thetoad30 wrote:
I will be moving my computer around probably 4 times a year or more. I haven't found a well-enough constructed reservoir that has a water-tight seal on the fill port that will hold to massive stresses when I use the pipe-clamps.
This isn't a bash at all, but I take my PC into work at least once a week, as I have for the past year and I haven't had any problems with it leaking. Whether or not you want a res is totally up to you and I am not trying to convince you that my way is the only way to go, my shuttle has a plain old T-line in it. It just takes about a day or so to bleed, so I can't go switching hardware around like I normally do.
thetoad wrote:
I sure think I'm getting more than that. I was looking at the flow with just the MAZE4GPU in there when I first got the setup, and the water flow looks to be around the same... I say that with how fast some air flows through the system when I am bleeding it. But being that I don't have a flow-meter I have no idea.
Like you said, you have no flow meter, so I can't unequivicaly state that I know your rate of flow. If you truly are, then wonderful, I have never seen someone get over 2.5gpm with either Laing/Swiftech/DD pump on the market when used with the storm. I have even seen tests done with 700GPH pumps with over 15' of head pressure that didn't get over 2.5GPM when used with the storm, and they didnt even have a Maze 4 in the loop. The resistance curve on that block is incredible due its inpingement jets.
thetoad wrote: My case isn't for showing off the guts, so I don't care. The real reason for the coolant is to prevent algae. I am slowly adding more and more, but I noticed after adding a little bit, I have ceased to lose water from the system. I don't know if it's filling the pores of the hosing or what, but it did the trick. I have also noticed that it actually DROPPED my temps by a good 2-5C in the system for the same air temp. So it did something, or maybe I just got lucky.
Thats wonderful that your temps dropped like that, and I am not going to give you a hard time for using it, its good for keeping algea out of the loop. However, if there is one thing I cannot stand, it is ignorence on forums where new people are trying to learn. So please don't go telling others that have questions that they should "add zerex to their loop because it will drop their temps". Scientificaly, nothing will cool your loop like straight H20, its specific heat, conductivity, and viscosity are by far the best of all liquids suitible for a WC'ing loop. Now, the reason why zerex is marketed as an additive that "improves cooling performance" is because it lowers the boiling point of the water its mixed with. In engines, where it was designed to be used, it actually does improve performance because the water is often times heated upto boiling temp. I have done an extensive amount of research on different additives and their effects on watercooling loops and out of all the different types, inc. water wetter, zerex, rmi-25, purple ice, neo keep cool, swiftech hydrex and pro blend 40 below to name a few, nothing cooled like straight, distilled H2O. As for algeacide, I have heard of many people complaining about getting algea in their loops with just about every type of additive except just a few drops of iodine. Now there are many who can use nothing but distilled water and not get so much as a clouded hose after over a year of operation so dealing with algea can be very subjective.
Also, water levels ussualy cease to drop when all the air is removed the water in your loop, with all the turbulence in a WC loop, the air trapped in the water surfaces quickly. If you put fish in that water, they would prolly sufficate before they were poisoned.
As for the temp drop, I truly don't know why it happened, it may have even been because of some highly sophisticated side effect of adding zerex to the loop. It could also be due to your thermalpaste curing on your blocks, I really don't know but just about every time I have seen someone come out and say that their temps dropped because of something they added, they withhold something else they did, such as reseating a block, ect. I am not saying this to come down on you or insult you in any way, I understand that you didnt add it improve your temps but to prevent algea. It just really bothers when I see threads saying "I added water wetter and my temps dropped 6C!" and then in every thread when people ask for advice they insist on using said product. I have used most of them, I have no bias other than scientific fact backed by real world results.
Either way, you've chosen some excellent hardware for that loop, I wish I had a storm but they weren't around when I built my first rig and there was a massive shortage when I did my second one. That pump is also very good as well, it is obvious that you did your homework before setting up your loop and I am sure that it has and will, give you excellent performance.
