i did a search here on the forums and it seems nobody mentioned the Reserator yet. i'm thinking about getting one.. it seems to perform rather well for a fanless setup.
http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/...dx=63&code=021
a review by bit-tech
http://www.bit-tech.net/review/315/2
i'm thinking what waterblock would make the setup perform better, thats of course without changing the pump. it comes with a qmax 300, 300l/h so thats about 80gph..fairly low
(forgive my noobness, but i'm trying to make sense of what i read)
http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/wbsum.asp
a waterblock with lower c/w, lower pressure drop - psi/inches h20 will perform better than the zalman block in the same setup, is it correct to assume as such?
for example the zalman waterblock is rated as
0.17 c/w
0.56 pressure drop - psi
15.5 pressure drop - inches h2o
the swiftech mcw5002 is rated as
0.15 c/w
0.31 pressure drop - psi
8.6 pressure drop - inches h2o
the dangerden tdx
0.14 c/w
0.51 pressure drop - psi
14.1 pressure drop - inches h2o
the dd maze4
0.18 c/w
0.12 pressure drop - psi
3.3 pressure drop - inches h2o
so in this case, given that nothings changed except for the waterblock, the performance would be swiftech > dd tdx > dd maze4 > zalman ?
please advise.