so many different aspects to a "Watercooling Calculator" that its a bit difficult to address
particularly with different people talking about different aspects of different components
but it is doable, if someone has GREAT stamina
Since87, if you are going to sparkplug this thing
suggest getting JoeK to setup a separate heading under which there could be 'topics/components' such that the info relevant to a subject was in the same thread
for example rads, characterize them as the mfgrs do:
core type - thickness factor - frontal area - dissipation vs. air velocity
they have this info, we might have to derive it - but such is not really difficult (but rather time consuming)
fans are totally known
wbs are dealt with as a 'black box', just use the test results
(BTW, there are more mfgrs having some testing done than is now apparent, watch OCers)
hose is no biggie
pumps are a HUGE problem, as a 'good' calculator would flag 'bad' selections
how to do ?
how does one convince someone that a pump delivering 15% of its free flow rating is a terrible choice ?
(when such choices are quite the norm today !)
lots of work in this project
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