Loop Help

[MrBlue42]

Hey Guy's I'm sorta new to forums and water cooling alike. But I thought maybe you guys could help me out.

 

I'm going to go all in on a custom liquid cooled PC in the near future and would like to know if this look I drew makes any sense.

The white block on the bottom was a second reservoir I was thinking of adding but wasn't sure how to in corporate that so I scrapped the idea. 

I'd like to try and use hard line tubing as well but don't know if i'd be getting in a little over my head.

I'd appreciate any feedback and suggestions you guys have! 

Thanks!

[Zando_]

That looks like a pretty good loop to me! I'm planning on doing a custom loop soonish as well, once I build my new Ryzen PC (It's currently a PCpartPicker list, an Enthoo Evolv, and a 980 Ti). 

[NoxiousOdor]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

That looks like a pretty good loop to me! I'm planning on doing a custom loop soonish as well, once I build my new Ryzen PC (It's currently a PCpartPicker list, an Enthoo Evolv, and a 980 Ti). 

What!? You aren't keeping a pentium? Just kidding though, that sounds like a neat build have fun with that

[Zando_]

Just now, WhisperingKnickers said:

What!? You aren't keeping a pentium? Just kidding though, that sounds like a neat build have fun with that

Yup. Got an i5 2400 for my current system, as it was only $45. I'm planning to give it to my cousin once I upgrade.

[NoxiousOdor]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Yup. Got an i5 2400 for my current system, as it was only $45. I'm planning to give it to my cousin once I upgrade.

Oh dang that actually isn't a bad deal at all!

[MrBlue42]

7 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

That looks like a pretty good loop to me! I'm planning on doing a custom loop soonish as well, once I build my new Ryzen PC (It's currently a PCpartPicker list, an Enthoo Evolv, and a 980 Ti). 

If I did decide to go with a second res would i need that res to have a pump too or can the single pump do the work?

[Zando_]

20 minutes ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Oh dang that actually isn't a bad deal at all!

Yeah. I got it from @Brainless906 in the Classifieds section. I think he has 2 left. I picked up a Cryorig M9i and a CX450M from Newegg as well. 

[NoxiousOdor]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Yeah. I got it from @Brainless906 in the Classifieds section. I think he has 2 left. 

Nice, I've bought a few of my parts off the forums here. I got my PSU and ram from here. Both were fantastic deals. We should also maybe not distract too much from the thread. I forgot this was a loop question lol

[Zando_]

19 minutes ago, MrBlue42 said:

If I did decide to go with a second res would i need that res to have a pump too or can the single pump do the work?

IDK. I'd assume if it had a good enough flow rate, it'd work fine. 

[Colin Donoghue]

29 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

That looks like a pretty good loop to me! I'm planning on doing a custom loop soonish as well, once I build my new Ryzen PC (It's currently a PCpartPicker list, an Enthoo Evolv, and a 980 Ti). 

Enthoo evolve has terrible airflow and is bad for cooling 

[KE2012]

Looks good. Whats the white paint for?? 

 

[MrBlue42]

Just now, KE2012 said:

Looks good. Whats the white paint for?? 

 

A second rez that I decided against because I wasn't sure how to implement it. Any idea on how i would implement it?

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Colin Donoghue said:

Enthoo evolve has terrible airflow and is bad for cooling 

Not really. It has decent airflow, and is fine for cooling. It's not as good as other cases at it's price point, but it isn't made for that. It's made to be a solid case and look beautiful, while still supporting plenty of cooling for any reasonable amount of hardware. 

[KE2012]

Just now, MrBlue42 said:

A second rez that I decided against because I wasn't sure how to implement it. Any idea on how i would implement it?

A second res is pointless to anything but asthetics, but yeah it can be done. Typically, the easy way is to fill the loop with your first res, and then top the second loop up manually as it will be a huge air trap. 

[MrBlue42]

1 minute ago, KE2012 said:

A second res is pointless to anything but asthetics, but yeah it can be done. Typically, the easy way is to fill the loop with your first res, and then top the second loop up manually as it will be a huge air trap. 

