Few loop questions

[Ham]

Well my DFI was picked up for its RMA today, so hopfuly ill be fitting it into my new case before the end of the month.

So, one of the reasons i could have killed it was the TIM on the northbridge. I was trying to reseat my EK block to make sure it was getting optimum temps, and it when wrong cleaning yadda yadda dead mobo. Im therefore thinking my mount was fine, and that the GPU was heating the water so much it was keeping the temps on the NB high. How do you counter this? You add a rad!

Problem being i have a nice little DDC powering the loop, and the only real workload it does is pump>rad, everything else is gravitys doing. Would this pump be ok to add a normal 120mm rad between the gpu and NB blocks? or should i think about a better pump? The other thing i could do is get a XSPC crossflow rad and add that somwhere where it wont go vs gravity?

Sorry to ramble a tyia

 

[FarFarAway]

I'd get a D5...but that's just me

 

[NickS]

Agreed. A Swiftech MCP655 / Laing D5 or an AquaXtreme 50z / Swiftech MCP600 will work perfect.

 

[Ham]

The mcp600 just a renamed d4 or it different?

 

[NickS]

D4 is a MCP650.

50z under load of a loop actually has more head than a MCP655/650 \\\ D5/D4, which is why it's recommended more often. It's the same price as the others.

 

[PV5150]

50z under load of a loop actually has more head than a MCP655/650 \\\ D5/D4

Yep, they sure do. You may also find some residual Swiftech MCP600's around (discontinued now), which are exactly the same as the 50z's.

 

[Mr. Smith]

I was going to ask a similar q so can I just hijack this thread?

I have the ddc ultra too, I was toying with the idea of a new build and wanted better temps so I was thinking a pa120.3 would look nice in a g70 Would my current pump not cut it? Thanks and sorry for the hijack

 

[Mullet]

DDC Ultra shoud cut it easily mate.

Has higher 'head' than the D5...tho flow rate is a little lower.

Nice choice of case Mr Smith!!

 

[Mr. Smith]

DDC Ultra shoud cut it easily mate.

Has higher 'head' than the D5...tho flow rate is a little lower.

Nice choice of case Mr Smith!!

Tis a nice case, 2nd hand though... Might see how the bidding goes - the seller has invented a noob account and has bid on his own thing, that or it's a massive coincidence... Might go for a fresh new one depending on how it goes!

 

[NickS]

DDC Ultra shoud cut it easily mate.

Has higher 'head' than the D5...tho flow rate is a little lower.

Nice choice of case Mr Smith!!

Yes but they're as unstable (unreliable) as North Korea.