First Time watercooling, need some suggestions

[javisaman]

Hi,

I'm a noob so bear with me. I just built my first water cooling loop. Here are the components.

MCP350 pump (yea I know, but I was going for quiet)
MCR320 radiator (4 Yate Loons SL~ probably gonna 7v mod them)
Apogee GT Extreme (got it for cheap ~$35)
Swiftech Microres
Radbox MCB-120 rev 2 (tubes go directly through the pci holes)

PrimoFlex 3/8" tubing.

I'm using 3/8" tubing, because I think 1/2" is too thick and I don't want to modify my case (as in drill holes in it) just yet and I'm using the Swiftech pass-true kit that came with the radbox. I still don't have the rest of the parts of my computer yet, but I did set up the loop (using some broken parts for clearance).

My future build is going to be:
Quad core AMD (employee discount)
The second to highest end nvidia (if I'd purchase now it would be the 8800GTS)

Those are the only important things, because thats all I'm going to cool.

Anyhoo, the pump looks powerful enough, but I thought maybe I should go with a petra/alphacool top, just to up the flow rates. Does that sound like a good idea? Or should I just get a new pump all together? Keep in mind I want something quiet and easy to mount.

Also I thought about scrapping the whole 3/8" tubing, if I the 7/16" masterkleer tubing can fit through the pci slot pass-tru. Does it fit?

Thanks

 

[javisaman]

Anyone?

 

[Arcygenical]

7/16" tubing will fit through the PCI backports but it'll get squished.

The DDC top is a good idea for increasing the flow.

 

[javisaman]

Thanks for the reply. How significant is the squishing?