Thanks again for such a clear and well stated explanation Naja, what you said settled well and quickly, you should teach. You'd make an excellent teacher with the ability you have to express yourself so clearly and politely. Nice Job (All around that is). Hey, I don't want to de-rail your thread (Nor do I want to come off as a first-chair skin flutist), but do you have children? I was just thinking that you'd do well as "Daddy" again with your ability to communicate concepts; something young children would benefit greatly from.

So, anyway, I was thinking about something you "said" that didn't quite settle with me. It was an assumption you made about opening the third valve and expecting the temperature to rise as a result of reduced flow to the 2 CPUs/machines. I'm by no means trying to correct you, however, I don't think that CPU temperature is a very good indicator for flow. And this is why:



The above graph from Swiftech showing the flow rate versus temperate indicates that above 2 or 3 gallons per hour, flow has little affect on the temperature of your cooling target. Obviously this is getting into the realm of diminishing returns.

Just something I thought I might point out. You may perhaps already be aware of this. I didn't want to see you get a larger pump in an effort to increase the flow with lower temps being the motivator for such a decision.

I was disappointed when I found this out actually. I thought I had a great idea with the HF pump that I showed you. Man that thing can move some water. It's actually pretty big too.

As a final thought, my current project is making a huge reservoir out of Plexiglas. Huge meaning 8" Wide x 18" Long x 12" High constructed of 1/2" thick material. I have a huge case and I plan on installing the reservoir inside the case along with the evaporator from an office style water cooler into said reservoir. The compressor and condenser are both small enough to fit into the case as well. Of course the condenser will be fastened to the outside of the case, fastened to the bottom, between the casters it rolls on. So all the info you've shared is immediately useful in my case. I'll be glad to post up some pictures of my build in another thread of course.

Keep up the good work!

(Side Rant - It's people like yourself who take the time to help out fellow extremers that keep this place going. Not! the people who brag about the fact that they got lucky enough to get a great CPU and resultantly can out-clock everyone else. Then resfuse to give away any 'secrets' incase some else might be able to clock there's up as well - I mean WTH is that? That's not what these forums are supposed to be for... right...? Right!?)

Deep Breath

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Seriously though this place does have a problem with that and I find it really annoying. Especially since it seems promoted here. Doh!