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- Nov 12, 2002
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- Rootstown, OH
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- #181
Sounds like the 2nd radiator helped your temps a lot. The position in the loop didn't matter.
Our water cooling forum has been around for about a decade, and there are a lot of people there with experience, including those who have experimented with loop order and even taken temperature readings at different points in the loop.
With decent flow rate, the coldest water in the loop varies within a couple degrees from the hottest water in the loop. Basically, the water moves quickly enough that its all pretty much the same temperature.
What matters to your resulting temperatures is the amount of radiator you have, the amount of flowrate, and the amount of airflow. Loop order, is common knowledge, and it does not matter. Years ago more people used to say that putting radiators between components helped, these days it is very rare for anyone to claim that... Mostly because more people are more experienced, and because there has been quality testing by people in the community like Skinnee and Martin.
I don't mean any offense by contradicting you, and
to the forums, we just wouldn't tell you something incorrect. A lot of people commonly get this stuff wrong, but around here, we try to make sure people base their opinions on experience and actual testing.
