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bdunosk · 07-22-2001, 09:04 AM

Let me preface this by saying that I have no clue if this is right, and I have had no experience with watercooling other than reading what others have said (yet)...

If the prevailing theory is you want to have a huge difference in temp (most efficient heat transfer), you want the water to move quickly through the waterblock and slowly through the radiator. If you put the radiator before the waterblock, won't water flow through the radiator faster than the waterblock? If you put the radiator after the waterblock, the resulting drop in flow from the waterblock should keep the water in the radiator longer, right? Anyone have data to back this up or shoot it down?

Thanks!

07-22-2001, 09:04 AM	#3
bdunosk Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 93	Let me preface this by saying that I have no clue if this is right, and I have had no experience with watercooling other than reading what others have said (yet)... If the prevailing theory is you want to have a huge difference in temp (most efficient heat transfer), you want the water to move quickly through the waterblock and slowly through the radiator. If you put the radiator before the waterblock, won't water flow through the radiator faster than the waterblock? If you put the radiator after the waterblock, the resulting drop in flow from the waterblock should keep the water in the radiator longer, right? Anyone have data to back this up or shoot it down? Thanks!