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well here are the radiators, my problem is the configuration of them, simply too many possibilities, so if you could find the time to give your opinions, I would really appreciate it.
I also need advice on a type of shroud for the radiators, the purpose is to inshore good air flow through the radiator.
and lastly how to attach the fans to the radiators?



all advice is welcome and thank you

 
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I don't use a flow meter, never have, never will.

Having a picture of a flow meter does nothing to support a finding, especially when you cannot be 100% conclusive that it is reading correctly or you are accurately converting what is being reported. Does the flow meter registering on the pump without restriction show a flow rate that is close to the rated flow of the pump with your conversion?

If so, great, but if so, you're still running lower than 1.0 gpm on your loop, meaning your delta-T MUST be offset to calculate your cooling potential. Meaning - you have to over-rad to accomplish the same cooling ability that you could achieve with a higher flow. Adding cost of 3x 360 radiators ($60, example) starts to get expensive...
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TM03 - we try to look out for one another :) seeing you try to waste perfectly good hardware is something we can't stand to see...that and Ryan has a different way of saying things, I'd be using that tone with you if you were a beginner but you're someone with some watercooling knowledge under your belt mate.
 
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Oh know Don’t get me wrong I appreciate the help and advice I do actually hear you guys and take your opinions into consideration if not I would not have bought soft 90’s or taken some of the other ideas and implemented them along the way. It may take me a while to get there but eventually I do start to ask the right questions, and already have the right answers to others, but I am if nothing else a little hard headed with does soften after a few blows to it so I try not to take too much personally . :lol:
 
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Your pump can be 'below' the card, but you would definitely want that 2nd card to then feed into your reservoir (which would be higher than the pump inlet) and it feeding the pump. It isn't necessarily the issue of the physical location of the pump in relation to the card that's the issue, it's the location of the pump in relation to the bottom card plus the fact that it is directly feeding the pump inlet. Let's say you make a change and extend that 2nd card outlet to a reservoir inlet, and the reservoir outlet to the pump inlet...keeping the res higher than the pump inlet. This would solve this issue.
 
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I think that is very wise decision on your part and it is a decision you are making for yourself!

I have not broken you, making a water cooling setup change is not breaking someone, and if you did not see the possible danger of the present setup, you would not change it, come hell or high water and you know it! :)


 
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It’s a Nikon Coolpix S3300
Ok so out of the computer case into the reservoir under the radiator case into the pump out of the pump into the radiator, out of the radiator back into the computer case, to the blocks and back out again does that make since.
 
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TM03 - have you considered getting a dual pump top for both your swiftech MCP's, less clutter and you can locate them in 1 spot :) Have res on the other side of case maybe ...? BUT your iteration looks like you'll end up with overly long tubing runs...reduce them.
 
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i am putting the two pumps in the same place, and as far as the tubing, nothing is longer than 10" inches, and I have two reservoirs for the rig
I kind of like the idea of the pumps in-between the two cases they certainly fit better there than In the case and this way they will be right after the reservoirs and before the radiators
 
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If Ryan was talking about the two semi circular like parts...it looks to me like the PCB of a GTX480...it had openings on the opposite side to help with its cooling
223438-nvidia-geforce-gtx-480-video-card-review---underside.jpg
 
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Yes I have the 480's in there right now, there will not be a difference as far as the pluming is concerned and they are a little cheaper to play around with.

Here are the fitting that I have for going in and out of the case for the CPU and GPU's I have 3 for the GPU's and two for the CPU

 
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hehe, would you require my services :lol: :) I was looking very hard to find the copper shavings that the only thing I saw was those openings - then remembered TM had GTX 480's prior to his 580's. I looked into getting the GTX 480 until I eventually held out until I got the 6870 that was much cooler running.

And the other thing I try doing is getting things right at first go - thus the research 😛 however I've been an absolute dud at overclocking so I'm learning to get there :)
 
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Did you win the lottery or something?

Those adjustable 90s are expensive?
 
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