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Originally Posted by Gooserider
Yes, it makes a BIG difference! You should make sure the rad output barb is at the highest possible point, on the rad so as to avoid trapping air in the rad. In general you should try to arrange the coolant flow to be as close to straight up and down as you can, avoid loops where the coolant line goes up and then back down, as any loop can trap air and trapped air will do really bad things to your cooling ability.
Also make sure to use a LARGE hose between your res and the pump intake if they are seperated. It is very important that the pump not have to 'work' to get it's intake flow. (Assuming the rest of the system was 1/2" tube, I would make the res -> pump in line 3/4" tube, preferably reinforced so it can't collapse.)
Good luck,
Gooserider
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Thanks for giving me the feedback.
I'm on vay cay til Sunday evening and borrowing limited comp time so will respond with more then.
I'm a bit confused regarding your comments on the H2O flow. So highest rad barb s/b the output?
The best routing for my system is pump>>cpu>>gpu>>res>> rad>>pump. Rad is on it's "side" up front as you have mentioned thus one barb is higher than the other.
***Due to the fact this is an extremely tight Mid-tower configuration I'm using 3/8" tubing from the pump>cpu>gpu>res 1/2"out from res>BIP rad>pump input. Obviously I'm not taking advantage of the reservior out to pump. This is in trying to minimize additional tubing, bends or 90 degree fittings (partially due to space considerations), also to eliminate the degrading effects of the same. Am I "missing the boat" by taking this course. What are the indicators of problems to watch for in this configuration (res>rad>pump)?
I have re-plumbed the res output to the "lower" BIP fitting per Gooserider's recommendation and will be water testing tonight.
Thanks again for the advice.