First Time DIY liquid cooling

[Feta Foppen]

Hi all,

This is my first time doing a custom loop and want to here feedback on what I am planning to do. My hardware has been all checked out, but loop order worries me. I know that the GPU creates the most heat. For aesthetics, I am doing a hard tubed loop and would like to cool the GPU first. My problem is that because my GPU will heat the liquid before it hits the CPU block, that it will start heating up the CPU to what the GPU is. What I am thinking about doing is installing a 120mm rad right after the GPU before the CPU, and then going to the 360mm rad and then into the res/pump. Is this a good idea? Or should I just try and cool the CPU first? I may have more questions in the future.

Thanks all!

[knightslugger]

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

-Moved to Liquid and Exotic Cooling-

[PrimeSonic]

TL:DR - The impact that loop order has on temperatures is basically a rounding error.

Don't worry about loop order.

 

My advice from personal experience: Spend more time making sure your loop is easy to fill and drain, before you worry about inconsequential things like loop order.