[Cathar]

Originally posted by MadDogMe
If that's the case why do you use 1/2inch barbs?, why not 3/8?.
Like I said I'd rather have the most water at the most speed. to me, with what I have, it seems having no restrictions and letting the pump flow freely are the way to go, unless you'd call a 1250 a high pressure pump ...

The whole point of efficient water-cooling (making the best out of what you have) is to reduce the amount of pressure loss imposed on the pump by the rest of the system except for where it counts, ie. in the block. It'd be better to have 5/8" tubing if it were practical because it offers less of a flow restriction to the pump in the places where its not important.

As hard as it may be to believe, it's possible to get better performance by causing the flow rates to be lowered through adding restrictions in important places in the block (didn't I say this above already).

And why have a restrictive outlet? what can that serve?.

Who has one?

I still think that block design is'nt the way forward. I think tuning the system to what you have is the all important thing.

One wonders why, with an attitude like that, you would bother posting in a thread entitled "Ultimate Waterblock". I would've thought with a title like that it was pretty clear that we're here to talk about how far waterbocks can be pushed, and to demonstrate that a Swiftech is not the ultimate, just the best on the current market.

If you belong to the "good enough" crowd, then why are you here side-lining the efforts of people who want to talk about pushing waterblock technology further?

Last I heard, no one ever complained about getting 4C (or more with a better block than mine) lower temperatures just by changing one element in their system.

I'll let you ride your hobby horse. It's clear you're only really here to talk down efforts towards raising the bar, and pass them off as "unimportant" or "trivial".