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Should I keep my pump before my block? Or does my d5 pump heat up the water and cause me to loose performance?
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A water-cooling loop is a closed circuit. The temperature gradient between one end and the other is less than 1C because your water should be moving fast enough that everything reaches thermal homeostasis.downer said:The water will be at its coolest after the radiator.
downer said:Go with what is easier to route.
Captain Slug said:A water-cooling loop is a closed circuit. The temperature gradient between one end and the other is less than 1C because your water should be moving fast enough that everything reaches thermal homeostasis.
It doesn't really matter what order the devices are placed in the loop. Simply setup the loop in a way that avoids sharp bends.
True, but the water IS the coolest right out of the rad, no matter how small it is this is where the water is the coolest. Just nitpickingCaptain Slug said:A water-cooling loop is a closed circuit. The temperature gradient between one end and the other is less than 1C because your water should be moving fast enough that everything reaches thermal homeostasis.
It doesn't really matter what order the devices are placed in the loop. Simply setup the loop in a way that avoids sharp bends.
Awh jeess. Gravity has no effect on flow rates in a closed loop. Whatever extra energy it takes to push the water up is regained when gravity pulls the water back down. Gravity is a net zero proposition.ziggo0 said:Agreed. Just don't make the pump fight gravity, as in making it push water straight up through a res then to multiple blocks and a rad. It helps the pump's life.
billb said:Awh jeess. Gravity has no effect on flow rates in a closed loop. Whatever extra energy it takes to push the water up is regained when gravity pulls the water back down. Gravity is a net zero proposition.
nikhsub1 said:billb, I think what ziggo0 is saying is not to have the pump OUTLET going directly into a res, at least I think that is what he means. You would get 'shunned' for that big time by all.
SolidxSnake said:Yeah, ziggo0 is explaining to keep the pump's inlet under a res/tee-line, as they are gravity fed.
I'm glad we got that straight.ziggo0 said:zing~
and zing! Thats what I meant...thought I said that..."make it push water up" as in the outlet of the pump, I r retarded