Codisha
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That is exactly what I was saying. I prefer a visual que, a reservoir with plexi glass window of some sort that helps me detect the current water level at a glance.It doesn't -it's a radiator.
If you want to see the level of fluid you obviously need to look at the reservoir (the acrylic/plexi one, NOT the tank in the radiator- though I would have thought the distinction was obvious).
good instructions.1. When flushing radiator prior to fitting into the loop, temporarily block the outlet of the radiator (maybe use a fingertip!)
2. Fill the radiator with distilled water from a measuring jug.
3. When full subtract the remaining water amount from the amount you started with- this will give the volume of water within the radiator.
Conversely...
1. Keep the loop filled with coolant and the reservoir full. You need not worry about the volume of water.
i never mad those statements. i didn't say anything about 7 shrouds and i am not sure if you are refering to my koolance suggestion with your 2nd claim.Only with people who deliberately misinterpret what is plainly written. Everyone is entitled to their opinion- what I take issue with are postings that purport to be fact when they are obviously not. Compound that with some spurious sidetracking to divert attention from the original ill-formed ramblings and I'll be more than happy to show my disagreement with those tactics
Oh dear...has someone hurt your feelings ! You are so far off base with that whine that it makes everything else you've said sound like an exercise in insightfulness
Options are fine-as I said, everyone is entitled to their opinion. What I take issue with is statements like:
-which of course isn't a pump and reservoir-only the latter.
Seven shrouds...really. And here I was thinking one on each side of the radiator was plenty.
Except of course that hanging a 360 rad, coolant, hoses and 3 (or 6) fans off a 2mm thick (hopefully) cast (but probably extruded) plexi fan shroud secured by four 1/4" screws is a recipe for disaster.
Again, I have not suggested that shroud. The shrouds i recommended was The TFC extender amd the Swiftech RadBox.
correct, i like nickel better and prefer to make a habit of using it for that very reason. The less mixed metals are in the loop that can oxidize the better, to me anyway. so if you have the option to pick a nickel block then thats the route i would go.Sure is...except the galvanic reaction you were thinking of happens between Aluminium and Copper not Nickel and Copper (note that Al and Cu both oxidise, Ni does not).
As dividebyzero explained Ni=Nickel does not oxidize with Cu=Copper.
I am not that deep into chemistry but assuming this Ni2+ and Cu2+ then there should be no reaction.
I was rather under the impression that this is Trillionsin's entry into water cooling, not that his, your or my suggestion would lean towards an entry level system.On top of all this, in post #18 you stated that you were under the assumption that Trillionsin was setting out to build an entry level watercool loop,
It clearly says in the 1st post that he is new to water cooling.but in Trillionsin's first post he/she said that they already had an i7 950 at 3.8GHz. Watercooling obviously means going higher -probably much higher given the cost,
but you steered them towards a dual loop and a lower capacity pump -a very hot and noisy pump once you get past 12v I might add- which are at odds with eachother.
You see where the advice becomes muddied ?
You as well ill advised to use a single 360 radiator for a CPU and 2x GPU's. It does not matter much what pump you are using or how many fans you are putting on the radiator, if there is not enough heat removal the heat isn't removed.
i don't disagree with the pump. The D5 is certainly a higher performing pump and would be a better choice, again I wanted to give some variety. The DDC is a good pump as well. Over 12v, not so good but I wouldn't run that pump over 12v anyway.
The DDC is a nice, small and quiet pump. Yes you can quiet down a D5 Vario but then you also lose performance and mind as well go with the DDC... unless you are tinkering on the setup the whole time anyway.