As I'm about to create my own water cooling system I have some thoughts about construction.... 1 or 2 pumps and what order to place the parts?
the 1 or 2 pumps thought I bring up for 2 reasons, I was thinking that if you find a good cheap pump then why not buy two of them as some water cooling systems (such as the koolance system) uses 2 pumps. The thoughts of using 2 are as follows, with 2 perhaps you could get a higher head (the amount of water the pump can push through at a given height (relevant because turns in the flow such as through a radiator simulate this) and also it may be more reliable in case one of the pumps die at least you still have one left. So I wondered if anyone had thought about that and had done anything to experiment with that idea and see if it effects anything.
Secondly the order do you go Pump > radiator > water block(s) > reservoir > pump? or Pump > Water block(s) > radiator > Reservoir > pump? or any other order you can think of? I was thinking that I'd put the radiator right before the water block as even though it may slow down the water flow some, it really shouldn't be that much because it's pretty much a pressurized system and how much water gets pushed in shouldn't change too much in theory (but I never went through physics so I could easily be wrong) and I think you want the water to be as cool as it can before it reaches the water block and if you send it directly from the pump to the water block you may see some of the pump's temperature transfered to the water block.
Well those are my thoughts of the night and I would love to hear any opinions or thought on those thoughts from you experienced water cooling people.
the 1 or 2 pumps thought I bring up for 2 reasons, I was thinking that if you find a good cheap pump then why not buy two of them as some water cooling systems (such as the koolance system) uses 2 pumps. The thoughts of using 2 are as follows, with 2 perhaps you could get a higher head (the amount of water the pump can push through at a given height (relevant because turns in the flow such as through a radiator simulate this) and also it may be more reliable in case one of the pumps die at least you still have one left. So I wondered if anyone had thought about that and had done anything to experiment with that idea and see if it effects anything.
Secondly the order do you go Pump > radiator > water block(s) > reservoir > pump? or Pump > Water block(s) > radiator > Reservoir > pump? or any other order you can think of? I was thinking that I'd put the radiator right before the water block as even though it may slow down the water flow some, it really shouldn't be that much because it's pretty much a pressurized system and how much water gets pushed in shouldn't change too much in theory (but I never went through physics so I could easily be wrong) and I think you want the water to be as cool as it can before it reaches the water block and if you send it directly from the pump to the water block you may see some of the pump's temperature transfered to the water block.
Well those are my thoughts of the night and I would love to hear any opinions or thought on those thoughts from you experienced water cooling people.