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Unread 09-24-2003, 11:03 AM   #59
Althornin
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Originally posted by unregistered
lol, all kinds of wierd science goin' on here

Althornin
focus on the attainable temp, not the efficency
I dont see how it will achieve lower temps.
Pls explain.

If at some deltaT, the chiller is able to "extract" say, 100 watts out of the water, and the cpu puts in say, 80 watts, then the water will eventually cool down to a lower deltaT and a rough equilibrum (swings lower thru chiller, then high again thru waterblock). slower flow will result in lower water temps in the chiller, but higher water temps over the waterblock (more time to absorb heat). I'm just not sure what gains you could see, if any, especially due to the lowered Waterblock efficiency at lower flow. I'd take some real convincing that you'd see a good difference, and i'd tend to believe that the solution is sub-optimal anyways, and that a higer flow, higher efficiency setup could be created that would "win".
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