Which loop for which componets?

[zinsco]

Motherboard broke so gonna build again. This time with less rads and cramped space, but I do want to reuse cooling equipment that I have. Gonna do 2 loops again partly because I have a dual pump/res and it will bug me to not use one side of the res.

One loop will have 480 rad and the other will have 2-120 rads. I'm gonna cool the motherboard, cpu, and only one card this time.

Here is my question: Should I put the cpu/motherboard on the 480 rad and graphics card on the 2-120 rads or the other way around?

Asus Mazimus IX Formula
i7-7700K
GeForce GTX 1070


Also, I have all gentle typhoon fans push/pull on my rads 6 years running and was thinking even though they are working good right now I should replace them. Is 6 years a long time or would I be fine to just use same existing fans?

[StyM]

your fans should be fine, i'd put the 480 rad on the cpu.

[zinsco]

Had a suggestion from someone to just go one loop with all the rads (480 and 2-120) and use both pumps all in series. What do you think of that idea? 2 loops or 1?

[zanzabar]

i would do one loop and not use the 120mm rads. you are looking at a max of around 400-415W and that 480 should do it quietly with lots of headroom. one DDC or d5 would also be fine.