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Originally Posted by dacooltech
a heatercore, an Xtreme, and a double heatercore... 3 radiators in series, eh?
OVerkill...
I'd say put the 2 cores in parallel for the CPU with only 1 pump....
and create a separate loop with the BIX and the 2nd pump for the GPU and the Nbridge.
or if the main reason of having 2 pumps in series, is redundancy, then i recommend you to use only 2 radiators in parallel, and get rid of the 3rd one.
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Overkill? no way! I run my fans at 7v, to keep the noise down (PAPST), so the air flow is not that much. only way to get water temps as close to ambient as possible, is to increase airflow and/or cooling surface. As long as the water temp is above ambient, it's never overkill. every degree you get out of the water, will give you lower CPU temps. As simple as that.
I placed the BIX and the heatercore in series, as that is the best setup for getting rid of temerature. I have to see if making them paralell, with the decreased flow will give me the same temps. It might be that the overall speed will increase, so the temps may stay the same.
I have been thinking about 2 seperate loops, and still using the bay res. This would mean that the water still is mixed, so the overall setup temps won't change(?). My tubing will be longer......... (twice) as I need an extra line from the ras to the GPU/NB blocks
And yep you are right, for me one of the goals is redundency. I was also thinking I would get a bit better temp it I turn the second pump on, but this seems not to be the case.
