Dual pump question

doesnt it?
you wont be disappointed with that one :3

doesnt it? You meaning the performance of my current setup? or the looks of the block?

No i'm happy with my current setup. Just don't know what to expect with the dual pumps.

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When I run dual pumps I always run them one right after the other and the same kind. Running a D-5 and a DDC I'd seperate them the way your planning.

Pumps in series will give you twice the head and about 30-40% more flow.

I dropped a a C or two going to dual 18W DDC in series from a single 18W DDC, in a CPU only loop, I'd think you would get a little more in a multi-block loop, maybe. Those were the old high performance orange impeller 18W DDC. The redundancy of dual pumps was a nice thing to, if one dies the second will keep right on pumping.

If you were going to run a dual loop and just use that one EK res you would still have a single loop since the water would mix in the res, the hotter loop would warm up the cooler, which should be the CPU loop.

If you want to run dual loops just use a t-line on the second loop to save room.

If I were you and since you'll be buying the D-5 anyway is to just try it both ways and see what works best for you , dual pump single loop or two seperate loops. Thats half the fun with this stuff, playing with it. .Try it one way for a few months and when you get bored with it try it the other way. That way you'll know for yourself which way works the best for you and your config.

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NP. .What kind of tools do you have? You could make it out of wood or metal.

Aluminum angle bolted or pop riveted together for size with hex mesh inserts would probably look pretty sharp. You could paint it any color or just leave it silver. These guys have some sharp mesh..DragonModz Shop .They have the diamond, round,hex and oval. I bet the oval would look pretty good and everyone doesn't use it.

You could make one out of wood like that to. Or use some aluminum coil stock and use that to cover parts of the wood or aluminum angle frame to, solid and then mesh for the openings.

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Yeah Syr does good work in plexi, CD to. I suck at it, I'll get something about 90% of the way done and I'll crack it out. .I mess wood and metal up to but I can usually fix that.

The newer poly carb and acrylic aren't supposed to crack out as easily, I've never used any of the newer stuff.

They have saw blades and cutters and other tools for it here if you cant find any locally.United States Plastic Corporation ®

Hey guys!

So i received my D5 today & guess what it's the vario. Just made the deal that much sweeter, cause i was under the impression i'm getting the stock one.

I Was thinking quite a bit about the rad housing i want to build & i was having trouble to get my thoughts into some form you guys will understand. So Syrillian suggested Sketchup (thanks for always helping m8!). Now i'm not really sure what i want to do. I have 2 options.

1: i can make sort of a clone of the antec900 which will double up as a side cover for the right side of the case. It will have the same dimentions, 45cm long, 20cm wide & 42cm high, i will not replicate the plastic cover of the top of the antec900. I will also make a super long dual res that will fit the front end of the rad housing. I'm not sure if i will make it a dual 360 rad housing (i will use 2 - mcr220's for the time being) or a tripple 360 housing. The rads will be placed horizontally, so that the tubes align with the blocks, top rad/s for cpu block & bottom rad for gpu/s.

I will try & get a design up ASAP.

2: my 2nd option will be to make something similar to what Cyberdruid did with indignity's antec900 . (awesome work btw) Mine won't be anything like his. Not that don't want to, but becasue i don't have the skills most of you guys have.

Lucky for me my dad's partner builds huge ovens for bakeries, so he (my dad) will do most of the manufacturing , casue i'm no where near him & i don't have the tools. There's lots of spare materials (steel). I'm aware that this will weigh halve a ton, but it's for free & i'm strong. I The 2 rads will be fitted to the sides, each overlapping each other so that i have enough space to fit the pumps aswell. I will also make a dual res that will fit in 2-3 5.25" bays. Or i can get another Ek100 res. This option will require the least work.

Both options will be powder coated. I'm starting to lean to option 2, not because this will be easier, but it will save alot of space & be alot cleaner looking.

PLZ guys, let me know what you think & suggestions are welcome!

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I'd separate the pumps from the rad if you can, they throw off a lot of heat in a enclosed space. But you'll have the rads pulling air from the outside in so that will alleviate a lot of that heat.

How did CD make that? Was it a rad box or did it attach to the case. He makes so much stuff I cant even begin to keep up with it. Link me if you can.

You could just make a rad-box thats like a phase rig, the case sets on top of it. A lot of guys used to do that when they were using Bonnies for rads.

Powder coat it the color of your case and it would look sharp.