Since I stumbled across a great deal on a Maze4 with 3/8" fittings, I had to buy it. All my WC gear is for 1/2" tubing.
So I came up with an idea to run 3/8" tubing straight from the pump to the waterblock, then 1/2" fittings the rest of the loop. I was assuming this would make the water flow faster through the grooves/channels in the waterblock, and have a less restrictive exit.
Fortunately the 3/8" barbs on the waterblock had the same size base as my 1/2" barbs that I have lying around, so I tried to remove the barb in the Exit side of the waterblock and replace it with a 1/2" barb, but UNfortunately it seemed like the barb was glued in there pretty good so I didn't want to use excessive pressure and risk cracking it, so I ended up wrapping that exit barb with 3/8" tubing and then connected the 1/2" tubing on top of that. Amazingly it ended up being a nice snug fit.
In the end, the temps were exactly the same, however, there is one awesome thing that I noticed about this setup. I'm a T-Line guy, and t-lines can be a pain to fill sometimes, but this setup only took a few minutes to get the water flowing. No tilting of the case was necessary.
One of these days I'm gonna change the exit barb to a 1/2" fitting and see if that helps.
So I came up with an idea to run 3/8" tubing straight from the pump to the waterblock, then 1/2" fittings the rest of the loop. I was assuming this would make the water flow faster through the grooves/channels in the waterblock, and have a less restrictive exit.
Fortunately the 3/8" barbs on the waterblock had the same size base as my 1/2" barbs that I have lying around, so I tried to remove the barb in the Exit side of the waterblock and replace it with a 1/2" barb, but UNfortunately it seemed like the barb was glued in there pretty good so I didn't want to use excessive pressure and risk cracking it, so I ended up wrapping that exit barb with 3/8" tubing and then connected the 1/2" tubing on top of that. Amazingly it ended up being a nice snug fit.
In the end, the temps were exactly the same, however, there is one awesome thing that I noticed about this setup. I'm a T-Line guy, and t-lines can be a pain to fill sometimes, but this setup only took a few minutes to get the water flowing. No tilting of the case was necessary.
One of these days I'm gonna change the exit barb to a 1/2" fitting and see if that helps.