Ordering my first WC setup, Comments on components

drkevorkian

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So i've decided to take the plunge and get a Water-cooling setup to cool both my 2 8800 GTX's and Q6600. Here are the components i'm looking at now.

D-Tek Fuzion CPU Waterblock
2x - Swiftech MCW60-R VGA Waterblock
2x - Swiftech MC14 BGA Heatsinks
2x - Black Ice Xtreme 2 Radiator
Thermaltake Aquabay Reservoir
3/8" Clearflex hosing
D-tek 3/8" hosing barbs
4x - Scythe SFF21F 120mm Fans

I was planning on my flow looking something like
pump -> Y Joint -> VGA's 1 and 2 -> Y Joint -> Radiator 1 -> CPU -> Radiator 2 -> Reservoir -> pump

I was planning on mounting all of this in a cooler master stacker 832.

Any comments, suggestions or improvements?
 

genec57

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The BIX rad is really dense and needs lots of air to be efficient - you will probably need more powerful fans.
IMO, a better choice would be Swiftech MCR220 rads. They are a lot less expensive and work every bit as well with less powerful (read quieter) fans.
Loop arrangement is fine. Order is not really important - use the least possible amount of tubing.
 
Just remember that by putting in the Y-adapter, you are effectively only giving 50% of your flow rate to each vga waterblock. Even for a good pump that has lots of flow, such as a Laing D5 pump, that puts you dangerously low on pressure to each block. You may want to look at that long and hard before firing it up. Those 2 GTX's will put out a lot of heat that will need to be dissipated.