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feyd83 said:Wouldn't a Y-Splitter be bad with a high reistance WB? I would think the water would flow in favor of the GPU, since it would have less resistance.
Sneakytermite said:
True, having the Y-Splitter means lowering your flow rate. But it means you can have a different water pathway for each of the water block (cpu and gpu). In the end, you don't put the cpu's heat on the gpu = better performance.
LPS, don't shop for everything online. Walk through hobbyist stores and your local hardware stores (Home Depot) to look for ideas and stuffs that you can get cheaper. Check to see if the online stores permit pickup or not. I just found out D-Tek is only like 20 min from my house.
The Y-Splitter comes with your RBX block so don't worry about that. The White Water block is good too if you'd like. Go with the 1250 pump for its known reliability.
Good luck man.
ILikeMy240sx said:
ehh... not necessarily true. Yes, GPU will be getting colder fluid but thats not what you really want. You want all the available coolant to go to your CPU first, where its the most important, and then GPU gets heated by left over. Runing parallel between CPU and GPU won't usually give you better performance on the CPU
Sneakytermite said:
You have any proof of this ILikeMy240sx? Just like to find out more. But the reviews I have been reading indicate a Y-Splitter is better. Thanks.
Colin said:Have a look at the chart below by Bill Adams. There is not enough heat transfered to the water by the CPU waterblock to worry about it. Y use a splitter?
What I would do personally in your situation though is have a 1/2 CPU block and then split after it to two 3/8 and have a 3/8 GPU & 3/8 NB block in each of the splits. [/B]