ViaAqua: 1300 vs. 1800?

[Patrick_]

I am wondering whether to get the ViaAqua 1300 or 1800. The 1800 pumps 480gph and uses about 28 watts, is 19.99. The 1300 pumps 370gph, uses about 31.5 watts, and is 17.99. Which one do you guys recommend?

I'm thinking the 1800 because it uses less power, pumps over 100 more gallons per hour, and is only a few bucks more.

Any stories, suggestions, experiences? Thanks! :)

[CCUABIDExORxDIE]

1800. its the better value. good luck with your wcing. i know someone around here has the 1800, i think moto does.

[voigts]

Gallons per hour means little to nothing when it comes to watercooling. You need to be looking at the head pressure rating as it is the head that keeps the water flowing through your blocks, not the gph rating. I haven't used the via so can't personally vouch for it one way or the other, but I am wary of a pump that is only $20 when the watercooling standard pumps like the Aquaextreme 50z and the MCP655 are like $80.

[Raistlin]

i have been using a ViaAqua 1300 for awhile now (6+months) no probs. but i do see your point.

[Sneaky]

the ViaAqua is a good pump for the money, but given that i said "for the money" its probably the best value pump for water cooling that you can buy - they're pretty reliable, they're cheap, they have a good flowrate (i know this means little in WCing, but still), but the only thing that it lacks is pressure - it has about half the head of most $70+ pumps, but hell, it gets the job done for less than 1/2 the price


but definitely go with the 1800 :thup:

[voigts]

So, this makes me wonder if two 1800 pumps would perform as well as a d5 or 50z for a total of like half of the price?

[Patrick_]

Thanks for the input guys. I know, quality Eheim and such pumps are a lot more, but I have a budget and everywhere I look people say ViaAqua's are reliable. And yeah, the 1800 is definitley the better deal. :-)

Can't wait to set up my watercooling!

[Craptacualr]

well, an 1800 pushes 7 feet of head versus its cousin 1300's 6 feet. 2 1800's would not push 14 feet of head, allthough they would push probably 7-800gph at ZERO head with a VERY steep dropoff thereafter. Accurately predicting the resulting max head pressure of two pumps is unfortunately outside my knowledge of the realm of fluid dynamics, but I do know that the max head pressure increase from running 2 pumps in series is not all that great. I'd highly doubt if even 2 1800's could push the over 10 feet of hed that the D5s can... Heck, I'll take my Mag 7 with its 13 feet of head for $55 anyday :)

[Sneaky]

well, when you run pumps in series, its not the flowrate that increases, its the pressure that increases - running pumps in parallel increases the flowrate (very little though)