What to upgrade
 

Currently, I have a DTek TC-4 Rev 2 waterblock and a Eheim 1048 pump. I want to upgrade one of these, but I don't know which one would give a better performance boost. So my question is, should I get a better block and keep the pump, or keep the block and get a better pump. The pump just goes into a ProCore Heater Core, the CPU waterblock, and a reservoir. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Waterblock will affect it more.

Swiftech MCW6000.

Hydor L30 is a good pump

did you mod your TC4? if you dimple the surface with a drill you can get a little more performance out of it. however unless you do a huge upgrade to the block (RBX, TDX, Whitewater), you wont see a huge jump, and if you upgrade that, youll have to upgrade the pump as well as they like a lot of pressure.

1048 is fine. It will offer 1GPM through almost all of the blocks (35" block [really high], 6' tubing, 2" radiator, it has 4 feet of pressure at 1GPM), and 0.75GPM is the approximate point of the big diminishing returns.

So you all think that a waterblock upgrade would be better than a pump upgrade. Thanks for the input.

I am going to get the 1048 and a Dtek White Water...it is one of the best blocks at "low" flow rates, as compated to 3GPM or so.

3GPM... Umm... No one gets 3GPM... The MCW6000 does better at low flow rates than does the WW.

What he said.

http://phaestus.procooling.com/temp/wbcomparo2.jpg

I am looking for somewhere to buy the MCW6002A but am having a little trouble finding it. I can find the 6000A fine, but I want the one with the 1/2" hose fittings. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

It's not available yet. Try soldering a 1/2" barb to the outside of it? (Don't remove the existing barb... It has an impingement function)

Damn. Well, does anyone know when this will be available, or should I just try to solder on 1/2" barbs? Thanks.

A few weeks according to their website.