Flowrate

[kttdkt]

I am currently building my own watercooling system but so far I have a problem, the water is only drisling into my res. What could be wrong? There is no air in it either. Can the be a problem with the Waterblock?

[fletch]

i would say its one of two things:
1) There is air in the radiator (it reduced my flowrate by a bit when it happened to me)
2) The pump is pumping the water too high, and is losing nearly all of its flowrate in the process

[BlackLight1880]

If you haven't already, setup your res so it's higher than pump (at least long enough to prime the pump).

When I've had to drain mine, I usually turn the pump on and off a few times to help with the prime until I see the flow is good enough to build up on its own.

[kttdkt]

There was a little air in the radiator but the flow is so slow, its dripping out sometimes drisling thats how slow. I think it might be the waterblock because I had a friend make it, I didn't buy it. The path is about 5\16" deep and 1\4" narrow, I am also running 1\2" tube to it.

[kttdkt]

I just bought a new Maze 2 waterblock in should come in within 2-5 days, I have a Maxi-Jet 1200 pump which can pump 69inches high. I made it pump about 3 feet high and there was no problem with the flowrate.

[SkiFletch]

1/4" narrow flowpath is killing you, trust me ;)