How many loops?

[Smoblikat]

Hey guys, im looking to consolidate my main computers to a single case. Im interested in this:
http://www.caselabs-store.com/magnum-tx10-d/

It will house my 3770K rig (most likely will have 4 9970's watercooled) and my server (2x Xeon and an EVGA SR-2). I was windering if it would make any difference if I set it as a single loop for all the hardware (I will use a huge res) or should I make 2 - 3 loops (one for my 3770K + MB + RAM, one for my GPU's, and one for the server side).

EDIT - This build will likely take me MONTHS to buy, and it will more than likely not be done until well past next year.

Thanks

 

[BrightCandle]

I have had 2 GPUs, 1 CPU and 2 motherboard blocks and found that a single pump was just about good enough (DDC ultra). You are likely looking at a minimum of 7 blocks. I would plan for 2 pumps at the very least. You might find two loops to be more practical from an upgrade perspective rather than a single loop but I don't think its too long so long as you choose blocks with decent flow rate.

 

[Smoblikat]

I have had 2 GPUs, 1 CPU and 2 motherboard blocks and found that a single pump was just about good enough (DDC ultra). You are likely looking at a minimum of 7 blocks. I would plan for 2 pumps at the very least. You might find two loops to be more practical from an upgrade perspective rather than a single loop but I don't think its too long so long as you choose blocks with decent flow rate.

Awesome, I was planning on using a pair of swiftech 655's. Lets assume I upgrade my server rig with some GPU's for GPGPU stuff, would 2 pumps be enough for 8 GPU waterblocks , 2 mobo blocks, 3 RAM blocks, 3 CPU blocks?

EDIT - Just thought of somthing, I would need to keep both computers on if I did a single huge loop. I might just do 2 independent loops then.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I would make 3 loops

I mean, go big or go home.

1 for server. 1 for gpus. 1 for other rig.

And to answer your question about the 8 GPU blocks plus all the other stuff, I would lean towards no.

 

[Agent11]

There are many nice multiport reservoirs that fit in 5 1/4 bays, many with integrated pumps. I would make 2 sets of parallel loops.

Unless you are planning on building a large standalone unit that just pipes the water to the blocks in each enclosure, which can be done well. The trick is to have enough radiator and enough airflow. I've seen such units built with baffling to reduce noise and an insane number of very loud delta fans. Pumps would be important as well. You would want at least 2 pumps in a series And they should be beasts if its all one loop, especially if the water has to travel any distance. 2 iwaki RD 30's should do the trick, which would also make things easy by buying 24v fans for the radiators and powering it all by a 24v psu in the water enclosure although perhaps 4 smaller pumps split on parallel loops would be more redundancy and easier to stow in an enclosure.