water cooling ??'s

seanandnik

seanandnik

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I had a few water cooling questions, need some opinions/answers.
1. can 1 pump do a cpu, a gpu, 2 hdd and 4 ram coolers?
2. how much fluid would it need? 1 3.25 bay, 1 5.25 bay or 2 of each?
3. what is a radiators cooling capacity? would a triple 120 do it all?
4. can you have a system with 2 pumps on it or better to have 2 seperate systems?
say i wanted to water cool my cpu, my gpu, 2 hd's, 4 rams, and my chipset, could one big system do it all? or a few little systems?
sorry for all the questions but i know very little about water cooling and once i get interested in something i go all out. thanks....
 
Im pretty sure you can cool all of those, you just need to get water blocks for all of those. The rest of your questions im not sure.
 
1. a very very powerful pump could, why do you want to cool your RAM, the HDD i could see but the ram doesn't get that hot, it will restrict your flow

2. you don't really need a res. but their nice to have, the bigger the better, idk about how much fluid you need

3. it all depends, but 3 should do it

4. if you want two systems go ahead i think that it would be cool, one system for your CPU and GPU and the other for all the rest, or you could do one big system


how big of tubing are you using, 1/2" i assume
 
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im not set on anything yet, tubing size, 1 or 2 systems,etc.. so i do not need a reservoir? not set on cooling ram, heat sinks would prob be fine, ya 1 loop for the cpu,gpu, and another loop for the chipset and hdd.s. so 1 1/2id powerful pump, 1 5.25 bay res, 1 triple 120mm fan rad, i hdd cooler (does 2 hdds), 1 cpu cooler, 1 gpu cooler, 1 chipset cooler, some tubing,y's and t's. what is best config.? rad on side or back of case, then where is best for the pump, before or after the res? should res be up in top bay to let gravity pull coolant down to coolers?i know heated coolant should go right to the rad, but then where? is there a rule of thumb? so from coolers to rad then down to pump then up to res and out to coolers again? sound right?
 
seanandnik said:
im not set on anything yet, tubing size, 1 or 2 systems,etc.. so i do not need a reservoir? not set on cooling ram, heat sinks would prob be fine, ya 1 loop for the cpu,gpu, and another loop for the chipset and hdd.s. so 1 1/2id powerful pump, 1 5.25 bay res, 1 triple 120mm fan rad, i hdd cooler (does 2 hdds), 1 cpu cooler, 1 gpu cooler, 1 chipset cooler, some tubing,y's and t's. what is best config.? rad on side or back of case, then where is best for the pump, before or after the res? should res be up in top bay to let gravity pull coolant down to coolers?i know heated coolant should go right to the rad, but then where? is there a rule of thumb? so from coolers to rad then down to pump then up to res and out to coolers again? sound right?
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no you don't "need" a res, but there nice to have

i think cooling the ram is kinda a waste, it reduces flow and that cuts down on cooling

idk if it would be worth have a system just for the HDD, chipset, and ram

How hot are your HDDs???

yes the 1/2" pump, res., water blocks, tubing, Ts and Ys all sound good

Most setups go Pump>T line>Rad>CPU>Gpu>any other water block>Res> back around to the pump to repeat

or the res could go after the pump, but you always want the coldest water (first water coming out of the rad) to go to the hottest part first

idk about where the res should go, idk if it even matters

tell me what your setup is going to be or if you want me to setup on up for you i would love to
 
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