I have actually been water cooling for about a year now. What brought all this up are my recent upgrades which have affected my system a bit more drastically then I had anticipated. I really feel like I have got to go back to square one because choosing components based on what everyone says is the best does not help me as things change. There is a new block and I want it! New pump I want it! Why? I have no idea why I am just a crackhead!!!
I started out with a danner mag drive 3, a Z4 CPu block and a chevette heatercore all running through 1/2" tubing. Upgraded to a Maze 3, then a Dtek WW the day they came out. Now most recently I actually swapped rads and added a Maze4 GPU block and a Zchip NB block.
This post is basically two things me trying to get an answer to support my crackhead upgrading behavior and to actually understand why the heck I am doing something in my system. I see the new Maze4 NB block and everyone says hey it is less restictive that Zchip sucks. I wanna get it, because that is the answer to all my problems. Then its I need a new and stronger pump. No I need the BIX. I am gonna start breaking things next (I have a bad temper)
I see the new platinum (I am being sarcastic here) RipDX, then oh oh there is this new fugly kid on the block that is supposed to kick arse. All of this because I am trying to figure out what happened to my temps when I got a larger core, modded it to be single pass, added 2 blocks, 5 more feet of hose, reconfigured the location of components and re tubed my entire system. Must be the restrictive blocks, hell throw money at it, that is the best my brain can come up with.
Problem is I am poor and I really need to understand what it is that I am doing so that I can make informed decisions. No more of hey guys what is the best block for a multi block setup? I want to understand what makes a block good or not good or only good for this type of setup. I want to know what is gonna happen if I add tubing. Angry hit on it, only problem is my brain started to hurt and even though he spelled out the formula I still don't understand what happened. I need a watercooling tutor :shrug:
Heck this thread is really all pHaestus' fault, where are you man? He said to me that he choose his Innovatek block exactly because of the particulars in his setup (that is not verbatum). Then there is a comment he made in a waterblock review that is along the lines of we cannot read too much into one of his charts because of blah blah blah (more science stuff). I want to know what he knows because as far as I have ever seen the innovatek blocks are not even on any radar around here. When someone posts "whats the best block" I have yet to see innovatek mentioned. Then to make it worse they use 3/8" barbs which is like the mortal enemy of all American water coolers. Only those Euros (I am being sarcastic please don't get pissed all you local ProC Euros-you know us silly americans always thing bigger is better-even though it is
) use that whimpy 3/8" & 1/4" tubing.
It is just like you guys say, this is not a science but it sure would be nice to know in simple terms how things work or at least the most commonly shared opinion, right now I feel like I have never water cooled before (where in the hell is that emoticon that smashes his head against a brick wall --- insert here). Anyways thanks for the comments and keep em coming because I want to get it, at least a little bit
psycho
aka homer simpson
