Hi all,
I've just put together my very first watercooling loop, consisting of a PA120.3, Iwaki MD20R and Storm and Maze4 blocks, and I'm extremely happy with the performance; under load my CPU temps, as reported by the onboard sensor, have dropped 20°c compared with the Thermalright XP120 heatsink I'd been using previously.
The only thing I'm not so happy with is the noise the pump makes. I'd picked my components thinking they'd be fairly quiet, and I was right with the fan/rad combination, however the Iwaki makes a noise comparable to a fairly powerful 80mm fan at full bore!
I was wondering what my options were with regards to varying the pump speed and hopefully quietening the pump at times when it's not essential that it's at full whack. With fans you have the ability to adjust the voltage and reduce the noise at the expense of reduced airflow - does a similar method exist for pumps?
Cheers,
GP