Swiftech reservoir

[captjoe]

Have Swiftech res. fine for single loop.
I want to add another loop with a separate pump and rad.
Is their a good suugestion for a res thast can be usd for dual loops?

 

[rubix_1011]

You could use any res that had multiple inlet/outlets. Koolance, XPSC and DangerDen make some, but most manufacturers do as well. Why running dual loops? Why not a single loop? Are you planning to run dual loops, sharing the water in the res, or the res keeping water separate? If you used a single res with multiple ports, you would effectively take advantage of all rads being able to cool all components.

 

[captjoe]

Wanted to cool CPU with one loop

dual gpu's with another

share res

separate rad's

sep pumps

or

single loop

with
single pump , 2 x rads , single res.

 

[SushiDragon]

Can you list what your pump is? It'd be helpful in deciding whether to go with a single or double loop.

 

[captjoe]

MCP655 pump


Nominal Voltage

12 V DC



Operating Voltage

8 to 24 V DC



Nominal Power (@ 12 V)

24 W



Nominal Current (@ 12 V)

2 Amps



Motor Type

Electronically Commutated DC Spherical Brushless Motor , with automatic overload protection and low in-rush current



Maximum Head

10 ft (3.1 m)



Maximum Discharge

~ 317 GPH (1200 LPH)



Connection Size

1/2" barbs (10mm)



Maximum (working) Pressure

50 PSI (3.5 BAR)



Temperature Range

32 °F to 140 °F (0 °C to 60 °C)



Electrical Connector

Molex 4-pin



Weight

1.4 LB (650 g)



Impeller material

Noryl

 

[SushiDragon]

I'd suggest you go with a single loop, since its cheaper and your pump is more than enough to handle it. There are also nominal differences between going a double or single loop.

 

[rubix_1011]

Either way would be fine- I run a CPU and SLI cards in a single loop, as do many people. Regardless, you'd be best off if you run a single loop or a dual loop but share a single res (and water) as this will allow all components to effectively use all the radiators to cool all the water. Separate, dual loops mean you might be over-radding your CPU loop a lot, while running a higher delta on the GPU loop.

When it comes to rads, sharing is caring.

 

[SushiDragon]

I want to know what a dual loop with a shared reservoir looks like. Probably looks really cool.

 

[rubix_1011]

It basically looks like a traditional dual loop setup, but you just share a single res by using multiple inlet/outlets. This is actually the best way to run a dual loop as the water from 'both' loops is shared and can be cooled by either set of rads from either loop while contributing to overall lower temps. This way, all of your rads are dedicated to cooling all of your components, while utilizing different pumps for the actual loop it is running.

Think of it like a water park; there really is just one giant aggregate pool of water, but each ride utilizes it independently using it's own pump and deployment system. However, it all circulates back as one large mass of water.