2 pumps required for my loop?

[yousif666]

Hello

I have Alphacool VPP655 and i am water cooling 2 GTX 980 + CPU, I have 2 480 Rads

This is the loop i will be doing:

Res - Pump - Bottom Rad - 2 Gpus in parallel - CPU - Top Rad - Res

So will 1 pump be able to handle with loop without problems? or should i buy another one?

Will use rigid tubing.

Thanks.

 

[EarthDog]

1 pump will be fine. D5 vario w/top or something similar.

 

[yousif666]

1 pump will be fine. D5 vario w/top or something similar.

Yes its with top but i forgot to mention it.

"Alphacool VPP655 - G1/4 IG complete with D5 HF Top"


Just to know, some people run 2 pumps in series the second pump for backup, how can i do this if i wanted to install another pump for backup? just to have good info about it so maybe implement it in the future.

 

[tool_462]

You can put the additional pump anywhere in the loop, just make sure it's the same pump and the speed setting is the same if your is a vario.

 

[GTXJackBauer]

Yes its with top but i forgot to mention it.

"Alphacool VPP655 - G1/4 IG complete with D5 HF Top"


Just to know, some people run 2 pumps in series the second pump for backup, how can i do this if i wanted to install another pump for backup? just to have good info about it so maybe implement it in the future.

You can purchase a dual top that will install the two D5s in series automatically. You'll just need to make sure both are running at the same speed.

 

[Techjesse]

One D5 vario will do fine, I running one D5 vario on my loop at 1.0-1.1 gpm. See sig

 

[yousif666]

all my concern is that the pump might die and kill the parts, this is why i was thinking of second pump.

 

[EarthDog]

Stuff will shutdown before it kills it... I wouldn't add another for the sole reason of redundancy.

 

[yousif666]

Stuff will shutdown before it kills it... I wouldn't add another for the sole reason of redundancy.

If its like that then I have nothing to worry about, since its my first time to water cool so I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks a lot.