[knipex]

1ltr per minute is a bit low as an estimate (admitadly In my crude test of disconnecting the pipe at the end of the loop and filling a ltr bottle)

As a guestimate I would say closer to 2 than 1 but again this is a guestimate.

Also I have to admit I watercooled for silence. The main reason I have a watercooled HDD is that I have a raptor drive and its noisy. The drive runs too hot to put in a hardrive enclosure without loud fans so a watercooled enclosure was ideal. My northbridge is watercooled as the air flow in my case is poor. The only case fans I have on my rad.

The reason I use undervolted Papst fans is I cannot get a fan even close to being as quiet. If you can point me to one I will even buy you a beer.

You see, the difference between me and most of you guys is that cool enough is cool enough. I dont go for mad overclocks (hell I am running at stock at the moment) and normally I am limited by my board long before temperatures.

I think that that was the problem to start. You are watercooling for extreme overclocking and lowest possible temperaures where I am watercooling for silence. I am not constanly looking for another mhz or to loose another degree. I am running cooler than air and silent. Even if was the same temperatures as aircooling its still silent.

I am however open to ideas and want to learn so here I am.