Asymetrical White Water plans
 

As a newbie to water cooling I was wondering what the effects of positioning of a Y connector in my proposed set-up would be.

Eheim 1250 to DTEC White Water
(one in and two outs)
Taking one of the outs through the GPU Dangerden and the other through the the chipset Dangerden
Into a resevoir
Into a (thermochill) rad
Back to the pump
All 1/2 ID...

I can Y connect the two branches before the other blocks, within the resevoir,
before the rad or before the pump (doubling up resevoirs and rads as needed).
Current thought is to join them into a resevoir (two in and one out)

I realise the flow after the WW will be reduced - does anyone have any suggestions/thoughts? Will the asymetry cause problems?

Also as a newbie:
Any particular advantages on positioning the pump high up?

Thanks in advance
Abe

I'd suggest putting the res right in front of the pump and using larger ID hose to connect the two. You want to make sure the intake side of the pump gets unrestricted water flow. Otherwise you are getting rid of some of your potential water pressure for no good reason. Doesn't really matter where in the loop the pump is placed.

Splitting the flow in half will result in worse performance for the GPU and NB blocks perhaps, but if you split into two loops for those blocks and just put two barbs on your res rather than using a Y then you have probably lowered the total flow resistance from WW to res. Combine that with the fact you can do a much neater job of routing hose and I think it's a pretty good idea.

That's almost exactly what I do......pump hc ww nb/gpu Y res pump.