Cooling Advice on Laing pumps

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  1. SlowMotionSuicide

    SlowMotionSuicide Come Hell or High Water

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    Quick question:

    Can anyone give me a educated opinion regarding the noise difference between different Laing DDC pumps? If I have understood correctly, there's 2 versions (10w and 18w) with plenty of rebranding (Swiftech's MCP350 and 355 etc) .

    I'm fully aware of noise being subjective matter, but I'd really need something to base my purchase on. Would 18 watt version be disturbing over 5-6 "regular" 1k rpm fans? I'm not after fully silent setup, but I do want my setup to be reasonably quiet.

    I'm plannin to watercool my rig and I really can't decide how to set it up. I'll be using 2 Swiftech mcr-220 rads, EK supreme HF for cpu and supreme VGA for gpu. Right now I'm thinking to get 2 separate loops with MCP350 pumps, but maybe i could get away with one (loop) ?
     
  2. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Is the daddy!

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    get the 10W version, as you can simple mod it to 18W. A chap here modded his with a switch so that he could bump the power up when needed as he uses it on his bench table.

    You could easily use a single loop.
     
  3. SlowMotionSuicide

    SlowMotionSuicide Come Hell or High Water

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    Ok thanks. I'll look into modding the pump.
     
  4. Rofl_Waffle

    Rofl_Waffle What's a Dremel?

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    As long your loop isn't particularly restrictive and your flow rate is good enough you can make do with a single loop.

    Dual loop does add performance but 1-2 degrees of performance might not suit your fancy. I recommend simply getting a stronger pump. A MCP 655 is more than strong enough to run two rads and two blocks.
     
  5. SlowMotionSuicide

    SlowMotionSuicide Come Hell or High Water

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    I was under the impression the D5 was made obsolete by DDC pumps, so I never even bothered looking it up.

    Seems I was wrong, quick glance through specs and I think I'll try D5 vario instead, although i'll have to redesign most of the setup. Which is fun. Good thing I have so far only bought the rads.

    Thanks.
     

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