I. tube routing, Ii. installation of the cooling components – Swiftech H20 120 PREMIUM User Manual

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I. TUBE

ROUTING

The tubing for the water-cooling system must be routed to form a complete loop that includes all elements of the system. When daisy-chaining
components, the simplest and most natural route is usually the best. Always avoid sharp bends that would kink the tubing!

The following table contains examples on how to establish connections between the different elements of a cooling circuit based on multiple
possible configurations. These are guidelines only, and may change depending on the relative position of the components 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) Radiator + Pump-reservoir assembly

Connect:

Pump discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet

Alternatively,

Connect

Pump discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator discharge to reservoir inlet

Devices

(1) CPU cooler + (1) VGA cooler + (1) Radiator + Pump-reservoir assembly

Connect:

Pump discharge to VGA Cooler inlet
VGA cooler discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet

Alternatively,

Connect:

Pump discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to VGA cooler inlet
VGA cooler discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator discharge to reservoir inlet

Devices:

(1) CPU cooler + (1) VGA Cooler + (1) chipset Cooler + (1) Radiator + Pump-reservoir assembly

Connect:

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

Alternatively,
Connect:

Pump discharge to CPU cooler inlet
CPU cooler discharge to chipset cooler inlet
Chipset cooler discharge to VGA cooler inlet
VGA cooler discharge to radiator inlet
Radiator 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

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

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)
3. Pump and reservoir assembly