gonna use 3 radiators 1 bay  1 reservatory and 1 pump and im gonna water cool the gpu the cpu.

What is the best away to loop this?

Should i water cool the ram?

The case will be a corsair 900D

 

Thanks

1: Route the tubing the way that looks the best, but ALWAYS put the reservoir above the pump

2: You dont need to watercool RAM, unless you like the looks of it.

[Samdb]

It doesn't matter the order of the loop, just that the pump is below the res so it doesn't run dry.

[Ghost]

The order of the loop doesn't matter, just that the pump is below and directly after the res so it doesn't run dry.

FTFY

[SatansHollow]

As above the order isn't important as long as the pump gets a header tank.  The trick is getting the loop route short and neat, ram and motherboard water cooling aren't necessary but can look good and are worth a look if you get stuck with your loop.

[BlackScreen]

Thanks for the help

[BlackScreen]

As above the order isn't important as long as the pump gets a header tank.  The trick is getting the loop route short and neat, ram and motherboard water cooling aren't necessary but can look good and are worth a look if you get stuck with your loop.

 

 

FTFY

 

 

1: Route the tubing the way that looks the best, but ALWAYS put the reservoir above the pump

2: You dont need to watercool RAM, unless you like the looks of it.

 

 

It doesn't matter the order of the loop, just that the pump is below the res so it doesn't run dry.

 

Should i go like:

 

res-pump-radiator-gpu-radiator-cpu-radiator-bay-res

 

Should i take off the bay or it does something usefull?

I just put that there becaus of the looks

[Ghost]

Should i go like:

 

res-pump-radiator-gpu-radiator-cpu-radiator-bay-res

 

Should i take off the bay or it does something usefull?

I just put that there becaus of the looks

Could you please make diagram of your loop? This not only helps us understand what you want but it also helps you to understand what you want better and makes it easy to spot potential flaws in a loop.

 

To do this simply grab a 2D side on snap of your case. (Just type your case name into google images and scroll down a bit till you find one, it should be there.) Then go to a photo editing program and simply put rectangles where you would like to place your radiators, blocks, reservoirs, pumps and tubing. For blocks use blue, for radiators use red and anything else use grey and for tubing use orange/brown lines with an arrow to point out the intended flow direction of your loop. There is no need to put fans in. This forum has an upload function or you can use an image sharing site and embed the picture into your post. This is an example of this from my personal loop: http://i.imgur.com/MynbfCp.jpg

 

Then simply list all your components you wish to water-cool in a bullet point list and finally list all the water-cooling components you will use when building your loop.

 

This will help us a lot.

 

Thanks!

[BlackScreen]

Could you please make diagram of your loop? This not only helps us understand what you want but it also helps you to understand what you want better and makes it easy to spot potential flaws in a loop.

 

To do this simply grab a 2D side on snap of your case. (Just type your case name into google images and scroll down a bit till you find one, it should be there.) Then go to a photo editing program and simply put rectangles where you would like to place your radiators, blocks, reservoirs, pumps and tubing. For blocks use blue, for radiators use red and anything else use grey and for tubing use orange/brown lines with an arrow to point out the intended flow direction of your loop. There is no need to put fans in. This forum has an upload function or you can use an image sharing site and embed the picture into your post. This is an example of this from my personal loop: http://i.imgur.com/MynbfCp.jpg

 

Then simply list all your components you wish to water-cool in a bullet point list and finally list all the water-cooling components you will use when building your loop.

 

This will help us a lot.

 

Thanks!

 

Now im having a problem how im gonna be tubing

 

[Ghost]

I could give you the answer quickly and easily but that way you won't learn (if that makes sense). Why don't you try on your own and if you have problems I/we can help you.

 

The only thing I would change in that diagram is  moving the 240mm radiator to the bottom (opposite the 480 rad in front of the PSU). That way you still have the use of the two front drive bays.

 

Also, adding that bay res to your loop will make routing very complicated so I would get rid of it.

 

The final piece of advise is that you can put tubing behind the motherboard tray in the 900D (as long as it doesn't cross any thick wires such as the 24pin).

[BlackScreen]

I could give you the answer quickly and easily but that way you won't learn (if that makes sense). Why don't you try on your own and if you have problems I/we can help you.

 

The only thing I would change in that diagram is  moving the 240mm radiator to the bottom (opposite the 480 rad in front of the PSU). That way you still have the use of the two front drive bays.

 

Also, adding that bay res to your loop will make routing very complicated so I would get rid of it.

 

The final piece of advise is that you can put tubing behind the motherboard tray in the 900D (as long as it doesn't cross any thick wires such as the 24pin).

 

i just need 1 drive bay

[Ghost]

i just need 1 drive bay

Are you planning to put a reservoir in that drive bay? it will make tubing routing much more complicated if you are. You only need one reservoir in your loop.

[BlackScreen]

Are you planning to put a reservoir in that drive bay? it will make tubing routing much more complicated if you are. You only need one reservoir in your loop.

 

i know i just want it for the looks

[Ghost]

i know i just want it for the looks

You may have to compromise on your looks inside.

[BlackScreen]

You may have to compromise on your looks inside.

 

so should i go with two res and 2 pumps and make two loops

[Ghost]

so should i go with two res and 2 pumps and make two loops

That would result in even more tubing. :/

 

If I were you I would make the loop with the bay res and without. See for yourself which one looks better.

[BlackScreen]

That would result in even more tubing. :/

 

If I were you I would make the loop with the bay res and without. See for yourself which one looks better.

 

So i only use 1 res and 1 pump and 3 rads to water cool the gpu and cpu.

I still dont know how im gonna loop this

[WunderWuffle]

So i only use 1 res and 1 pump and 3 rads to water cool the gpu and cpu.

I still dont know how im gonna loop this

Loop it the way that it looks the best, and has the shortest runs.

 

@Ghost - I've learned so much from you. Lol.

[BlackScreen]

That would result in even more tubing. :/

 

If I were you I would make the loop with the bay res and without. See for yourself which one looks better.

 

Tell what you think and what i should change

 

[airdeano]

there is a great philosophy

keep it simple

 

the idea is to make the build with water-cooling aesthetic pleasing and quite without

a lot of detractors taking away from a build. a lot build logs and images have been

done with the 900D with exactly your hardware thoughts..  keeping it simple makes

for less money spent and easier to show-off your build. you'll find that the scale of the

hardware (once in-hand) will change a lot when you start your build.

 

i can tell you that CPU->res line across will really kill your look.

 

pump/res>front rad (optional)>lower rad>GPU(S)>CPU>upper rad>phantom return line to pump/res

 

airdeano

[ChompingCho]

Just my suggetion.. but if you have the room, get a 45/90 degree fitting to use with the top rad and run the tubing from your top rad to your res from behind the mobo tray. This way, you can have a long run without it affecting the aesthetics of your case. Also, as ghost said, i would put the 240 rad into your basement instead of the front. And I would probably have the GFX -> CPU -> Top rad for shorter runs since loop order doesn't matter so long as the res is before the pump.

[SatansHollow]

Anyone else going to throw down ideas?

[sk8ermanblue]

Tell what you think and what i should change

[sk8ermanblue]

If your bottom rad has a front port for you to use as inlet and output at the back would make for shorter run.