Tips for someone new to watercooling
Tips for someone new to watercooling
Planing to do my watercooling next year. Just planning everything. Dont have any fitting ideas yet, but my list is
here
. Idk how much cooling i will need for VRMS and CPU Cooling. Gonna OC til temps are reaching at most50*C. Here is my loop
design
. Didnt plan on doing 2 360s because this
image
made it a bit sketchy for me. The fans are super close to the front rad.
When cooling just your CPU and voltage regulation modules, you won't need both radiators. You can easily manage with the single 360 or the 240. For heavy overclocking, choose the single 360. If you later add your GPU, include the 240. Consider adding the VRM block for future flexibility.
If you're only cooling your CPU and voltage regulation parts, you won't need both radiators. You can easily get by with the single 360 or the 240. For heavy overclocking, choose the single 360. If you later add your GPU, include the 240. Consider adding the VRM block just because, not necessarily for cooling. Edit: You might want to place the 360 so your I/O ports are at the bottom to avoid airlocking. Planning a lot of overclocking means VRMS could get hot, so cooling it is important. How would you set up the loop if the radiator is top-mounting?
I'm not entirely clear on your question. Refer to this discussion: You asked about the loop configuration when the front rad I/O is oriented downward and the Reservoir is fed from above.
True but I'm receiving a MMRS Stype 1 with three ports on top and an aD5 pump equipped with a cover. The top serves as my inlet with an aqua-pipe and the fill port.
The reservoir doesn't have to get water in the top port. Most tops feature an actual I/O at the base. The 'top' port is generally for filling and priming the pump and reservoir, not as the inlet.
My new loop design idea. What are your thoughts? Instead of a front rad, I considered a top rad. Would there be an airlock? Or should I stick with the front rad? Should I use an X-Flow rad?
Cross flow rad isn't really going to give you anything different - it's just a different port and flow design.
It really doesn't matter if that is your new design, you should be OK. The only reason the air lock problem occurs is when you have a point at which air can accumulate and cause flow to stop due to the design of the loop components. The fact that air is less dense than water while water is the primary coolant of the system as well as lubrication for the pump impeller is key when it comes to stoppage in flow. This is why you always see people talking about a reservoir sitting higher than a pump inlet to prevent air moving up into the pump housing, when it should be able to collect in the reservoir. As long as this exists, you just need to continually work air out of the loop and displacing collected air in the reservoir with more water as you go during the filling period.