Been having a look into watercooling as I'm thinking about building an i7 system with a sum of money put aside for PSU/Case/Watercooling system that should last verision platforms (bar the block changes etc). Anyway, coming from the aquarium hobby I noticed some of the pumps used in peoples w/c systems had the outlet/inlet (of the pump) with an elbow connection straight away. Now, in the aquarium hobby were always told to leave at lease one foot of pipping before adding any bends/elbows etc. This is due to the impellor creating mirco bubbles/turbulance(or something along those lines) within the pipe as there isn't enough water to feed the impellor. This causes damage to the impellor and can decrease its performance and life. Was wondering if any of you lot had come across this and whether the pumps within the w/c industry (I bring this up because I see eheim and Hagen mentioned in the sticky guides) allowed for this turbulance etc as obviously you can't house a 1ft length of pipe as the in/outlet of your w/cing pump with everthing else in a PC case.
Odd question I know but was niggling me
Odd question I know but was niggling me
