Hi all !
I recently acquired an Eisbaer 420, and for maximum performance at the lowest possible noise level, decided to install the radiator outside of the PC case, a Corsair Carbide 300R, some 25mm above the mesh on the top and with the rearmost third of the radiator sticking out over the back of the case, as shown in the attached picture.
To do so, I had to add 2 blue tubes, 11/8mm and some 40cm long each, to extend the loop enough, and about a month after putting everything together, having decided to give a quick check, tilted the tower and added some extra water in the loop. In the process, the CPU temperatures jumped a few degrees, and since the waterblock is tightened enough, it's most likely some air bubble trapped in some inconvenient place.
Since I intend to add a future GPU to the loop, and having seen that some air bubbles may have a hard time moving around the loop, I'm thinking of adding an extra pump to help push the bubbles to the right spots more quickly, and of course for slightly improving thermals.
But according to the Eisbaer 420's technical data, the radiator is tested to 1.5 bars, and the included pump already has a maximum head of 0.85m, so is there enough margin to add a powerful pump to the loop ? For example, if I add the Eisstation VPP with its VPP755 pump and its 4.25m max head pressure, this would result in up to 5.1 bars if both pumps are directly in series in the loop.
So would it be safe to add such a pump ? Or would you say there's a (lower) maximum value for the pressure of the extra pump not to exceed ?
See you
I recently acquired an Eisbaer 420, and for maximum performance at the lowest possible noise level, decided to install the radiator outside of the PC case, a Corsair Carbide 300R, some 25mm above the mesh on the top and with the rearmost third of the radiator sticking out over the back of the case, as shown in the attached picture.
To do so, I had to add 2 blue tubes, 11/8mm and some 40cm long each, to extend the loop enough, and about a month after putting everything together, having decided to give a quick check, tilted the tower and added some extra water in the loop. In the process, the CPU temperatures jumped a few degrees, and since the waterblock is tightened enough, it's most likely some air bubble trapped in some inconvenient place.
Since I intend to add a future GPU to the loop, and having seen that some air bubbles may have a hard time moving around the loop, I'm thinking of adding an extra pump to help push the bubbles to the right spots more quickly, and of course for slightly improving thermals.
But according to the Eisbaer 420's technical data, the radiator is tested to 1.5 bars, and the included pump already has a maximum head of 0.85m, so is there enough margin to add a powerful pump to the loop ? For example, if I add the Eisstation VPP with its VPP755 pump and its 4.25m max head pressure, this would result in up to 5.1 bars if both pumps are directly in series in the loop.
So would it be safe to add such a pump ? Or would you say there's a (lower) maximum value for the pressure of the extra pump not to exceed ?
See you