Would overvolting a mcp655 help flow?

Revivalist · Nov 30, 2005

I was thinking about getting a 520W OCZ Powerstream and I noticed in the documentation that the +12V rails can be increase up to 13.2V.

Could the pump be overvolted that way and if so, could it make it perform better? I realize that this would dump more heat into the loop as well, but would the increased flow make up for it?

(Forgive me if this is a total "noob of noobs" question.

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bri1 · Nov 30, 2005

i wouldent do it sounds risky i mean the pumps meant for 12 v and i dont think 13.2v will make a huge difference but if it breaks then ohh whell and im sure it wont add enough to make any difference iven if the temperature dident change

5|*42 · Nov 30, 2005

That should flow some.

Operating voltage range 6 to 14 VDC

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/swmc12vdcpu.html
You could run it at 13.2 without worrying about reducing it's lifespan too much also.

bri1 · Nov 30, 2005

5|*42 said:
That should flow some.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/swmc12vdcpu.html
You could run it at 13.2 without worrying about reducing it's lifespan too much also.

ohh i learn new stuff every day

Sneaky · Nov 30, 2005

well, if you overvolt the 12v line, then you're overvolting every single device in your machine that draws power from the 12v line, which is probably not the safest thing in the world to do unless you like killing hardware

and cathar, when the MCP-655 first came out, did tests on it, and overvolting shows almost no performance increase from the normal 12v it runs at - even at 24v, there was almost no noticable performance increase

Revivalist · Dec 1, 2005

Thanks for input, guys. Very useful info.

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