Filling a monster watercooling loop for PC with 3 radiators! Twin Core P5 gaming PC mod
Link: darwinpc.co.uk/build-complete-...
Project p5yche is complete. Thanks to Thermaltake and all the sponsors for inviting me to this competition and making this case mod possible. Project p5yche is a twin Core P5 mod featuring X99, Intel 5820K CPU, SLI ASUS GTX 980 STRIX and 32 GB AVEXIR Blitz memory. All cooled by three huge 480 mm radiators and 24 Riing fans from Thermaltake.
--------- FAQ ---------
- Why not put components in this order within a watercooling loop?
This is something that is oft-repeated, and on the face of it may seem logical. However, order of components makes very little difference to temperature of the coolant at any point in the loop, and therefore to individual component temperatures. The rate of flow in a watercooling loop is so high, that each part of the coolant has very little time to pick up little heat at the heat sources (CPU and GPU) and likewise to lose heat at the radiators. Overall this means there is at most a few °C difference at any point in the loop. In terms of numbers, a 300W GPU would raise the temperature of a litre of water by about 4.5ºC. If a typical loop has a flow rate of 4 litres/min, the coolant would increase by about 1.125ºC after the GPU.
The only important part of loop layout is that the reservoir is immediately before the pump. This is to remove air before coolant reaches the pump, preventing damage from the pump running dry.
- Why construct a serial watercooling loop and not parallel loops?
It is a common misconception that parallel loops perform better than a single, serial loop. Compared to a parallel loop, a serial loop allows the total radiator space to dissipate heat more efficiently, rather than for example having one radiator dissipating 300 watts from a GPU, while another dissipates only 75 watts from a CPU. A serial loop also removes the need for multiple pumps and reservoirs, and allows for a cleaner look, with less tubing.
- Why have two pumps in serial?
Having two pumps in serial gives a higher pressure in the loop, which is good for moving coolant around a large loop. Also, with two pumps in series, if one pump did fail, it would have redundancy so the loop would continue to flow. Having pumps in parallel would increase the flow rate, rather than the pressure, but with any decent pump, the flow rate is more than adequate already.
- Why keep one reservoir sealed while you fill a dual (serial) reservoir loop?
In a series loop, for filling it is simpler to seal the first reservoir by tightening the fill cap. This means only one reservoir needs to be filled as the coolant is moved into the loop by power cycling the pump(s). Once the loop is full of coolant, both fill caps are tightened, and coolant moves through the whole loop including both reservoirs.
--------- Hardware ---------
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH X99 ATX LGA2011-3
Memory: Avexir Blitz 1.1 - 32GB (8x 4GB) DDR4-2400Mhz
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX
Case: Thermaltake Core P5 (2x)
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower DPS G RGB 1250W Titanium
Cables: Custom sleeved E22 Teleios
--------- Watercooling ---------
Radiator: Thermaltake Pacific RL480 (3x)
Reservoir: Thermaltake Pacific T33 (2x)
Pump: Thermaltake Pacific P1 Black D5 Pump w/ Silent Kit (2x)
Fittings: Thermaltake Pacific Chrome
Fans: Thermaltake Riing 12 RGB (24x)
--------- Links ---------
Full build logs at Darwin PC - darwinpc.co.uk
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Пікірлер: 357
Oddly relaxing. Love it.
Stunning PC, beautiful, nice work!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Quite beautiful!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
thanks!
Very nice work, Darwin! Congratulations :D . I hope you will release benchmarks soon also :D.
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and benchmarks will be posted soon! :)
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
During filling the right hand reservoir is sealed (the cap at the top is tightened). I could only fill one reservoir at a time, as otherwise one would run empty before the other anyway.
@Marslane
8 жыл бұрын
Oh wow I never received an notification about your reply. But yea have you released the benchmarks ? :D
Great job moving through quick without being overly verbose. Also, thanks for including list of all parts. Great vid!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
Really nice build!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Thanks..... A purely satisfying experience,
It's just AWESOME! I look at it and I can only express what when trough my mind with this work "AWESOME".
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that's very kind.
