Water Cooled HDD

[Yeti]

Restrictions create pressure loss? So if I shove more water into a smaller tube pressures would go down? Don't sound right at all. Flow would decrease. Head Loss is actually the measure of reduction of in the total head of fluid as it moves through the system (sum of elevation head, velocity head, and pressure head = total head).

Yes, restrictions create a pressure loss – from one side to the other the pressure goes down. Pressure is an energy density. Just think of an electric circuit – the battery is the pump, the current is the mass flow, and the resistor is the flow obstruction; basic electrical laws apply. Yes, I know there are different components to head loss; velocity and elevation are usually neglected as they don’t contribute much.

You're getting overly technical now.

Yes, and I’m trying to hold back. But anyway, this is getting pointless. Just use PMs for any more.

 

[Mankz_91]

If you have the money, and no sense, then yes. But otherwise, its a waste of money. I had a HDD water-cooling block, and my current vibration proof enclosier + Ghetto hidden 80mm fan cools everything perfectly.

EDIT ** Sunbeam Hard-drive cooler/silencer

it you are going to WC everything, then do it. Otherwise, DONT.

 

[fade2green514]

I'm not worried about pressures or much about the temp of the water reaching the CPU. HDD cooler i was looking at has 1/2 fittings which is the size of the water system, so that's not a problem. As far as temp goings, I'm going to try to shove 2 radiators into the case so we'll see. I don't know if you know much about Hydraulics but all pumps create flow not pressure. Restrictions create pressure and pressure is directly related to heat IE if pressure goes up (like 1/4'' fittings) so does heat--hence 1/2'' fittings. That's your lesson for the day lol

you know what i mean
the pump holds the water away from the reservoir... now the pump needs to pump water upward and downward in any case, its like a human heart only much less complex, you have blood pressure. if you add onto it (say, gain weight?) you add stress to the heart... same as with the pump except the pump doesnt grow larger to compensate.. the pump just has a heart attack lol.

suspending 1gallon versus 1.2gallons could make all the difference, in a lot of cases they only give you a pump that'll pump all the water that the system will fit... like the thermaltake big water se, not very expandable because the pump isn't very powerful.