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Originally posted by Talik
I got a Rio, not a Via.. unless they are the same thing? same company, maybe?
To get the drive to run in-line, is there any special modding I have to do? I would assume that inline, the heat would dissipate into the air and not so much into the water possibly eliminating my problem. You know any more specifics about those reported problems with running these inline, bigben2k?
Damn... after all the research I though I did, it still wasn't enough.
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Oh I spend a lot of time going over many, many specs, and I'm still not close to a perfect solution. I found this great pump once, but it was $400.00 .
I can tell you that the pump must be a mag-drive: anything else is too noisy, or nowhere near powerful enough.
Running pumps in series is a good way to increase the pressure, which is what all rigs need. Keeping cost in mind, if you get a good deal on a small pump, start lining them up! Keep in mind though, that you may have to reinforce some parts of it, because the increased pressure will push the pump beyond what it was designed to do by itself: you'll have leaks where you didn't even think leaks were possible!
The reports I've heard mostly come from the OC forums. Users report noises appearing after a few months, high heat conditions, and the odd failure. You can run a search, it shouldn't be too hard to find.
The Rio 180 was very popular, some time back, and reportedly runs great. Unfortunately, it's grossly underpowered, by today's standard. The nice thing about the Rios is that they're cheap, and you can save even more by buying them in bulk. ProCooling even had a discount with GreystoneCreations, some time back (it might still apply!). Excellent prices.
You can also get lucky, if you know where to shop: I picked up a Little Giant 2-MDQ-SC, a large pump that borders on the (good) side of "insane", for $40 at a local flea market
(brand spankin' new, in the box!)
My research wasn't fruitless; I would have never known that that pump was any good, if I hadn't researched it, and I have to thank all the members right here at ProCooling for it.
