bdylyzsouless Posted January 6, 2006 What's up, OCC? It's been a long while since I've been in these forums. Anyway, I've been looking at getting a new pump for my system for a long time but never could find one to my liking. I found this pump/reservoir combo at frozencpu.com that looks good but I need some feedback. alphacool Just wondering if anyone's seen any good reviews for this product. And, yes, I did google it already but it's made in germany and most of the search results are all in german. If anyone had any insight on this product it would be appreciated. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagash Posted January 7, 2006 Alphacool is renowned for cool looks and downright mediocre performance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayMeow Posted January 7, 2006 Well it definitely looks cool. I don't know about alphacool, but eheim pumps are known to be pretty good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airman Posted January 7, 2006 yea that's a good-quality pump =) i see nothing wrong with it =) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagash Posted January 7, 2006 One thing that I didn't think about initially was that it is really stupid to submerge your pump inside your res. When it is fully submerged in the water it will dump ALL of it's heat into your water, therefore heating up your entire loop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IUMaestro Posted January 7, 2006 One thing that I didn't think about initially was that it is really stupid to submerge your pump inside your res. When it is fully submerged in the water it will dump ALL of it's heat into your water, therefore heating up your entire loop. 612439[/snapback] I've thought of that too.. but then again, your other components suffer from heat output by an inline dry pump.. why not water-cool the pump, as long as it goes to the rad before the processor, then it should only make a minute difference to the heat put out by actual hardware i really like the looks of that by the way, i say go for it if the gph is decent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagash Posted January 7, 2006 Any component that would suffer from your pump releasing heat into the air already have a waterblock slapped on top of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slayer2cool Posted January 8, 2006 amount of heat being release into the loop from your inline pump is basically negligible man.. really, water have a really high heat capacity.. i wont worry much about any of that heat release into loop and making your cooling capability lower stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nagash Posted January 8, 2006 (edited) amount of heat being release into the loop from your inline pump is basically negligible man.. really, water have a really high heat capacity.. i wont worry much about any of that heat release into loop and making your cooling capability lower stuff 612685[/snapback] It is a lot bigger deal then you guys think. Go over to Xtremesystems.org there has been some pretty conclusive testing done on the subject. Edited January 8, 2006 by Nagash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IUMaestro Posted January 9, 2006 luck i'm on inline. good link Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slayer2cool Posted January 10, 2006 It is a lot bigger deal then you guys think. Go over to Xtremesystems.org there has been some pretty conclusive testing done on the subject. 612722[/snapback] got links? cos really it takes more than just a pump to heat up water Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
