Shorter the better. But in reality the differences would be negligible unless you go overboard.

 

The shortest length that you can achieve with no kinks will be allow the highest flow-rate.

So Shorter=better, this is not always the case, but generally correct (with any water movement system)

I've never built any WC systems, but I did build pool circulatory systems. Not the same can of beans, so take what I say with a grain of salt

. Hopefully someone with better WC experience will comment.

EDIT: on a small system such as WC computers, length shouldn't be an issue unless your going LONG!

 

Tube length doesn't really matter much until you start getting into absurd lengths. For a CPU only loop it's not even a thought unless you plan on the rad being across the room. Grab a 10' pack for about 20 bucks and you're good to go.

 

Shorter is better. You want your loop to be tight, clean, and the shortest you can give without kinks is best. Always have enough slack though for things like pulling out your res if you need to fill (assuming a res/pump combo like teh XSPC one), or installing ram..etc.

 

The answers above are spot on.
Large diameter tubing 1/2" or 3/8" internal offer low restriction, and total tubing lengths of up to 2 or 3 meters (6-10 feet) will not offer any trouble to a decent pump.
Anything smaller will provide much more restriction, and should only be used in very short lengths.

 

so you want them short but still with enough slack so you don't get kinks to were it connects to stuff, or if i need to pull it out to refill.

so now is there a specific place the tubes go i mean for flow wise, or do i just connect it and it knows which tubes to flow to parts and then back. how do i know if i have the flow going right or is it pretty self explanitory? hope i explained that right.

 

it starts at the pump. You figure out where the pump is pumping water OUT, and then u go from there, tracing your loop.

on the CPU block, there are also labels taht read "in/out", 1 for each hole. The rad is either other, so tehre's no specific in/outlet for the RAD.

Other than that, it's pretty straight forward if you take your time

 

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Originally Posted by vcrazy it starts at the pump.

I would say it starts at the res, but otherwise I agree with you.

Res > pump inlet > nearest component > next nearest component etc.

It doesn't matter which port you use for inlet / outlet on rads and res.

GPU full cover blocks (if you are using them) will usually have 4 ports, you need to use two that don't line up as the inlet / outlet and blank the rest, unless you are going for a parallel setup. See below:

(I know you are not going to need this right now, but it is here for future reference)

The only thing you have to watch for is that some CPU blocks have a specific in and out port. They would usually point this out in the instructions, but if in doubt we can help.

 

So now when i start to water cool something else in the cpu then into the other part im cool and that out goes to the rad?

 

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Originally Posted by sharkattack99 So now when i start to water cool something else in the cpu then into the other part im cool and that out goes to the rad?

Yes, whatever is the easiest to route. Have a look at the WC club and gallery for some loop ideas. Skip to some of the later pages for more current loops.

 

So the loop is referred to tubing was confused by that lol. Kind of excited about getting my new parts:applaud:

 

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Originally Posted by sharkattack99 So the loop is referred to tubing was confused by that lol. Kind of excited about getting my new parts

The loop is referring to all parts of the whole, blocks, tubing, res, all of the above.

Don't forget to leak test everything after you get the WC loop set-up before you turn on the components.

Do a BUILD LOG!

Please!

(and post the link in this thread)

 

oh ok no i got it.

alright i will have to do that my first build thread for this forum.

 

well i started a build log heres the link you wanted.

http://www.overclock.net/intel-build-logs/1147418-first-real-gaming-wc-rig.html

 

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Originally Posted by allikat

The answers above are spot on.
Large diameter tubing 1/2" or 3/8" internal offer low restriction, and total tubing lengths of up to 2 or 3 meters (6-10 feet) will not offer any trouble to a decent pump.
Anything smaller will provide much more restriction, and should only be used in very short lengths.

More question on this.

when you said "total tubing lengths of up to 2 or 3 meters (6-10 feet)", does that calculation already includes the whole circuit that passes through the radiator or did you literally meant only the tube length?

because i'm planning to pass the tubing through CPU and GPU and possibly DDR also.
My calculation so far, for the tubing only would already took around 2meters. but if i also adds the circuit length that run through the radiators, etc. it would add aproximately another 1.5meter; which in total would be around 3.5meters of circuit.
what kind of pump would be sufficient for this?

Thank you.

Blessings,
Andrew Lim