$1500 Watercooling Loop - Page 4

Originally Posted by barkinos98 

since im going to use two rads and so two loops (i think there isnt a way to connect these) and so 2 pumps. I actually do want a bay res, sorry for the fans, yeah they do look nice (as specs). also im not using a fan controller so RX240 it is?

Originally Posted by barkinos98 

can i run them on one pump? wouldnt that cause the pump to be overloaded?

Originally Posted by NuclearCrap 

I'm not too sure about clearance in the Cosmos II, but when I had a Cosmos S, it housed a GTX 360 radiator with no problems in push/pull fan configuration. And at the time that radiator was cooling an i7 920, a Rampage II, and 2x 480s. Since you're going with the much cooler 680s, a single good 360mm radiator should be more than sufficient. One pump is also good enough to handle all that, and you might also look into the DDC (such as the MCP-35X) instead of D5 since that's a space saver and offers similar performance. You won't need a motherboard block, although I've heard people saying that the fan on the R4E can get a little loud, but running water over it won't give you any advantage in terms of overclocking for 24/7.
As for the case, I used to be going after the looks like you and bought many mainstream cases that are readily available at most retailers, but it's a whole different story once you go custom watercooling. It's very frustrating to work with and if you ever have to take your loop apart for maintenance, it'll require even more work. However, a lot of these problems can be fixed easily if manufacturers can re-introduce removable motherboard trays. In my setup, I have no-spill quick disconnects that can cut the blocks off from the rest of my loop for maintenance and I can just slide out the entire motherboard tray including the graphics cards in my CaseLabs T10, and that makes maintenance very easy since you instantly get a million miles of workspace around the motherboard area.