ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Justifire]

Ok, I know this is a little off topic but I need some recomendations
I dont know which one should I set up, both have advantages.
Prototype 1 will bring all the cold water straight to the CPU then NB
Prototype 2 will bring all cold water and store it on the reservoir (basically), I heard this is the most common and most used?

Here is prototype 1


Here is prototype 2


Which one do you think would work better? I want the best performance.

In a warm room or case, the water in the reservoir will warm up.
I dont know how big your reservoir is, maybe it isn't that big so it's quicker pumped around than heated.
I prefer : pump->CPU (might be high restrictive like EK Supreme or D-Tek Fusion with nozzle, so you want high flow/pressure and this is the heart of your machine, it deserves the best cooling of all components)->NB(water won't rise more than 1`c when passing cpu)->Reservoir(hot water might cool a little bit before cooled down by radiator)->radiator->pump

It might even be better to put the radiator behind the pump, a pump may add heat to the water from his engine.
That depends om your cpu block, if you put a radiator behind the pump, the pressure wil decrease and might be bad for high restrictive blocks (as noticed above)

All by all, if you don't use a chiller it might not be such a big deal.
Your water will get warm all over the loop.
The most important is a good radiator or off course a waterchiller.

Another thing, if you use a fillport, drop the reservoir, save yourself some money and use a T-split with some extra tubbing