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Originally Posted by Nonphixion
Maybe if you'd point me in the right direction... I could educate myself on the topic 
I'm just getting into this whole watercooling thing, and I guess... the more you know, the more you don't know... or something  |
Well, I can give you a quick answer right here. For more info, post a question on a different topic.
Water cannot slow down in one part of a water loop compared to another part, because water does not compress or expand. So, the same amount of water is flowing per unit time for every part of the loop. Another way: each section of your water cooling loop has the same number of gallons per hour flowing through it.
Thought experiment. If it was flowing slower in the radiator, that would mean that water was piling up behind the radiator waiting to go through. Thankfully, that doesn't happen.
Now, flow rate (gallons per hour) is NOT the same thing as velocity. You can have water going at 100mph or 1mph while using the same flow of 1 gallon per hour. If the tubing is really thin, you have to push it through at high velocity to move that gallon through in an hour, while pushing one gallon through a foot wide tube takes much less velocity.