Mountain Mods Extended Ascension Build (stage 5 water) COMPLETE!

[Zaxis01]

Depends on your system water blocks and how restrictive the loop is now, rads are pretty low restriction but they will add a bit. I would probably recommend another pump in series. My long loop only just manages to turn the flow meter in the res if i turn off 1 of the D5s. The system doesnt overheat or anything, but its a lot of load to put on one pump. My system actually runs 4-5c cooler if I turn off 1 pump but I dont trust it on one. When i finish the MM rebuild i will be running the D5s at a lower speed to slow down the loop to give the water more time to cool in the rads and reduce heat dump from the pumps.

Well I'm using a Swiftech apogee xt xtreme CPU block, 2x Koolance VID-NX580's
And An ek-fb re3 full mb waterblock.

[Phatboy69]

Well I'm using a Swiftech apogee xt xtreme CPU block, 2x Koolance VID-NX580's
And An ek-fb re3 full mb waterblock.

I think you'll benefit from another pump then once you put in more Rad.

[Zaxis01]

I think you'll benefit from another pump then once you put in more Rad.

Cool. Cause i was thinking about picking up a laing D5 Vario.

What would you recommend?

[Phatboy69]

Cool. Cause i was thinking about picking up a laing D5 Vario.

What would you recommend?

Well.... it might not look like it, but im still fairly new to water cooling, Ive basically contantly upgraded my system over the last 6 months and its my first water cooled system. This is my 5th revision to the setup in 6 months and the biggest change. It all started a short time ago with a Thermaltake bigwater system to cut my teeth on before I got the confidence to go custom.

Based on my humble and limited experience, 2 x d5s seem to be better than some of the more exotic higher power pumps and you get redundancy if running them in series. If you have a D5 or equivalent already, better to keep with the same wouldnt you think?

You can see my complete build log for the original system here with lots of pics and some benchies>http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=909664

[Zaxis01]

Well.... it might not look like it, but im still fairly new to water cooling, Ive basically contantly upgraded my system over the last 6 months and its my first water cooled system. This is my 5th revision to the setup in 6 months and the biggest change. It all started a short time ago with a Thermaltake bigwater system to cut my teeth on before I got the confidence to go custom.

Based on my humble and limited experience, 2 x d5s seem to be better than some of the more exotic higher power pumps and you get redundancy if running them in series. If you have a D5 or equivalent already, better to keep with the same wouldnt you think?

You can see my complete build log for the original system here with lots of pics and some benchies>http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=909664

Yeah. I'm kinda thinking the same thing.

[Johnny87au]

Cool. Cause i was thinking about picking up a laing D5 Vario.

What would you recommend?

2x 35x pumps, best flow/head performance imo, go check out martin's extensive testing of pump roundups..

[Zaxis01]

2x 35x pumps, best flow/head performance imo, go check out martin's extensive testing of pump roundups..

Can you post a link?

[Phatboy69]

Its Alive!!!!! Almost!!!

Leak tested and all ok...:thumb:
I used all my koolance high flow quick disconnects so that I can remove equipment more easily in the future and experiment with different loop routes....

Just need to do some wiring and I can power her up and bring it to life.

I'll be doing some temp monitoring with the new loop config on the i7 930 before I put the new 950 CPU and see what she can do!!!