Doubt with watercooling

[tacobell]

Hi there, I'm new to this forum, I was reading some stuff about watercooling and something came to me..

wouldn't be more efficient if the water circulation was:

reservoir -> waterblocks -> radiator (cooler) -> reservoir ?


normally is:

reservoir -> radiator -> waterblocks -> reservoir


So, I was thinking, with the normal circulation I'll be stocking warm water in the reservoir, and that could be more difficult to cool down because it's where most of the water is.. so using the other circulation method I would be stocking cool water, and then
the pump would force it to the waterblocks wouldn't?


If it's not more efficient, I could use a second, but smaller radiator between the waterblocks and reservoir. Would this be more efficient? :)

I'm getting my watercooler tomorrow.. :D


Thanks

[r0ckstarbob]

no. heres why.

by putting the reservoir in front of the radiator, you're taking some of the stress off the radiator to cool the water. in effect you're "pre-cooling" the water a little bit so your radiator doesn't have to work as hard.

the other way will work too, but your radiator has to work a bit harder and you're counting on your reservoir to take up the slack.

hope thats helpful! :)

[fatshlink]

basickly you have the same amount of heat. nomater what order you have to get the heat to the out side (the radiator).the cooldest the water will be is rite out of the radiator. puting the radiator just before the block makes the coldest water go to the block:D

[Colin]

With an inline pump I have always got the best temps with pump/block/radiator/reservoir.

[touser]

i also run my system pump/block/radiator/reservoir. and that is also where it seems i have gotten the best results from :)

[IFMU]

I gotta say as well that I was runnin it the first there and it worked great for me... But I can understand the point to the second option...

[r0ckstarbob]

think it has something with unhindered flow rates with the pump being right next to the block?

in theory it shouldn't matter but in practice... *shrugs* i dunno...

[simon389]

Is there any test somebody has done to prove this? I go
Reservoir>Waterblock>Radiator>Reservoir. If there was a definative test that somebody could show me I would love to move it around to get a few degrees chopped off my temps!!

Has somebody tested it both ways?

[r0ckstarbob]

having problems with my sig. this is a test. sorry y'all.

[Christoph]

Why don't you all test it who have a traditional (non-bong) water cooling system. Just figure out a standard benchmark (Prime95/folding@home/seti@home) and let 'er rip. A half dozen results would be more helpful than just one or two, and if you didn't have your system sealed shut, it wouldn't be so hard to switch around some tubes.
As for me, I'm awaiting a spir@l (41 on list) that will be a part of my bong cooling system. I'll be real happy to say how that goes.
Good luck.

[Colin]

Bong cooler results are the same. Pump/waterblock/bong cooler. Even with heat load from tht CPU plus dual 172 watt pelts or dual 120 watt pelts, the order remains the same.

Good luck on your Spir@l block. If it was a Danger Den block, it would be in your system by now.

[Christoph]

I know that another water block would have gotten here sooner, but this way I can find out everything I need to know before I need to know it.
Also, with a bong, it's rather difficult to put the reservoir right before the "radiator," since they're both built into the same structure. I'm happy with my choice, though.

[tacobell]

Well, thanks for all replies, I'll test both ways..

Going out now to get all the stuff..

[simon389]

i guess it would make sense that the radiator should be before the block, but I'll await your test results with pleasure! Thanks!