Yeh in that case i'll probably leave the space for a nzxt HUE to mount against the wall, as I'm going to RGB the crap out of this thing

[Colin Donoghue]

4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Not really. It has decent airflow, and is fine for cooling. It's not as good as other cases at it's price point, but it isn't made for that. It's made to be a solid case and look beautiful, while still supporting plenty of cooling for any reasonable amount of hardware. 

Look at jayz two cents  video on the case he say it is horrible for airflow and he doesnt use it because it gets to hot

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Colin Donoghue said:

Look at jayz two cents  video on the case he say it is horrible for airflow and he doesnt use it because it gets to hot

Yup. He also says he didn't plan his loop very well and that he could have made it much better. But lets not get into a big debate and derail the thread. 

[Tepoy]

That is actually a great idea! I haven't thought of doing it like this. Most I have seen have gpu right next to a cpu block. 

[aithos]

20 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

That looks like a pretty good loop to me! I'm planning on doing a custom loop soonish as well, once I build my new Ryzen PC (It's currently a PCpartPicker list, an Enthoo Evolv, and a 980 Ti). 

See below...

20 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Not really. It has decent airflow, and is fine for cooling. It's not as good as other cases at it's price point, but it isn't made for that. It's made to be a solid case and look beautiful, while still supporting plenty of cooling for any reasonable amount of hardware. 

It has terrible cooling and the clearances are really bad for memory and radiators.  You will get at least 10 degrees hotter temps in that case vs anything with a better layout.  I wanted to get it because it is simply the best looking case and has a very functional layout, but my memory wasn't going to work with a top radiator and everything I've seen is that the airflow is awful. 

 

I went with the Be Quiet Dark Base 900 pro, which aside from having a really awkward mounting for my reservoir and the rear cable management being extremely narrow the temps/air flow are great.  I still think the perfect case would be a Corsair 750D with tempered glass on the side and a full blank front panel (no 5.25 bays or blanks visible). 

[Zando_]

13 minutes ago, aithos said:

See below...

It has terrible cooling and the clearances are really bad for memory and radiators.  You will get at least 10 degrees hotter temps in that case vs anything with a better layout.  I wanted to get it because it is simply the best looking case and has a very functional layout, but my memory wasn't going to work with a top radiator and everything I've seen is that the airflow is awful. 

 

I went with the Be Quiet Dark Base 900 pro, which aside from having a really awkward mounting for my reservoir and the rear cable management being extremely narrow the temps/air flow are great.  I still think the perfect case would be a Corsair 750D with tempered glass on the side and a full blank front panel (no 5.25 bays or blanks visible). 

I don't think temps will be a massive problem for me, since I'll only be running a R5 1600 and a 980 Ti. 

[aithos]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I don't think temps will be a massive problem for me, since I'll only be running a R5 1600 and a 980 Ti. 

You're still talking about a significant bump in temps just by choosing the aesthetically pleasing but not functional case design.  Ask yourself this: in 6 months are you going to care THAT much about whether you got the most attractive case?  How often do you actually look at and admire your case?  Now think of whether you'd take a nice looking but more functional case... in 6 months would you rather have -10 degrees and more room for overclocking?

 

It's up to you, but personally I think the Be Quiet case looks almost as good and it's a lot more functional.  It was just also a fair bit more expensive

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, aithos said:

You're still talking about a significant bump in temps just by choosing the aesthetically pleasing but not functional case design.  Ask yourself this: in 6 months are you going to care THAT much about whether you got the most attractive case?

Yes.

2 minutes ago, aithos said:

How often do you actually look at and admire your case? 

A lot. Just like I take my 980 Ti out of it's box and gaze at it's beauty, dreaming of the day I can put it into my awesome case and pair it with an equally awesome Ryzen CPU and such. 

3 minutes ago, aithos said:

Now think of whether you'd take a nice looking but more functional case... in 6 months would you rather have -10 degrees and more room for overclocking?

Already got the case, and if I set the loop up right I should have plenty of headroom for OC. 

 

4 minutes ago, aithos said:

It's up to you, but personally I think the Be Quiet case looks almost as good and it's a lot more functional.  It was just also a fair bit more expensive

Be Quiet cases do look nice though...