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nemaste · 06-21-2002, 11:30 AM

cycodude, i'm completely with you on that thought, but none of my local stores have the Y's like the ones Daden is selling (i think that's what you were talking about). those would be more efficient than T's regardless if a control valve is used or not.

my thought of using a ball valve (gargatuan space killer BTW) is to have some level of control over the flow ratio between the two sides.
[edit: i thought my idea of manipulating the bends in the T's would work well too. thing is, i'm not 100% sure if the resistance from the blocks might force me to change the location of the valve or orientation of the T's. for example: it could be that the CPU block alone creates more resistance than 2 90degree bends & the GPU & MB blocks in series (albeit unlikely)]

i just read the Koolance review in the April edition of Maximum PC (r0x0r5). Gordon firmly dinged the Koolance system for not using "point to point water lines", which is jargon for no serial blocks (all blocks in ||). while controlling 2 flows would be a challenge^1, balancing 3 would be a challenge^3 (not to mention i'd likely have to buy more matching 1/2" silicone tubing & add another huge ball valve). do you guys think adding a 3rd || loop to separate my MB & GPU blocks would be worth it?

06-21-2002, 11:30 AM	#4
nemaste Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: CA Posts: 78	cycodude, i'm completely with you on that thought, but none of my local stores have the Y's like the ones Daden is selling (i think that's what you were talking about). those would be more efficient than T's regardless if a control valve is used or not. my thought of using a ball valve (gargatuan space killer BTW) is to have some level of control over the flow ratio between the two sides. [edit: i thought my idea of manipulating the bends in the T's would work well too. thing is, i'm not 100% sure if the resistance from the blocks might force me to change the location of the valve or orientation of the T's. for example: it could be that the CPU block alone creates more resistance than 2 90degree bends & the GPU & MB blocks in series (albeit unlikely)] i just read the Koolance review in the April edition of Maximum PC (r0x0r5). Gordon firmly dinged the Koolance system for not using "point to point water lines", which is jargon for no serial blocks (all blocks in \|\|). while controlling 2 flows would be a challenge^1, balancing 3 would be a challenge^3 (not to mention i'd likely have to buy more matching 1/2" silicone tubing & add another huge ball valve). do you guys think adding a 3rd \|\| loop to separate my MB & GPU blocks would be worth it? __________________ StrongShockModz Last edited by nemaste; 06-21-2002 at 11:36 AM.