Liquid Cooling Basics

[cranialsurge]

I am a newbie to water cooling and I have a basic question. In a simple loop involving the liquid cooling system (LCS), CPU and the GPU the connection will be as follows:

Single tube from the LCS to the first nozzle on the CPU

Single tube from the second nozzle on the CPU to the first nozzle on the GPU

Single tube from the second nozzle on the GPU back to the LCS.

In such a serial loop, how does water enter the tube which connects the CPU to the GPU. I mean that tube is independent of the LCS and runs from the second nozzle on the CPU to the first nozzle on the GPU.

Thanks in advance.

 

[deathwish]

hi cranialsurge

may i ask what watercooling system you are useing

thanks

 

[cranialsurge]

LCS Basics

Hi Deathwish,

I have not purchased my LCS yet. I am just researching the basics. I'd like to use the Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra on my Asus Striker II Extreme. I need a loop from the LCS to the CPU to the Fusion Block back to the LCS. I want to know how the connections go and how water enters in the tube that would connect the CPU to the Fusion Block. I have seen diagrams and pictures of loop configurations and cannot figure out how water enters the tube which connects the CPU block to another water block in the loop before heading back to the LCS. These loops always have a single loop going from one of the nozzles of the CPU block to one of the nozzles of the second water block (e.g. GPU block). In my case the second block would be the Fusion Block.

Thanks for replying.

 

[deathwish]

i would go for res > Pump > CPU > GPU > rad

though the temp will depend on what your gpu and cpu are

 

[Ham]

Ok, im in no way trying to insult you here, but from what I can make out, you think the water stops in the blocks. Its doesn't it passes trough them, the 1st barb being an inlet and the second being an outlet. The water then progresses through the loop to the next block, which it passes through and then back to the rez/rad/pump. Depending on how the loop is set up. The water is constantly moving.

 

[deathwish]

and also i would suggest createing a custom watercooling kit for that system as its going to create quite a bit of heat

 

[cranialsurge]

Thanks Ham. That was exactly the answer I was looking for. I really did think that the water was going to stop at the block. You did not insult me at all, I'm super new to Liquid Cooling and I had a very dumb question there. LOL.

 

[cranialsurge]

Thanks again. I want to custom build my LCS and want it to span the following loop:-

LCS>CPU>Fusion Block>LCS. In addition to that I am getting the ThermalTake Armor+ VH6001BWS ESA and will be using bottom intake fans in addition to the already pre-installed ones to help with cooling the dual nVidia GTX 280s that I want to configure in SLI. The components I am rooting for are as follows:-

CPU Block: http://www.swiftnets.com/products/APOGEEGTX-CU.asp

Pump : http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcp655.asp

Rad(with integrated res.) : http://www.swiftnets.com/products/MCR220-qp.asp

Radbox: http://www.swiftnets.com/products/MCB-120-r2.asp

Accessories if needed: http://www.swiftnets.com/products/bspp-fittings.asp

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/f-fittings.asp

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/Smartcoils.asp

What do you think of that ? Would that be effective ?