I posted a thread a couple of months ago complaining that I didn't get the cooling performance that I wanted out of my H20 setup. The thread is here:
http://forums.procooling.com/ubbcgi/...c&f=2&t=000563
Here is my setup:
Asus A7V133
TBirdy 1.33 @ 1.507 1.85v
256 MB Mushkin Rev 2
GF2Pro, SB Live!, DLink Nic
H2O setup is: Danner Mag5 to Black Ice with 120MM fan (offset 1 inch with shroud), Maze 2 WB. 1/2 inch hose everywhere except I have a 3/8 compression fitting to 1/2 barb for the BI, and a 1/2 to 3/4 to get to the Mag5.
The issue I was complaining about in the last post was that I maxed out under load at about 51C. In the thread, GuyBFF was very helpful and suggested that it might be flow rate that was the problem.
Well I finally did some testing, and here are the results:
As is, my flow rate was 47GPH
I removed a water pressure gauge and 1 temp probe (I still have one in line) and got 47.5GPH
This was really bothering me so I tried it without the WB and the flow increased a little to 66GPH.
I tried it without the rad and got in the neighborhood of 300GPH.
Needless to say, I am really disappointed with the flow restriction of the BI. Does this seem about right to you all? Any way to improve this situation? Any and all comments /help is appreciated.
DoTheDog
