Flow Meter important?

[AP2]

How important is a flow meter in a water cooling setup? I'm redoing my loop and thought about adding one in.

My current setup doesn't use a lot of tubing,120mm rad, 240 rad, gpu block, cpu block, and a d5 pump.

Thanks!

 

[Squizzles]

To me, they are mostly just an accessory. If it looks cool and you like it, why not!

 

[EvilWays]

If your setup can use one for alarming purposes on loss of flow, then it's a good addition.

 

[d50man]

pump rpm and temp sensors on cores are plenty

 

[Supercharged_Z06]

Unless you have it hooked to an alarm or control circuit that can shut down your system in case of pump failure, a flow meter is about as useful as tits on a bull.

 

[d50man]

on modern custom water loops, pump failure wouldn't even be enough to CPU throttle @ idle
I can kill fans and pimp and the box will continue to idle on.

 

[w1retap]

I've found that when a pump dies, the computer throttles and or locks up within about 5 seconds.. there's really no time to shut down, so I find a flow meter unnecessary.