- Feb 17, 2010
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okay, so I'm curious...
I'm really interested in the concepts of water cooling, and I came up with two ideas that I want some opinions on...
the imaginary setup I'm trying to cool is a i7 930 with two HD5870s with a single, continuous loop cooling system
-First, was having swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combos in between each of the components. (really expensive)
-Second, was having swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combos before the processor and before the first graphics card and then a swiftech radiator/reservoir combo in between the first and second graphics card. (still expensive, but ~ $100 cheaper)
-Third, was just having one swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combo before the processor and a swiftech radiator/reservoir combo before the first graphics card and another one before the second.
-Fourth, was having one swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combo before the main processor and a swiftech radiator/reservoir combo before the first graphics then a direct link to the second card with no cooling in between.
I wasn't sure how the fourth idea would affect the temps of the second card, I know a lot of people don't cool their coolant before sending it to the second card in a series... but are there any pitfalls of doing it this way? obviously the second card gets hotter coolant...
also, how many pumps would I need for a circuit like this? (I'm accounting for ~25 inches of hosing as the radiators will be rack mounted under the case)
-Ian
I'm really interested in the concepts of water cooling, and I came up with two ideas that I want some opinions on...
the imaginary setup I'm trying to cool is a i7 930 with two HD5870s with a single, continuous loop cooling system
-First, was having swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combos in between each of the components. (really expensive)
-Second, was having swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combos before the processor and before the first graphics card and then a swiftech radiator/reservoir combo in between the first and second graphics card. (still expensive, but ~ $100 cheaper)
-Third, was just having one swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combo before the processor and a swiftech radiator/reservoir combo before the first graphics card and another one before the second.
-Fourth, was having one swiftech pump/radiator/reservoir combo before the main processor and a swiftech radiator/reservoir combo before the first graphics then a direct link to the second card with no cooling in between.
I wasn't sure how the fourth idea would affect the temps of the second card, I know a lot of people don't cool their coolant before sending it to the second card in a series... but are there any pitfalls of doing it this way? obviously the second card gets hotter coolant...
also, how many pumps would I need for a circuit like this? (I'm accounting for ~25 inches of hosing as the radiators will be rack mounted under the case)
-Ian
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