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Unread 10-27-2005, 02:06 PM   #10
redleader
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Originally Posted by Cyco-Dude
exactly how will having a higher water velocity in the radiators help? wouldn't it be better to have the water moving slower in the radiators (i.e., spends more time in the radiators) to transfer more heat to the fins? or was that disproved?
Swiftech actually publishes the data for this radiator. THeres a fairly strong dependenance on higher flow, at least with stronger fans. Google for the page, its quite interesting.

I suppose the answer to this question also depends on the fans used. If you have very low airflow, the difference between parallel and serial for radiator C/W will be vanishingly small, however the overall decrease in flow resistance may be worthwhile.
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