Ek predator adding another pump

[naokuronao]

Hello, I'm expanding my ek predator liquid cooler and I was wondering if its okay to leave the ek predator's pump off while using another standalone pump in the loop.

[0ld_Chicken]

It's not ideal but pumps are usually rather easy to pump through when they're off. Why not sell the predator and buy a regular rad and block?  i believe if it's 120/240/360mm You can also replace the predator pump with a full 18w ddc (instead of the 6w I believe it has now)

[Dschijn]

I added a SPC-60 with an 100ml res, because it performs almost as the Predator pump. Look at the graphs here: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-spc-60-mx-pwm-incl-pump

 

Orange is the SPC-60

Black the DDC from the 240/360 Predator

 

The SPC-60 is the same pump used in the 140/280.

 

With that you can run both pumps from the same PWM header and they will almost perform identical.