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Originally posted by gmat
As far as choices go, here's a reminder of total heat efficiency:
one rad < 2 rads in series < 2 rads in parallel
So if you can put the 2nd rad in // do it.
Moreover, adding a *less* flow restrictive rad in // will improve the overall flow of the whole circuit (remember ohm's law ?)
Note: 2 rads in series is better than one rad because of the greater exchange surface....
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I'd have to disagree with this one...
2 rads in series < one rad < 2 rads in parallel
IMHO it's better to have a good high-flow rad and make the WB as efficient as possible, most any semi-decent rad will have no problem dissipating 100W of heat that a CPU puts out. But putting 2 rads in series cuts your overall flow-rate through the system down considerably. In my experience, it's not the block, but the rad that is the most restrictive to water-flow (not counting tiny chipset/GPU blocks, some of those are way too small)
Then again, my rad is a BI Prime - so I might be biased in my judgement of where the flow-restriction is in a system after looking at billa's graph there.