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Powerhouse · 05-24-2002, 01:33 AM

I'll answer this one in reverse order.

1. Pure science doesn't always work in the real world. Here's one example: People with Diabetes need insulin so their body can use sugar. However, when doctors were testing insulin on lab animals, all of the animals died. So being a scientist your first thought would be that insulin would be unsuitable for people to use. Hopefully you know that insulin is one of the treatments people take for Diabetes, and although it kills the animals it was tested on, it works perfectly in humans.

2. You kinda said what I have been trying to say (just harder to understand it I guess).

"Blocks always perform better with increasing flow rate, but how much better is not constant. By looking at performance curves for the different blocks and comparing them to your choice of pump and radiator, one would hopefully be able to make choices in parts that would lead to an efficient system that is performing at close to optimum levels. You also have the possibilty of developing a more coherent "big picture" sense of water cooling loop design than if you just test a lot of different complete systems and try to draw no larger conclusions from them.'

Although you could look at performance curves of different blocks, you still need to match them with the correct choice of pump and radiator (which is what I have been saying). If you just test the blocks, you would lead people to believe that the top performing block in your test is the best. However, this wouldn't necessarily be true, it would greatly depend upon the pump and radiator used with the block. Which leads back to my arguement that all three components need to be tested to find the best mix for the "optimum levels.'

05-24-2002, 01:33 AM	#24
Powerhouse Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 25	I'll answer this one in reverse order. 1. Pure science doesn't always work in the real world. Here's one example: People with Diabetes need insulin so their body can use sugar. However, when doctors were testing insulin on lab animals, all of the animals died. So being a scientist your first thought would be that insulin would be unsuitable for people to use. Hopefully you know that insulin is one of the treatments people take for Diabetes, and although it kills the animals it was tested on, it works perfectly in humans. 2. You kinda said what I have been trying to say (just harder to understand it I guess). "Blocks always perform better with increasing flow rate, but how much better is not constant. By looking at performance curves for the different blocks and comparing them to your choice of pump and radiator, one would hopefully be able to make choices in parts that would lead to an efficient system that is performing at close to optimum levels. You also have the possibilty of developing a more coherent "big picture" sense of water cooling loop design than if you just test a lot of different complete systems and try to draw no larger conclusions from them.' Although you could look at performance curves of different blocks, you still need to match them with the correct choice of pump and radiator (which is what I have been saying). If you just test the blocks, you would lead people to believe that the top performing block in your test is the best. However, this wouldn't necessarily be true, it would greatly depend upon the pump and radiator used with the block. Which leads back to my arguement that all three components need to be tested to find the best mix for the "optimum levels.'