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icel0rd · 05-17-2002, 05:16 PM

Oh, 1 more thing... What is the ideal GPH range for a pump? I remember an article about more not necessarily being better, but I'm mostly worried about too much flow.

I thought I remembered being told that water running too quickly through the block actually lowered cooling performance, and it's obvious that water that spends a longer time in a radiator is cooled more.

I'm really looking for about the right GPH range for CPU cooling only at this time. I would like to continue to run clampless with nice, cheap vinyl hose, and I image that if the pump is generating too much pressure, the hoses will come off.

So, at about what GPH do you guys think a simple CPU cooling circuit with a black Ice rad should run at? I was thinking no more than 200 GPH. More than that seems excessive and like it would present an issue for my clampless rig

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-Ice-

05-17-2002, 05:16 PM	#11
icel0rd Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Where even the devil wont go Posts: 103	Oh, 1 more thing... What is the ideal GPH range for a pump? I remember an article about more not necessarily being better, but I'm mostly worried about too much flow. I thought I remembered being told that water running too quickly through the block actually lowered cooling performance, and it's obvious that water that spends a longer time in a radiator is cooled more. I'm really looking for about the right GPH range for CPU cooling only at this time. I would like to continue to run clampless with nice, cheap vinyl hose, and I image that if the pump is generating too much pressure, the hoses will come off. So, at about what GPH do you guys think a simple CPU cooling circuit with a black Ice rad should run at? I was thinking no more than 200 GPH. More than that seems excessive and like it would present an issue for my clampless rig . -Ice- __________________ Redhat 8 Gigabyte GA-7dpxdw+ w/dual modded AXP 1800+ CPUs running at AXP 2000+ speed 1 512 meg crucial ECC DDR 2100 1 512 meg Infineon PC2700 Sblive Value Geforce 4 Ti4600 Deskstar 60 gig drive (1)K4.1 waterblock (.5" barbs) (1) Maze 3 waterblock (.5" barbs) Black Ice Rad TopFin 250gph pump 1/2" OD Vinyl hose (yep, vinyl)