hooking up waterblocks

[tony4704]

I currently have a CPU waterblock hooked up to my koolance system. Have about 3 ft of hose going to it and 3ft coming back from it. Now with the new cards I am finally getting a GPU block (mcw60). Can I just leave one of the 3 ft hoses going into the CPU block, put the other coming out of the GPU block and put an additional 1 ft section connecting the two? Or is there some other way to hook these all up that would be more thermally efficeint? thanks

 

[CaiNaM]

the gpu should be between the cpu and the pump on the return side

 

[tony4704]

right thats what im saying... Pump-----3ft------CPU------1ft------GPU-------3ft------pump

 

[TheRyuu]

You going to run SLI?
The "ideal" loop would be pump>rad>cpu>gpu>res/t-line>pump
If you had 2 GPU's you would just add the next one right after the other one:
pump>rad>cpu>gpu>gpu>res/t-line>pump.

Your last post about covers it. Just go from the CPU to the GPU.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: tony4704
right thats what im saying... Pump-----3ft------CPU------1ft------GPU-------3ft------pump

In theory, running them in parallel might be SLIGHTLY better, but it is unlikely to make a big difference if you have an adequate radiator.

In the Pump->CPU->GPU->Pump config, the water feeding the GPU is going to be slightly warmer than it would be if you split the line and ran them in parallel.

 

[tony4704]

ok, thanks...nope not SLI.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: tony4704
right thats what im saying... Pump-----3ft------CPU------1ft------GPU-------3ft------pump

In theory, running them in parallel might be SLIGHTLY better, but it is unlikely to make a big difference if you have an adequate radiator.

In the Pump->CPU->GPU->Pump config, the water feeding the GPU is going to be slightly warmer than it would be if you split the line and ran them in parallel.

The water doesn't get that warm. When it runs at such a high speed, it doesn't heat up that quickly. Running the cpu>gpu shouldn't be a problem. With my new WC setup, I'm running it from cpu>gpu>gpu which still shouldn't cause a problem for me.