a0chicken
08-30-2004, 02:05 PM
This isn't another question topic, don't worry ;) Wait.. it sort of is.
Anyway, I was thinking about placement of components in a Water cooling loop, and I started thinking of how flow rate would be affected.
I see alot of Pump, Rad, Res, then Waterblock back to pump in these galleries, and the placement hardly seems practical. The pump is around the Vid card, Rad where you usually see intake fans, Res up in the PSU area, WB obviously on the CPU.
Anyway, why not order it (in this example) Pump, Res, Cpu, Rad? Wouldn't it be more efficient if the Pump shot water straight up in a short distance, and then have gravity do the work on the way back to the pump?
Otherwise the pump would be pushing upwards toward the Rad, through it and out, and then up in a curve to the Res. It just doesn't seem efficient to me.
Anyway, I was thinking about placement of components in a Water cooling loop, and I started thinking of how flow rate would be affected.
I see alot of Pump, Rad, Res, then Waterblock back to pump in these galleries, and the placement hardly seems practical. The pump is around the Vid card, Rad where you usually see intake fans, Res up in the PSU area, WB obviously on the CPU.
Anyway, why not order it (in this example) Pump, Res, Cpu, Rad? Wouldn't it be more efficient if the Pump shot water straight up in a short distance, and then have gravity do the work on the way back to the pump?
Otherwise the pump would be pushing upwards toward the Rad, through it and out, and then up in a curve to the Res. It just doesn't seem efficient to me.