Cathar -
yes yes.. point taken about terms. You are correct, velocity was used incorrectly, mass flow rate is should be substituted for velocity and was indeed what was intended.
I know each scenario would result in different MFR, but how much different? Would they be relatively close? Close enough to call them "the same"?
As noted over and over again, blocks work better with high flows. How much better is the question. If the reduction in MFR is assumed to be "the same" will the error introduced into the equation be "negligible" with regard to how it impacts the blocks performance? I suspect each block will have a different characteristic based on its design, and for some this would be a true statement.
>> end goal for us
As a manufacturer, can we make any assertions to guild would be customers given the above. Since, I believe, you may looking at manufacturing your block and offering them to the public, how will you address this question? If someone uses your block along with a chipset or GPU block, how badly will it impact the CPU block performance? Hence, if the CPU block is the "greatest" restriction, will it be the dominating factor and the other blocks be "negligible" wgt MFR impact and ultimately CPU block performance?
I've been out of school a while now, so perhaps it's time for me to visit the library and actually check out a book to calculate and answer these questions for myself. Problem is as a manufacture, we're still in the red as far as time invested vs money's made. Truly this exercise would be a 'government time' project.
I'll let this topic rest.