Water flow???

[mkelder]

What happends to the flow of water when a 't' is incorperated into the pipes? EG. A line from the pump to the cpu is 'y'd off and goes to the chipset, will the water flow be cut in half?

[WarriorII]

Water takes the path of least resistance. If the "Y" had the same resistance on both sides, I would have to say, yes, flow would be 1/2. but pressure should remain the same, with all being equal.

Your looking @ taking 1/2 of 20gph (example) and routing it someplace from the "Y". So, 10g would go 1 way and 10 g would go the other. As long as you had no resistance on one side or the other.
[taking the path of least resistance]

I hope this helps. I am just getting started in H20 cooling myself. IF someone esle has another opinion on this, I also would be interested.
Theory vs Reality

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[RycheX]

There are many, many factors that play into how much water will go down which section of the 't'. For example, design of the t, diameters of all 3 sections, orientation of the two split sections with that of the originating pipe, etc. There will definitely be some head loss (loss of pressure) due to any fitting introduced into the system. How much is largely dependent on the factors listed above.

If you want an answer with more meat to it, you need to supply more data about the actual makeup of the system itself. It's best to decide how much of the original flow you want to go which direction, and then work on designing the system around that.