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tube length vs flow rate

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arctic-k20

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I was curious - i just put a water cooling setup in my system and i wanted to avoid using 90 bends etc as they reduce the flow rate. So in order to avoid 90's I had to use longer lengths of tubing to make the same bend and not kink.

question is what is more detrimental to overall performance - the reduced flow of a 90 bend (there would be a lot of 90's used) or long sweeping bends that make the pump have to pump further??

Any comments??

My particular setup is cooling the cpu-gpu -nb and the rad is on the outside of the case the tubing has to enter and exit the case - adding to the overall length as well !!
 
arctic-k20 said:
I was curious - i just put a water cooling setup in my system and i wanted to avoid using 90 bends etc as they reduce the flow rate. So in order to avoid 90's I had to use longer lengths of tubing to make the same bend and not kink.

question is what is more detrimental to overall performance - the reduced flow of a 90 bend (there would be a lot of 90's used) or long sweeping bends that make the pump have to pump further??

Any comments??

My particular setup is cooling the cpu-gpu -nb and the rad is on the outside of the case the tubing has to enter and exit the case - adding to the overall length as well !!
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Sharp 90 degree bends will hurt your flow much moreso than gradual bends.
 
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