Pump Question
 

Hello,


IM new here :cry: :)
I am buying an VGA CPU and chipset waterblocks. So far so good. Now I saw a nice pump Eheim 1048 Pomp (600 l/h)

Is 600 liter an hour good enough?

Ill post my waterblocks tomorrow

Don't know much of your tubing / radiators, but I would go for an MCP600 rev.2 or MCP650 from Swiftech as a minimum. Better run for your money in the medium term.

Regards,

Sunwong :D

Please remember that the flow ratings of pumps are at no resistance - and we have plenty - so the "head" figures are important, too.
The advantage of the 1048 is that it is very quiet (and being an Eheim, incredibly reliable - anyone here ever had one fail?).
If you don't care about noise (1048 is around 20dB, Swiftech around 30) the Swiftech pumps are a better deal in pumping-force-per-dollar - and they're 12VDC, which makes setting up a system simpler.
Don't feel that the 1048s are incapable, though - I've been using them (and their brethren the 1046 and HPPS) for several years now with good results - but I'm focused on low noise and willingly pay a performance penalty for that.
From comments on this forum, I'd suggest avoiding the Hydor pumps (don't have personal experience on these, though).
The c-systems pumps sound like they'd be good, too - only they seem to be on backorder (somebody posted that you can get them from bigfoot in Canada at a $5 premium or so (comparing price and shipping combined).
Bob