What flow meters will shut off pc in case pump fails?

[dred]

Well besides the T-balancer is there anything else thats cheaper and just does this simple job? I have been searcing the internet and seen some posts where poeple used a flow meter that hooked up the motherboard rpms and you could use mbm 5 or some program to shutdown pc if the rpms hit 0 or drop below a certain threshold.

 

If that kinda of solution works great would it work with my DFI expert motherboard? The reason i ask is cause i may end up getting a second loop in my system. you know like its own pump and everything. Then use that to cool the motherboard chipset and the voltage regulators on my 2 7800gtx cards. The thought of the pump failing and frying my voltage regulators makes me cringe so thats why i am interested in something like this.

 

Thanks

[disturbed6dws]

well...if you are looking for a cheap solution, set motherboard monitor to turn off your pc when it hits a certain temp, im sure bios has a similar option...it works

[dred]

ya i know thats a good option i planned on testing it.. but lets assume i decide to make two pumps 2 different loops. the loop with the cpu and graphics cards your idea works fine. but the second pump and loop cooling the chipset and mosfets on my graphics cards would not work.. Unless you can tell the motherboard to shutdown when northbridge gets to a certain temp?

[michaelzhao]

The second loop is sorta superfluous. If you have loads of money to burn, go for it. But there are so many better upgrades you can do to our computer than that.

[dred]

Yeah i know. I just hate having to put fans over the mosfets of my graphics cards after paying for these huge waterblocks. I could add them to my current loop but it would add quite a bit of heat plus koolance uses 1/4 and i think that would restrict flow quite a bit.. If i was to get a 2nd loop i was gonna go for something cheap like the thermaltake tidewater and just add whatever blocks i need should be good enough..

 

Anyway while i have yet to get the 2nd loop and probably won't. I was wondering if anyone has tested using a flow meter and rpm cable to the motherboard. Then use something like MBM 5 to shutdown pc when rpms report 0 or below a certain threshold.

[lowboy]

dred: please put your location in.Thanks

[michaelzhao]

You don't need fans over the MOSFETs. They already have heatsinks on them and they add minimal heat to the loop if you get it.

 

But if you do get it,

 

Do the CPU+Mosfets on one loop and GPU+Chipset on the 2nd. That way you balance out the high temp stuff like the CPU and the GPU because the chipset and MOSFETS give out negligble heat compared to the CPU and GPU.