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Hello all I have a bunch of D5s and tops that I'm supposed to be testing. I've been busy with other stuff, but got time to ran the EK XTop CSQ Single D5 Pump Top yesterday, pics of the top itself at the end:
Summary: Nice performance - consistently near the top and the price is right!
With a D5 Vario:
With a D5 Strong:
How to read the plot:
- I tested 5 pump settings with a D5 vario, these are the horizontal-ish blue/red/green lines, the higher the line the higher the pump setting
- The orange lines are estimates of three "typical" loops, one basic cpu loop, one more average cpu + 2 gpus in parallel + 2 rads and some rotary fittings type loop, and then one "extreme" loop with one cpu, multiple series gpus, multiple rads, a pair of QDCs etc etc
- Choose an orange line based on your approximate setup, and then see where it crosses the RGB lines and this will show the difference in flow between the vanilla top and the EK top
- Alternative output refers to the optional output port on the top of the top. This has an internal 90 degree bend that should reduce flow
Conclusions:
- EK top increases flow slightly where it counts
- Gains are small (at best 10% but usually less and at worst not much at all)
- Alternative output port did not hurt as much as I thought it would
Pics:
Under test:
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