So beautiful!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
Damn that build looks so good
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
Man, that was therapeutic.. Good stuff
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Bad ass pc here, thanks for the upload. Looks good.
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Very nice video ! Also that subcriber to views ratio is insane.
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It seems to be generating a lot of organic views, which is great.
dude this thing is fucking rad
I’m late to the party lol but I really enjoyed this. I have the Corsair 1000d case with 4x480 rads, 2 pumps in series and 18 mag lev fans. Complete overkill but it felt necessary because of the amount of room to build in. I love vids like this and what a great looking setup too!
amazing just simply amazing !
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
And i thought having 2 4x120mm rad's was overkill. Great build dude !
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Great build and a good video
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
lol those wobbling stickers in the fans would bother the hell out of me =) This is really cool tho watching vids to get inspiration for my build i like this one alot
The build looks insanely cool! In your description, you mention a competition -- is that the reason for this overkill build? And is that also why you have two pumps, or is having both of them necessary for the amount of liquid to push through?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes, this was for the CaseMOD Invitational 2016 competition. The objective for me was to make a crazy build! For the two pumps, it was partly for looks - there was a lot of space to fill with the two cases stuck together. It also gives a higher pressure in the loop, which is good for such a large loop. Finally, with two pumps in series, if one pump did fail, it would have redundancy so the loop would continue to flow.
I love this loop.
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
After watching your video, I'm now considering adding a better water cooling system to my build. Yours is really awesome!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks and good luck!
Holly shit that's a lot of coolant, massive build. Only nit pick is the none parallel tubes at the top to from rads.
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The tubes are parallel from directly in front, it's just the camera was slightly lower than the centre point.
Awesome! What's the higest overclock with this beefy cooling capacity?
Sir, I believe you've frozen your PC
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
As close as possible without using dry ice or LN2, anyway...
I always wondered how people filled it up because i don't have liquid cool it's kinda fun to watch
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
It's quite mesmerising!
Very nice!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
so satisfying
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it.
why is this so satisfying?
very nice build congratulations :) just wondering what coolant you used in the loop as it wasn't in the build spec?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks. This uses the Thermaltake C1000 Opaque Green Coolant.
So...at a certain point there is just a very limited return on those radiators adding any additional cooling. I am curious to know the temps of the liquid as they leave each radiator.
this is beautiful!!!!!
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Overkill Pump with good bends. Congrats. Only the tube between Reservoir and Radiator don't look very well but very nice build.... ;-D
So quick question could you have 2 d5 pump/reservoir combo's setup like this in serial ?Very nice build btw. There's very littel info when it comes to 2 separate pump combo's and i need to know for my future build. I wil have a lot of restriction and thus need more pressure. And i don't need a combo pump because i just bought a singel one , and i don't want a dual loop. Thx
Awesome!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
Insane
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Glad you thought so!
Great idea. I'm gonna use it to cool 4 GPUs and a CPU
Hypnothic
Wow that thing needed a lot of liquid!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
About 3 litres.
@jameshone1000
7 жыл бұрын
ok i under stand now
@alexlap3303
7 жыл бұрын
+Darwin PC Maybe you can educate me a little, i am building in a phanteks ethoon elite in a few weeks and was wondering if i need two loops or go single loop. I am afraid that d5 from ek wouldn't have the pressure needed to handle multiple rads, two CPU and a gpu block. So two loops or a double pump combo would actually handle it?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Honestly I think a single D5 could handle it fine. They are pretty powerful! I personally don't see any benefit from having multiple loops, there isn't really a performance benefit, so it's just a case of what you think looks best / what you prefer.
@alexlap3303
7 жыл бұрын
+Darwin PC I was told that d5 pumps could have issues with pushing liquid through the gpu, a CPU and 3 rads. Something about head pressure and all, i don't want to use a ddc since it generates lots of heat. so was wondering if a dual pump combo could have a higher head pressure if try are together or i have to split them up on the loop?
Nice pc!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Egor????? More Power... It's Alive, It's Alive !!!!!
Outstanding build dude but that tube coming from the last radiator not being perfectly parallel with the tube above it is triggering my OCD something fierce! (probably why I haven't built any of my loops with hard tubing)
Yes Im a new to water-cooling but I have to ask....the longer the loop the cooler the temps? Im considering wall mount and I was going to make extra large loop for esthetics but Im wondering if its also for function too.
