Not water cooled for silence...
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:25 pm
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Someone else's quote is that "Rules are for fools to obey and wise men to diverge from at their peril" (more or less). So I can accept other locations, and notice many other all-in-one kits are coming as CD bay installs. But strikes me that to get the biggest bang for the buck out of your radiator you want your coolest air (wherever that may be) going through it. My view is CD bay installs are a consequence of space/layout decisions rather than optimun cooling?Seal wrote:Also in many setups you will see the rad at the top of the case where the cd-drives go.
Again this is a bang for the buck 'rule': I wasn't concerned that much about the heat the pump is adding to the water but just seems logical to me the coolest water in the loop is the stuff exiting the radiator?Seal wrote:...you also do not have to have pump -> rad -> waterblock, in theory this will only gain you about 0.1-0.3 degrees C temperature wise because the water is not heated up by the pump by more than 0.1 degrees c.
Your T is saving you a resevoir (AFAIK which is not a lot) which seems a reasonable compromise. But your 1/2" tubing looks near rigid - a complete PITA for routing? And presumably the source of the "make sure the waterblock sits flat on the CPU" stuff (and your elbow on your waterblock)?Seal wrote:3. Yeah dont even think of getting smaler than 1/2" or you will change in the future. ... I run with a T and have had an elbow in my loop before ...
I ment the mod projects where the rad is at the top cd bay (or just behind) with a grill cut out in the top of their case and a fan attached.dukla2000 wrote:Someone else's quote is that "Rules are for fools to obey and wise men to diverge from at their peril" (more or less). So I can accept other locations, and notice many other all-in-one kits are coming as CD bay installs. But strikes me that to get the biggest bang for the buck out of your radiator you want your coolest air (wherever that may be) going through it. My view is CD bay installs are a consequence of space/layout decisions rather than optimun cooling?Seal wrote:Also in many setups you will see the rad at the top of the case where the cd-drives go.
I would like to state (you probably already know this) that most of your pump's positive pressure is going to the T connecter, and is wasted. Putting it before the pump would be better. Possibly by a significant margin, allowing fan speed to be reduced.Seal wrote:
Thats my current setup, im going to re-do it soon so it looks like my old setup below.
If the temperature has enough difference to majorly affect performance (3°C) then a new pump or more efficient tube system may be a good thing to get.dukla2000 wrote: Again this is a bang for the buck 'rule': I wasn't concerned that much about the heat the pump is adding to the water but just seems logical to me the coolest water in the loop is the stuff exiting the radiator?