hey bud,
K before we witness you do something horrible like buy something from OCH.. oops. I mean.. the wrong system, I will spell out for ya whatcha need
( have typed this before on the hardforum, just which I could find it there)
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should I use a 'reservoirs' system (where I have lots of water, pump just pumps the water to my block on the cpu) or can It pump a radiator to? [pump-> radiator -> CpuBlock -> pump etc. Without a water reservoir. ?
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yes and yes.
A Reservoir system has a benefit of a more stable heat up and cool down of the coolant due to a lot more of it in the system.
an Inline one may heat up and cool down faster, but you don't have any insurance against a lil leaking out and stopping the coolant flow.
The Pumps most of us use are Centrifugal pumps and if they catch too much air in the housing they will go into a "air locked" state and not move any coolant ( they will just be noisy). The Inline can have a "Bleeder Assy" put in ( as in Unaclockers last article) to help purge air from the system. Its basically a small and sealed reservoir. Running a system with a res tank is nice for the fact you can have a surplus of coolant as well as a place for air to escape the coolant. One thing you do NOT want to do is put your pump in your Res. tank.
Yes I know OCH does that and I have no clue why. A Lil pump still will add heat to your cooling system almost to a full 4 Deg C! the best system I can se using right now for a small "in the case" system would be an inline system with the "bleeder" line on it.
Goes like this ->[res. tank( if there is one)]->[Pump]->[Radiator]->[CPU] -> back to res tank or back to the pump.
Its important to have the radiator be the LAST thing before the CPU, this way it will dissipate hear generated by the pump and anything that may heat the lines.
Hope this helps!
( damn I love this spell checker
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