possibly... another route i was thinking of doing is having all three exhausts run at either 7V or 5V and keeping the intake at 12V...Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
possibly... another route i was thinking of doing is having all three exhausts run at either 7V or 5V and keeping the intake at 12V...
sigh... just picked up a few things to add and replace...
i bought a swiftech ramcooler (1/4" tubing ram cooling thing - don't flame lol)
the "F" adapters are going to shoot off the 1/4" tubing to the ramcooler and the chipset.
I can't stand those stick-on ram coolers anymore... Plus, with the addition of my sound card, there's not much airflow there for those ramsinks.
I also picked up 4 new yate loon fans... i'm gonna ditch the AC one's...
PM me if you want them for a good price.
Great Update!! jejeje Congratulations!!! (y)
It looks really nice considering what a squeeze it must be.
Good choice of components.
I'm wondering what you're doing for a res/t-line. Might have missed it but I don't think you said.
It looks to me like you should get rid of that elbow at the pump inlet if possible. I know that a restriction at the inlet really limits performance. More so than an elbow somwhere else in the loop. Or even try get a more sweeping elbow to replace the mitre. Then again, its all low restriction blocks so....
thx for the comments... because of the location of the reservoir (otherside of the hard drive bay) and the fact i could not elevate it because of the the 5.25 drive bays, that's as high as i could put it... warranting an elbow.
i'm still getting tons of flow - and i'm about to post pics of some changes that may make most of you shudder... but the changes were necessary...
let's just say i'm fed up with copper bga ramsinks popping off and not being able to just put them back on...
ibflamejob lol...
it works quite well...
with sound card:
pending installation...
*shudders* FITTINGS! SO MANY FITTINGS!
lol to be totally honest with you it doesnt look that bad, did you notice an increase in temps and by how much if so?
thx... haven't temp-tested yet... finished that last night and had it running throughout the night for leaks - none...
i'll post temps tonight...
my head is spinning trying to figure out which way the flow goes on that thing, i may have to take some advil
HA.*shudders* FITTINGS! SO MANY FITTINGS!
I have........2X MCW60s, that is 4, MCW30 - 2 more, Res = 2, pump =2, CPU block =2, and RAD =2 that is 14 points of connection :-P. AND a bleeder tube, not to mention the RES has 2 more ports with caps, so that is........17 openings.
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lol
ok so lemme see if can lay it out...my head is spinning trying to figure out which way the flow goes on that thing, i may have to take some advil
.....pump........
..../.......\......
..CPU....BGA...
...|........|......
.GPU...chipset
...\......../......
....radiator......
......res........
ok thats better
No, I'm afraid that's entirely wrong.
Never, EVER put blocks in parallel, especially if they're different blocks.
all wired up
not in this case. 1/4" offshoot to two different blocks may have a slight effect on the main 7/16" loop but there's no "NEVER EVER" situation here...
now a Y fitting w/ equal 7/16" tubing running parallel may be a different story... but in this case, the "F" barbs allow for a 1/4" offshoot loop... and it allows that loop to run at it's own pace. Meaning the water can enter and exit that loop at its own speed to join up with the main loop
Last edited by stormshadow; 01-30-2007 at 12:17 PM.
The 1/4 offshoot wont get any water.
Water follows the path of least resistance. It works (just about) with just the VRAM block on it...
not under pressure though...
Still not a good idea, you won't get the performance you want or are thinking you could get.
Seperate pump/blocks/tubing.
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nope.. not going down multiple pumps route with this setup...
it works. which is really all that matters...
it may not hit OPTIMAL flow rate or cool as good as a dual pump dual loop setup but then again PC building / modding / watercooling has a lot of compromises.
I could get me a G70 case and put the farm in there but I was looking for a squat compact box that does what I need it to do... so i built it.
You will get *some* flow, because resistance goes up with flowrate, so a small % of the total will go through the 1/4 - as minimal flowrate through the 1/4 pipe encounters minimal resistance - but the curve for resistance/flowrate is far steeper and 1/4 tube is generally over 8 times as restrictive anyway, even in the most ideal conditions, so I really wonder if it'll be enough.
Pressure has nothing to do with it, water is basically incompressible, and anyway pressure above/below the pump only affects how much restriction the pump is able to push through (the impeller creates pressure against the volute which creates flow, and the pressure differential between the inlet and outlet of the pump pulls liquid through your blocks)
The only thing that matters to the components in the loop themseleves is flowrate.
listen dude - i respect your information and all but hear me out.....
are "F" fittings the first thing people should choose to run in a setup needing multiple loops?
No.
Does it do the trick in a case that is barely taller than an ATX mobo?
Yes.
Am I getting good temps?
I'd say so.
My clock still stable?
Yes.
don't know why all the friction then...
Last edited by stormshadow; 01-30-2007 at 01:09 PM.
Keep a REALLY close eye on your NB temps.
Well yeah you can't argue that, well all do what we can, cause well most of us don't have a choice.
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