- Joined
- Nov 22, 2001
- Location
- UK
Hi,
I've had a feeling for a while now that my eheim 1250 pump with it's pathetic 6'7" head pressure just isn't cutting it in my system that has an rbx waterblock, an innovatek gpu block and a 22" x 17" car radiator. The radiator is pretty restrictive.
So a few questions;
1) Is the eheim 1250 infact good enough in my system?
At the mo the flow isn't too bad, but it aint good. I'd say it's the equivalent of a good tap trickle/stream. It's definitely under 1gpm. There's no way it could fill 8 pint glasses every minute (8 pints=1 gallon). Infact, doing a rough experiment estimating the flow with the house tap, I reckon it does 1 pint every 11 seconds, making the flow very roughly 0.7gpm
2) What pump gives the best price per head pressure ratio?
Forget flowrate, I'm mostly interested in pressure ability since my system is abnormally restrictive. Noise isn't so much a factor either since I always turn my pump off at night when I turn my pc off.
3) Can I expect any real world improvement in overclock or temps?
Any first hand experience or stories of pump upgrades would be great.
Thanks in advance for any help. Even if you can only really answer just 1 or 2 questions then PLEASE do so!
Any input is very much apprediated.
I've had a feeling for a while now that my eheim 1250 pump with it's pathetic 6'7" head pressure just isn't cutting it in my system that has an rbx waterblock, an innovatek gpu block and a 22" x 17" car radiator. The radiator is pretty restrictive.
So a few questions;
1) Is the eheim 1250 infact good enough in my system?
At the mo the flow isn't too bad, but it aint good. I'd say it's the equivalent of a good tap trickle/stream. It's definitely under 1gpm. There's no way it could fill 8 pint glasses every minute (8 pints=1 gallon). Infact, doing a rough experiment estimating the flow with the house tap, I reckon it does 1 pint every 11 seconds, making the flow very roughly 0.7gpm
2) What pump gives the best price per head pressure ratio?
Forget flowrate, I'm mostly interested in pressure ability since my system is abnormally restrictive. Noise isn't so much a factor either since I always turn my pump off at night when I turn my pc off.
3) Can I expect any real world improvement in overclock or temps?
Any first hand experience or stories of pump upgrades would be great.
Thanks in advance for any help. Even if you can only really answer just 1 or 2 questions then PLEASE do so!
Any input is very much apprediated.