It's cool but good luck using the front I/O!
Is really that effective to have an extra 2 rads for the coolant to loop through for cooling? I wonder what the temp differences would be by just taking & adding rads.
One question. I have 2 res and 1 of them is lower than the other. The one thats feed the pump is actually the highest one. I want to connect both res in series just like this one on the video, should both res be on the same level for that to work ? Regards
Why watching a watercooling loop getting filed feels like watching a porn ? ;)
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Whatever floats your boat!
@elu996
7 жыл бұрын
jajajajjaja
Sick Amazing
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Nice mod. I'm building a desk computer and it will have something like this. I will be using water however because I don't like to burn my money.
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Good luck with your build!
How did you mount the radiators to the P5 case?
i would have loved to see a build log of this D:
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
All build logs at www.darwinpc.co.uk
Cool build but you should have kept 2 radiators for the gpu 1 for cpu then use a white color on the cpu dye would look even more boss :) but anyway amazing pc subbed ! is this case 2x thermaltake p5 connected ?
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks - I agree it would have been cool to use two different colours, but in the end I decided to keep the theme simple, and it also meant the tubing runs could be cleaner looking. And yes it's 2x Core P5 - you can see the full build logs at www.darwinpc.co.uk
Yo man! I have a question, does it matter what size you get for a 90 degrees fitting? Because i cant find the right one with the right Millimeters and its getting kinda annoying. I want to get this tubing: Monsoon PETG Tubing 16/12mm (ID 1/2" OD 5/8") 4x90cm - UV Blue. Would be awesome if you can help me out with that! Great build!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I tend to just use 90 deg fittings with a female G1/4 end. Then you can connect whatever fitting you need to accommodate your tubing.
Nice pc
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I'd like to see what kind of temps you're getting on the CPU and GPUs... A very cool system.. literally XD
Please provide temperature benchmarks. I guess third radiator is overkill but it looks beautiful. +1 for the green Tt stickers. Why did you not plug out the ATX from mainboard and bridge it? I thought it is dangerous for the components. My final verdict: 9.8 Dissemble the flow indicator and paint them green :D If you buy white furniture you get white stickers to cover the screws, maybe it is a good idea to cover the holes? I also have a MB with this cover (sabertooth Z97) and I HATE those little USB AUDIO Power switch etc. connectors :/
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Absolutely overkill, but that's kinda the point with this build! What exactly do you mean about the ATX? You can't actually see the red part in the flow indicator with the opaque coolant anyway :)
What is being cooled under all that lot :) looks neat though, looks are important to us computer loons
You could post us some temps in full load with dat monsta
how many degress you have in your card in this build ?
i just gotta ask...the flow of coolant doesn't make the CPU run hotter (since it's after both GPU's) because flow rate is so high that nothing but cooled coolant is going thru?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Exactly, the flow rate is very high, so the coolant picks up only a small amount of heat per ml as it runs around.
What are the temps like under heavy load ?
God, my dream is real, ohhh god, 3 560mm wtcooling , damn ,
Very nice) How many coolants you used?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, this was about 3 litres.
I came, sexiest build I've seen in a long time
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
the amount of water they intake is insane
Seen this on pcpartpicker!
@abhirmohamed8574
4 жыл бұрын
i wont drink you
I'm curious to know why you stopped using joint. Why bend the tubing once it started leaving the pump? And why not a SLI connector for the cards?
@coonjamalay
7 жыл бұрын
he did use a connector watch carefully
@AlphaTrion810
7 жыл бұрын
No he isn't. He's using tubing
Is there a practical reason to have that many radiators? Does it really take the temp down or is it more for just show?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
This build was for a competition, so it was more for show than anything else. Though it does cool very well too!
@jonathanoxlade4252
6 жыл бұрын
If I built my pc it will have a single rad for each component so a single gpu will have its own 560mm monsta rad
I didn't know you could plumb the pumps in series without hurting them. This system must have huge head pressure and flow rate. Those radiators look big enough to run in passive mode. Awesome looking system though.
