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Unread 11-16-2001, 03:13 PM   #11
redleader
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Deja Vu . . .

Water has a very high specific heat, 4.18 J/g, IIRC. Couple this with the effects of the radiator and its going to take a long time for the temperature to finally peak. On top of that, we are only talking about a difference of a few C before the radiator's passive cooling ability equalizes the pumps emission- which is less then the margin of error on typical probes. With that in mind I wouldn't draw any conclusions based on indivdual's tests.

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All i had was like 1°C more heat. So long for the "really hot"...
My entire setup (50w Duron, 15w GeForce, 30w pump) only heats the coolant about 3C above ambient temps under full load. 33% is nothing to laugh at.
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