Quick question on loop

[Min]

Guys, is this watercooling loop idea viable?

I'm mainly concerned on the fact that there is a FrozenQ Liquid V fusion reservoir.

Someone has mentioned in my build log thread, that by having two reservoirs, I might have problems with it flooding?

I just want to be safe before I do anything else.

Thanks

Min

 

[jamesriley94]

I think you're better changing the direction around. I'm not 100% sure if it makes a difference, but you'd be pumping up against gravity through all 3 of the blocks. I'd have thought you'd be better switching it round and have gravity on your side through all the blocks.

 

[Min]

Thanks James,

I'm new to watercooling and building PC rigs.

This is my first ever build, so hence I'm a bit confused and looking to other experts out there for help.

It's because other people out there has been suggesting that I need to fill the Frozen Q from the top for this loop to work.

This is how my rig looks at the moment which I'm hoping to watercool

And this is the look I'm going for, or more like copying (Sorry, for ripping off someone's work, but it looks like the person has invested a lot of care and effort into designing this rig, and I love the look of it. I guess there wasn't much for me to change to the look of this as this was exactly the kind of design I had my idea on in the first place)

And this is my shopping list of parts for the watercooling, to give you better idea of what parts I'm working with here.

1x Corsair AX850 Individually Braided Modular Cables in Red (to give that extra red to the colour when plugged into the MoBo and the GPU and coming out the PSU)
1x XSPC 5.25" D5 Dual Bay Reservoir and Pump Combo
1x XSPC RayStorm CPU Waterblock
1x XSPC Razor GTX670 Waterblock
1x XSPC Raxor GTX670 Backplate
1x XSPC EX 240mm Radiator
1x XSPC EX 360mm Xflow Radiator
1x FrozenQ Liquid Fusion V Red Helix
10x XSPC Compression Fitting (Black Nickel)
2x 90 degrees compression fitting (Black Nickel)
3m Primochill Primoflex Red Tubing (3/8 ID - 5/8 OD)
2x Xigmatek Crystal Fan 140mm White LED (For the rear exhaust and one on the HDD cage which will be on low but more for the lighting)
2x Xigmatek Crystal Fan 140mm RedLED (For the 2 intake fans at the front)
5x Xigmatek Crystal Fan 120mm White LED (3 push fans for 360 rad up top & 2 for the pull fans for 240 radiators down bottom)
3x Xigmatek Crystal Fan 120mm Red LED (3 pull fans for the 260 rad up top running in push/pull config)
1x NZXT Sentry Mix 6 Channel Fan Controller
1x Phoya Thermal Paste Cleaner
1x Arctic Cooling MX4 Thermal Paste
Couple of fansplitters to plug into the fan controller
1x 5L distilled water (From Halfords)
1x Mayhems XT-1 Concentrate (Biocide and Anti-corosive)
3x Red LED bulb (1 for the Bay Reservoir up front, one for the CPU block, one for the GPU block)

So far what I have in my rig is,

Case: NZXT Switch 810 Matte Black
CPU: Intel i5 3570k
Mobo: Asus Maximus V formula
GPU: Asus GTX 670 DCII (Non top version, possibly adding another card in SLI in the future)
RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz in red (4 x 4gb)
PSU: Corsair AX850
SSD: Intel 520 series 120gb (I have my o/s and games on this one)
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB (For storage of photos, music etc)
DVD: LG GH24NS90.AUAR50B 24x Super Multi Internal DVD Rewriter
O/S: Microsoft Windows 8
Keyboard: Steelseries 6Gv2
Mouse: Steelseries Sensei

Thanks for all the input and help guys

Min x

 

[jamesriley94]

I think this would look better:

Also, you may have issues with the fan controller being in the top drive bay with the 360mm rad there?

I personally wouldn't use one anyway - you're better off with fan speed reducers as fan controllers just create unnecessary cabling and a lot of them can actually add noise to fans.

Speaking of which - you may want to change the fans - I used to have them, and you can do much better now - especially on radiators.

 

[Min]

So would this be much better?

And if so, which pump top should I get?

As in I'll go with the Mobo CPU GPU order as you put in your diagram, but looking at the location of the pump in the loop.

 

[NRG!]

Would it not be better to get a bracket to mount a pump (d5?) onto half of the lower rad, have the tube res above it, and forget the bay res?