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Originally Posted by psychofunk
Wow, so the MD20 would work better for the XP and worse for the 6002. I guess that is another one for "you can't just throw a bigger pump at it and expect it to work better".
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It depends on three things:
1) The amount of gain that the waterblock can be expected to receive from the higher flow rates
2) The amount of CPU heat. The hotter the CPU, the greater the CPU temp deltas, thereby the diminished role that pump heat plays in the overall picture.
3) Radiatior performance - a small radiator will hate a hot pump, yet larger radiators (3 or 4-fan) can "shrug off" an extra 20-30W of pump heat with minimal impact, thereby allowing the increased flow rates to the waterblock to have a positive overall impact.
The MCP600 is such a sweet balanced pump for a wide range of blocks.