Cooling Revised h2o setup - *rad in*

I'm begining to get some bits together to beef up my cooling rig.

I currently have a 3/8" system with a 3/8" maze 3 block, Ehiem 1250 pump (1/2" barbs) and a criticool res (with 1/2" barbs also)

I have a 1/2" Maze Radeon block and z-chips block that I'm not currently using pair this combo up with a White water block and get everything on 1/2".

What I want to know is will the flow be heavily restricted by the maze blocks. How much will it effect the performance of the WW?

Thanks

 

The white water will be far more restrictive then the other two blocks although i would be tempted to run the gfx block and nb block in parallel off the WW because they are of similar resistance. Your pump should take less of a performance hit but it will handle those 3 blocks fine.

 

So run the system:
- NB
res > rad > pump > white water > res
- GFX

I've got a BIX2 on the way so i'm hoping for some good temps.

I am right in thinking that the WW is more restrictive than the gfx and nb blocks?

 

No not like that. Look how coolermeister has got his *BLING BLING* machine setup. he's doing what i'm suggestion. Using the WW as a Y-splitter, if you like, for the gfx and nb blocks.

 

/.........and try and get the res befor the pump!

 

Well that didn't come out as I intended before, the nb & gfx were spaced after the WW. I also had the res / rad reversed....

In my system atm I only have a BIM so there should be a fair improvement in temps.

Is the WW the block to go for at the moment?

 

yeah, its a damn good performer. the cascade is a better performer but not by loads and its a pretty penny more i think. plus you'd have to wait for one from cathar

 

i've tested this one before. A single 3/8 link in a system, which was 1/2 throughout (adapts from 1/2 OD on the pump) caused a 6c loss of performance. Why? MASSIVE flow restriction. What you want to do is run from res to pump to vid, then to the Z chip (if 1/2), then hop to an adaptor and into the cpu block, then an adaptor from the block to rad then res. That way, flow is minimally restricted.

 

The new block will have 1/2" barbs and the gfx & NB blocks are both 1/2" so there shouldn't be a 3/8" component in the loop...

 

that should keep flow up nicely. Is this 1/2 ID or OD?

 

Probably OD. I think I'm going to take the flow from the WW (which has 3 barbs) and through the gfx and NB in parallel as has been suggested as it'll cut down on the amount of tubing...

 

maybe. I'm going to that eventually, but i prefer to pond hop with w/c (block to block, just series)

 

You definately don't want a block like the white water to be the last block in series. The gfx and nb arn't really the focus of the cooling, it is better to send as much flow as poss to the cpu block first. Then by running similarly restrictive blocks (i.e. gfx and nb) in parallel then you reduce the overall restriction and effort that the pump needs yo put out when compared to having blocks in series.

 

Well I pixed the BIX2 up from the postal depot tonight and have managed to get it hooked up to my existing 3/8" system while I'm getting the other bits.

Man my temps are good now. With the black Ice Micro I was using before I was getting 35c idle and upto 47c load. Now my idle is 23/24c and full load is about 30c and that's with the fans on 7v.

Time to pump up the voltage I can't wait till I get my hands on a WW!

Edit...

My feet are really cold now though, better get my slippers