Quote Originally Posted by bluehaze View Post
That is why I am confused here, I read all the talk of parrellel loops being insignificant and essentially that is all this is, is parallel loops. Initially I was thinking of getting rid of my DDC 3.2 and getting this res and a d5 but in all actuality now I think I would be worse off if I did that.

It just seems confusing as if the T3 is some revolutionary new thing but in all reality the breakthrough here is likely parrallel loops not the T3. Seems like same thing is going to happen if you just have a pump top with two outlets or a pump top with a y on the outlet?

The testing of a single loop vs the dual loop numbers wise is going to favor the dual loop twofold just due to the fact that the dual loop starts with a 100% advantage right off the bat with regards to flow but I'm willing to bet that with regards to temps this won't have any significant difference because your not actually gaining "123%" of flow accross any of the components your trying to cool the difference there is much less.

The numbers certainly look impressive at first glance but once you have a better understanding of it the numbers no longer seem as impressive.

Anyways loking forward to the results, It's all kind of confusing at first but I think I am starting to get the jist of it now Hopefully Skinnee will have temps to go along with his numbers.

Cheers!
While it is the parallel aspect of the T3 that's the revolution, I'm not quite sure how a regular top + Y-split would fare. The T3 was designed to do parallel while adding a Y-split on another top would be a 'lossy' addition (and a noticeable one at that, I reckon).

I'm very familiar with the numbers the T3 is capable of (been working with skinnee on building an estimator for it) and without giving too much away without his blessing, I'll say what I can about the performance. In a single loop config, its PQ curve is similar to that of the Koolance D5 top. But when 'unleashed' and using both flowpaths (i.e., parallel), the PQ curve is more like the EK's or Detroit Thermo's....and that's not a property of being in parallel, that's just the fact that the top performs better when all ports are used (i.e., as it was intended).

My guess is that a loss similar to the loss that exists when going from LILO+TITO to just LILO or TITO will also exist (though for a different reason) on another top that uses a Y-split.

As for the example that skinnee gave, it's a pretty bad one in the grand scheme of things. Loops that are all-inclusive and have restrictive components will see a big boost from the T3, especially if you isolate the CPU block.

Dual system scenarios also work well