maxijet 900 vs 1200

[bunyip]

I'm building my first watercooling setup. From reading past posts, it sounds like maxijet is the way to go for a budget watercooler like myself.

So my question is, should I go for the maxijet 900 or 1200? The 1200 seems to use a lot more power for not a huge increase in flowrate.

Space is also a concern. Does anyone have any size measurements for the two?

[mfpmax]

The 900 and the 1200 are identical in size.

[JFettig]

size
2.679inches wide
1.971inches tall
1.950inches long without impeller housing
3.375inches long with impeller,
4.575inches long with hosebarb and all
the impeller housing is rotatable, so it changes a little bit
there isnt much diff in flow, I would suggest the 900 if its not a big deal.

[bunyip]

Thanks for the quick replies.

JFettig - The only thing the 900 seems to have going for it is that it seems to be more energy efficient. Is that why you'd recommend it?

[JFettig]

well if that few gph doesnt matter to you, wich I dont see why it would, go for it, its much more efficient.

[mfpmax]

Let price be your decision...if you can get the 900 for $5-10 cheaper...get it.

But for me...it was only $2 difference.

[lebe0024]

for two dollars, go with the 1200

If you have a heatercore, don't worry about pump heat.

[Warlord2]

I love my Via 1200, this pump has some nice pushing power to it, prolly the strongest of all of the 3 pumps Ive had. Would never buy anything else:) I think I got it for like $20 at becooling

[lebe0024]

Yeah, and if you put in "procooling.com" in the comments section, you get the fully assembled version with 1/2 barbs for 20.

[JFettig]

the via pumps are mad hot! maxijets run cool

[HeXenViRii]

my maxijet 1200 is overheating after 10min

[BabyEater]

My maxijet 1200 runs dead cool altho it runs at 14Watts instead of the 20Watts as it is a european model.It looses a bit of head pressure because of this tho 1.48Meters is its max.It hardly even get warm

[JFettig]

interesting, do you know why yours overheated? what did you do?

[Penguin4x4]

J - you need to get that MaxiJet Inline Mod Article up, :D:D:D:D

[HeXenViRii]

oh , i did do J's inline mod , and i think i found the problem ... the heatercore i got has some internal "buildup" ill be cleaning it seperately by shooting some vinegar thru it ... hopefully that should do the trick :D

[JFettig]

did you bore out the barb so there isnt restriction? I didnt mention or notice that before, and there was a good amount of restriction, I can immagine how some barb could have less of an ID to it and restrict TONS of flow, when I have a break from school I can get around to writing that up, Im ultra bizzy when I would feel like writing that up, I hate writing things:p

[HeXenViRii]

hmm , good idea . i didnt bore out the barb . This whole thing is funny because i was running it all day the day before and nothing happened , and yesterday it just started doing it when i booted it up in the morning ....

[HeXenViRii]

after all it was the pump .... i bored out the barbs , and just ran it inline to a bucket , it still failed after 10min ...

[HeXenViRii]

i ordered a 900 (8.5watts) hopefully it should run cooler then the 1200 (20watts)

[JasonKosi]

I have a 900 and it's been chugging away 24/7 for about two months now. I leak tested my setup for three days 24/7 outside of my case (mostly because I kept running out of time) and niether the pump, water, core, tubes or block ever felt warmer than room temp.

It's almost silent though there is a bit of vibration. When mounting it into my case, I used the included suction cups and I can't hear or feel a thing. The only noise is that of my Sunon 120x38mm 86CFM fan.

This setup (fan 7-volted, Maxijet 900, 86' chevette core, 1/2 or larger tubing and fittings, and a converted dragon orb 3 block) get me temps almost identical to my glaciator1 without the obscene case fans. (I had 5 case fans with the glaciator, I have only two with WC)

HTH!

[HeXenViRii]

nice, it sounds like the 900 is the way to go ...

[JFettig]

It just sounds like yorus is having problems, I have 2 maxijet 1200s and ran them both 24/7 for 4+months each, The old one is my leak testing pump, I just got another that I have run for a little while, There is possibly something else to it, I suggest you take it apart and inspect the impeller, is there something lodged? like some hair? I kept getting hair in my impeller whne i would use the sink for testing and whatnots

[Sniperboy]

What do you mean by boring out the barb?