Swiftech H20 120 PREMIUM REV3 - Manual (Page 5)

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I. T UBE 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
Connect: Reservoir discharge (lower barb) to pump inlet
Pump discharge (arrow pointing out) to radiator inlet (either barb)
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet (either barb)
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet (upper barb)
Alternatively,
Connect Reservoir discharge (lower barb) to pump inlet
Pump discharge (arrow pointing out) to CPU cooler inlet (any barb of two)
CPU cooler discharge to Radiator inlet (either barb)
Radiator discharge to reservoir inlet (upper barb)
Devices (1) CPU cooler + (1) VGA cooler + (1) Radiator + Pump + Reservoir
Connect: Reservoir discharge (lower barb) to pump inlet
Pump discharge (arrow pointing out) to VGA Cooler inlet (any barb of two)
VGA cooler discharge to radiator inlet (either barb)
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet (either barb)
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet (upper barb)
Alternatively,
Connect: Reservoir discharge (lower barb) to pump inlet
Pump discharge (arrow pointing out) to radiator inlet (either barb)
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet (either barb)
CPU cooler discharge to VGA cooler inlet (either barb)
VGA cooler discharge to reservoir inlet (upper barb)
Devices: (1) CPU cooler + (1) VGA Cooler + (1) chipset Cooler + (1) Radiator + Pump + Reservoir
Connect: Reservoir discharge (lower barb) to pump inlet
Pump discharge (arrow pointing out) to VGA Cooler inlet (any barb of two)
VGA cooler discharge to Chipset cooler inlet (either barb)
Chipset cooler discharge to radiator inlet (either barb)
Radiator discharge to CPU cooler inlet (either barb)
CPU cooler discharge to reservoir inlet (upper barb)
Alternatively,
Connect:
Reservoir discharge (lower barb) to pump inlet
Pump discharge (arrow pointing out) to VGA Cooler inlet (any barb of two)
VGA cooler discharge to Chipset cooler inlet (either barb)
Chipset cooler discharge to CPU cooler inlet (either barb)
CPU Cooler discharge to Radiator inlet (either barb)
Radiator Discharge to reservoir inlet (upper barb)
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