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KieranPCGamer

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Alright guy's

i need a little help please i am going to be doing my own custom loop for the first time but i am a little confused, i want to have to rads in my loop but where dose all the tubing go i know that the Res out let go to the in let to the pump, out of the pump in to the Rad, out of the rad in to the cpu block out of the cpu block back in to the res, but how to i tube up two rads?

sorry for bing a noob.
 
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A video is a good idea. Just google up custom waterloop and you should find a lot of videos. I will break it down a bit for ya anyway though. Heres whatcha need... blocks (cpu, mb, vga, whatever you want to cool), tubing (I suggest soft tubing for your first go at it), a pump, radiator and fittings. You also need coolant. Head over to Performance-PCs.com as they have all of the parts as well as kits with everything you need to get started. http://www.performance-pcs.com/complete-kits I recommend reading a bit on it, watching a few videos and given er hell. Good luck and if ya have any other questions, just ask.
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This isn't really something which can be easily explained through message. I'd suggest watching a video on YouTube by Linus or other tech channels for extra help and tips.
 
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you mean you want two radiators in series? just put them in series... not sure where the confusion is. so for example: res > pump > radiator1 > radiator2 > cpu block > res.

if youre just cooling the cpu you shouldnt need more than one radiator anyway, just get a 240/280mm rad and you should be good. if you were also cooling a gpu i would say get a second one.
 
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A video is a good idea. Just google up custom waterloop and you should find a lot of videos. I will break it down a bit for ya anyway though. Heres whatcha need... blocks (cpu, mb, vga, whatever you want to cool), tubing (I suggest soft tubing for your first go at it), a pump, radiator and fittings. You also need coolant. Head over to Performance-PCs.com as they have all of the parts as well as kits with everything you need to get started. http://www.performance-pcs.com/complete-kits I recommend reading a bit on it, watching a few videos and given er hell. Good luck and if ya have any other questions, just ask.
 
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Thankyou, i am going to be cooling my Cpu, mosfets, and gpu when pascal is out as i am not going to bother buying a block for my old gpu then to have to buy a new one when pascal comes out, and ill be using the D5 Photon 170 if that makes it any easier
 
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Could I suggest that you start cooling the cpu only? Since you are new to it and all. You can add in the other blocks later as you get better handling the parts. Or you could do what I did and watercool the whole shebang on your first gig. Scary fer sure.

Do you have a full parts list? I like XSPC components a lot.
 
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Yeah here is my full list of parts i will be getting,


Cpu Block - EK-Supremacy EVO Elite
Res/Pump - D5 Photon 170/270
Radiator - Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 280mm for the bottom & Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta 420mm for the top
Tubing - standerd flex tub
Fitting - what do you think i should get bitspower compression fittings?
Coolant - Not sure, whats best i want it UV white?
 
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Fittings are a preference really. They are many styles and looks. If you get compression fittings, be sure to get the same diameter inner/outer tubing. As for coolant, I haven't tried many kinds, back in the day, all we had was green, lol. Oh and fill that case with some biga$$ rads! You sure that one pump can push all of the blocks and rads? You may want to consider getting another or running two loops altogether.
 
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