New TJ07 cooling project...could use your help/ideas

[masaville]

More parts in today for the project.

Couple of EK 200 reservoirs, some gel pads to keep those pumps whisper quiet, and more barbs.



These EK reservoirs are some serious high quality reservoirs and are built to last. When you pick these up and examine them carefully you can easily see that they aren't some slap happy plastic container that some outfit threw together. These make my Swiftech Microres look pretty sad in comparison. I have an XSPC 250mm anodized aluminum res for comparsion as well as Innovatek tank-o-matic 280mm. If you're considering any of the these let me know if you have questions.

Still waiting on a few more items;

-Black 90 degree elbow fittings, cord clips, and clamps
-A silverstone bay extension bracket - probably use this to mount the second pump (upside down maybe)
-A Lian Li Rheobus Fan Controller 5.25" - Black w/ Silver Knobs to add a little practical flair to the front-end

Can I get some feedback on design if any has experience with the following. Right now I have two rads inside at the bottom, one for the CPU loop, the other for the GPUs. However, these EK reservoirs can be used with dual rads and a single pump. Alteratively I can use two reservoirs and two pumps. Does anyone have any experience throwing a 360/480 and a 240 in the same loop with an E6700 and two 8800s or similar? I'm wondering how it would affect temp by running a single loop with dual rads versus two independant loops, each with their own res and pump. Although I can test this out myself it would be great to find out if anyone has already tried it.

I assume when the fluid mixes in the res the temps will average out based on volume of fluid in each rad, how long it's in there, and flow rates?