Spec me a 1/2" flowmeter please

[Messiah Khan]

As title really. Are there any decent, minimal restriction flowmeters out there? Ideally I want one that doesn't have to be hooked to the mobo. ie is all self contained (Includes LED/LCD display?)

 

[w3bbo]

They're all gonne be restrictive m8 tbh. Anything apart from a pump is gonna reduce your flow. Curious as to why you would want one?

 

[Marci]

The ones with "builtin" reporting (LCD etc) all tend to be WAAAYYYY off the mark, and restrict flow by a fair degree (ie: step down to a 4mm or 6mm jet within the flowmeter).

The best way to do it is to get a Swissflow SF800 (the best affordable and least restrictive one to use for PC Watercooling), and connect it to a MatrixOrbital or similar. The SF800 only drops down to a 10mm jet, so is the equivalent of having 1/2" tubing step down to 3/8" for 2" of length, then back up to 1/2". If using 7/16" tubing, then the restrictivity won't be noticeable.

 

[Messiah Khan]

Hmm, might stay away then. I was going to get one to simply act as an extra safety feature, so that if the pump stopped for some reason, I would be able to notice quickly. Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[Marci]

Get a DDC based pump - they have an RPM cable to hook to mobo's CPU Fan Header, then turn on Fan-Fail protection in the bios.

 

[Messiah Khan]

Get a DDC based pump - they have an RPM cable to hook to mobo's CPU Fan Header, then turn on Fan-Fail protection in the bios.

Oh so thats what its for.

My loop(Still all boxed up until I get the case back from Gray Mole) currently consists of;

DDC2 + Petras top
120.1 Thermochill rad
2x Maze 4 GPU blocks
Maze 4 NB block
Tygon 1/2" tubing
2x DD fillports (Im going to use one as a drain at the bottom of the case)
DD fillport res

Ive also got Pentosin G11, Zerex and PT_Nuke and UV dye. Not sure which to use yet. Probably going to go with Distilled/Deionised water + PT_Nuke + UV dye.