LuckyX2

I just recently purchased a rocketfish case and I am in the process of modding it a bit and moving my hardware into it. Id like to make it as clean and cool running as possible and thought you guys may have some suggestions.

I have attached a picture of a stock rocketfish and a picture of how I pictured in my head the layout of my loop.

My loop will include a 360 black ice gt, d-tek blocks on the cpu and gpu, swiftech mcp-655 and an ek multioption with a fillport. My current order is rad>cpu>gpu>pump>res>rad and the rad will definitely be mounted up top as I already bought the grill for it.

Also would it be better to have the fans(133cfm ultra kaze) in push or pull? I was thinking pull because then the fans wouldnt be pushing hot air from inside the case through the rad. And one last thing I have both black fesser coolant and some pentosin and pt nuke to make my own blue coolant. Which color would look best in your opinion, there will also be white and uv cathodes in the case.

Thanks everyone!

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dizzy4

you have res listed twice in there. Which one is the radiator?

EDIT: i would do res->cpu->gpu->rad->pump repeat

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LuckyX2

thanks for catching that, I edited it to start and end with the rad

And what would the benefit be going res->cpu instead of rad->cpu, I thought it would be better to have the cool water coming out of the rad go right to the cpu instead of going through the pump and res and then to the cpu.

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Unless the water sitting in the res is getting heated up while it is just sitting there there is no heat difference. It might even cool down more . The only problem I could see is that the res might give better flow going straight to the cpu than straight out of a radiator.

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whe3ls

i have my pump in the bottom of my case

and i dont think you can fit two sets of 38mm fans and the rad in the top of the case

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Two sets of 38mm fans? As in 6 of them on one side? I only have 3 of the 38mm kazes which are going on the side of the radiator that's inside the case. I was just wondering whether I should have them push or pull, I never said anything about two sets of them.

Thanks for the pump suggestion tho.

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no as in 3 on of each side for a push pull set up

what would be two sets of 3

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I would go
pump->rad->cpu->gpu->res->pump

that way any heat from the pump is taken out before it hits the cpu

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LuckyX2

Well I only have 3 and didnt want fans on the outside of my case, so in that configuration (3 on the inside) would you recommend push or pull?

I think im gonna go with that loop, should look good and give the best cooling. Also I think ill keep my pump in the disk drive bays, its closer to the res and rad that way so it will use less tubing and should give a cleaner look.

And how about the color? Blue or black? and any tips for wire management on this case? It looks like im gonna have a difficult time getting the wires tidy.

thanks again everyone

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think you got it sorted out?

starting from the top, going counterclockwise from the rad, take the output of the GPU and put that into your res and from there go to the pump then back to the rad.

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