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
In series the pumps have higher pressure, whereas in parallel they would have a higher flow rate. The higher pressure is good to get the coolant around the large loop, especially when bleeding the air out. Also gives redundancy in case of pump failure. Thanks!
DAMN.
That's allot of fans
Wouldn't you get lower temps if you had 3 closed loops (CPU loop, GPU1 loop, GPU2 loop) instead of 1 continuous one?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Not really, as the thermal capacity of the radiators is large enough that the coolant temperature does not increase much. It's more efficient overall to have all your components in the same loop.
how did u get the green thermaltake stickers for the fans?!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
I designed them in Illustrator then cut them in vinyl using an electronic vinyl cutter.
Brutal :))))
The cpu waterblock would suffer from 2 gpus temp i guess, but its definetely gorgeous
@DomiDomi00LOVE00TeK
6 жыл бұрын
bullshit, temps only differ couple of degrees in the loop so order of blocks don't matter
Two flow indicators in series just for aesthetic reasons?
can you please tell me what is that cpu waterblock that you used?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
It's a Thermaltake Pacific W1 full cover waterblock. I'm not sure if it's still on sale.
the max temp of that cpu would be 10 degree Celsius :P
forCPU and GPU you need 3 Radiators, 2 Pumps and 2 reservoirs? woudnt be just 2 Radiators and 1 pump + seperate reservoir for each radiator enough? and these 3 radiators connected in a row seems overkill to me. max. Temp would be room temperature, no?
@DarwinPCmods
6 жыл бұрын
Yes it's overkill, that was the aim.
how many degrees does it cool down?
Did you just bolt them together? Let me know how. I'm thinking about doing the same.
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
I drilled and riveted them together. I also drilled and bolted through the reinforcing corner brackets at the bottom.
Damn like that.......
elle et magnifique ^^
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Glad you like her!
Do you have to keep on poring more liquid inside to make it work?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
If the loop is sealed properly, the level will be stable. There might be very slight losses over time due to evaporation.
Looks nice. But why the level of the right reservoir isn't changing? While you're fillling the loop, the levels changes not even one time...
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
Because the right hand reservoir is sealed (the cap at the top is tightened). I could only fill one reservoir at a time, as otherwise one would run empty before the other anyway.
Your pump works EXTREMELY fast! I have an EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 D5 and a 360mm Monsta radiator. But why is my water flow extremely weak? RTX 4090 80 degrees?? help me please .. I ask perfect pump for high speed storm
Is there a very big advantage to having 3 radiators? Also, what is the advantage of 2 reservoirs? Sorry, I'm new to this. Thanks!
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
This loop could probably function perfectly well with 1 reservoir and 1-2 radiators. The main reason for more was aesthetics and because, why not!
Was that MOBO stock or customized (white / poison green paint)?
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
Hi, yes the mobo was modded so it could fit with the full cover block, and painted white with green vinyl detailing. For more info see the build logs here: www.darwinpc.co.uk/x99-sabertooth-mod/ www.darwinpc.co.uk/x99-sabertooth-part-2/
Musik, Music Song: Otis McDonald - Sunday
Is that system running triple quad rad??? Omalawd!!!
How is the temperatures going?
Whats the point of the flow meters if you cant see them because of the fluid?
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
If they stop moving, you can see the indicator inside. So they still show whether the coolant is flowing. Also, I needed to break up the top tubing run, as the max length of tubing I had was 1m.
temps on load?
what is the need for that much radiators and fans?
What is the temperature of this computer?
Excuse my ignorance, but what are those 2 pieces above the radiators that are shaped like a drop?
@renetumbrink
7 жыл бұрын
Water flow sensors, I guess.
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
This is correct, thanks.
So that's what a $2000 loop looks like
how do you build something like that ?? and what case is that ?
@DarwinPCmods
8 жыл бұрын
For more info you can find all build logs on my site, www.darwinpc.co.uk . There are two Thermaltake Core P5 cases attached together.
Great job, it looks sexy.
@DarwinPCmods
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
why the two cases? awesome build btw :)
@DarwinPCmods
7 жыл бұрын
For fun and to make something different! Cheers