Ii. installation of the cooling components – Swiftech APEX ULTRA PLUS User Manual
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inside your chassis.
From a performance standpoint there is very little performance to be gained from strictly controlling the component sequence: the
maximum delta T (difference in temperature) between any two points of the liquid cooling circuit does not exceed 1ºC. Whenever
possible, performance oriented users will typically want to route the radiator discharge(s) tube(s) to the inlet of the CPU cooler, since
the fluid exiting the radiators is always the coolest.
Devices:
(1) CPU cooler + (1) VGA Cooler + (1) chipset Cooler + (1) Radiator + Pump-reservoir assembly
Connect:
Reservoir discharge to pump inlet – MANDATORY!
Pump discharge to chipset cooler inlet
Chipset cooler discharge to VGA cooler inlet
VGA cooler discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet
Devices:
(1) CPU cooler + (2) VGA Coolers + (1) chipset Cooler + (1) Radiator + Pump-reservoir assembly
Connect:
Reservoir discharge to pump inlet – MANDATORY!
Pump discharge to chipset cooler inlet
Chipset cooler discharge to VGA (1) cooler inlet
VGA (1) cooler discharge to VGA (2) cooler inlet
VGA (2) cooler discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet
Devices:
Dual CPU cooler and VGA cooler (SLI) configurations
Connect:
CPU coolers in series: CPU cooler (1) discharge to CPU cooler (2) inlet
VGA coolers in series: VGA cooler (1) discharge to VGA cooler (2) inlet
Devices:
Dual Radiators: A second radiator can be added anywhere in the loop in series with the other components,
for example
Connect
Reservoir discharge to pump inlet – MANDATORY!
Pump discharge to radiator (1) inlet
Radiator (1) discharge to VGA cooler inlet
VGA Cooler discharge to chipset cooler inlet
Chipset cooler discharge to radiator (2) inlet
Radiator (2) discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet
II. Installation of the cooling components
Warning!
Placement of the cooling components may vary depending on your chassis and motherboard configurations. A mock-up
installation is thus necessary to estimate the length of the different sections of tubing that will be required between each component.
The following is the recommended sequence of components installation.
1. Radiator
and
fan
2. Water-block(s)
• Apogee
water-block
•
MCW30 Chipset water-block
• MCW60
VGA
water-block
3. Pump
4. Reservoir