When I said steady state, I meant a system where the soltuion to the temp of the coolant at any point in the system would not change as a function of time, assuming that the CPU power and the ambient air temp remains constant.
First, no matter what the rate of flow, the time that the water spends in the rad is the same
OK, I think #5 is where I don't agree:
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5-The heat from the coolant is transmitted to the metal of the rad at the same rate, regardless of the rate of movement of the coolant.
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The heat flux is proportional to the temp gradient. The lower the coolant temp, the lower the heat transfer. If one contends that a low flow produces better heat shedding, then that implies that the temp diff between outlet and inlet temps is higher in a low flow system, right? Doesn't this to a contradiction because this would logically mean that a low flow system is shedding less heat?