Water Cooling Setup

11th August 2008, 01:34

I just purchased the Swiftech 220 Ultra setup with the MCP655 pump. My proposed setup would be 3 loops in parallel. A 1/2" loop just going to my CPU, a 3/8" loop going to my SB then NB in series, and a 1/2" loop going to my two video cards in series. I would have 1/2" tubing to and from my pump and radiator. Would this setup reduce the flow rate too much to be effective or does this sound like a valid setup? Thanks.

jmke · 11th August 2008, 09:14

hi there M.Shake

welcome to the forums.
I don't think running them in parallel will give you any performance benefit, unless you each give them a dedicated pump, radiator. If they are all to share the same radiator/pump you will be better of putting them all in line one after the other. That would reduce total tubing length

geoffrey · 11th August 2008, 18:03

I don't believe there will be benefits of using parallel loops, unless you have dedicated radiator and pump like John said.

Sounds like you got some pretty neat stuff, shoot a picture when you got the system up and running

18th September 2008, 22:26

The best is to make 2 seperate loops, (with 2 pump's and 2 radiators) one for CPU, Nb and Sb and the other for you Vga's

With the stuff you have now just make one loop like:
pump - cpu - Nb - Sb - Vga's - radiator - reservoir - pump

I dought if your present hardware will be sufficient a 220 rad is a bit tiny for cooling al that heat.

11th August 2008, 01:34	#1
Master Shake Posts: n/a	Water Cooling Setup I just purchased the Swiftech 220 Ultra setup with the MCP655 pump. My proposed setup would be 3 loops in parallel. A 1/2" loop just going to my CPU, a 3/8" loop going to my SB then NB in series, and a 1/2" loop going to my two video cards in series. I would have 1/2" tubing to and from my pump and radiator. Would this setup reduce the flow rate too much to be effective or does this sound like a valid setup? Thanks.

11th August 2008, 09:14	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	hi there M.Shake welcome to the forums. I don't think running them in parallel will give you any performance benefit, unless you each give them a dedicated pump, radiator. If they are all to share the same radiator/pump you will be better of putting them all in line one after the other. That would reduce total tubing length __________________

11th August 2008, 18:03	#3
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	I don't believe there will be benefits of using parallel loops, unless you have dedicated radiator and pump like John said. Sounds like you got some pretty neat stuff, shoot a picture when you got the system up and running __________________

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18th September 2008, 22:26	#4
Rufus Posts: n/a	The best is to make 2 seperate loops, (with 2 pump's and 2 radiators) one for CPU, Nb and Sb and the other for you Vga's With the stuff you have now just make one loop like: pump - cpu - Nb - Sb - Vga's - radiator - reservoir - pump I dought if your present hardware will be sufficient a 220 rad is a bit tiny for cooling al that heat.