New Pump

[jester]

Im going to be getting the danger den Mag II in a week or so but I might have an issue w/ tube size.

I think my kit has 1/4" tubes & the smallest I can get the Mag II in is 3/8". I havnt tried measuring the tubes yet as I cant find nothing on it searching. Ive already priced 3/8" adapters & tubing & thatll put me over my $60 budget.

Can anyone recommend another decent quality pump that has 1/4" fittings? I found this one on koolance's site but no specs. http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=37_57&products_id=270

[SHaCK]

Isn't your kit using 3/8" tubbing ? i've been shopping for a cheap W/C kit lately and at a moment was planning to get the aquastar and than change the cpublock later on ... been shopping for 3/8" blocks :???:

Oh , That's what their website says :

Long silicon tube length: 2 x 22 1/4"(56 mm).
Short silicon tube length: 2 x 16 3/8"(415 mm).

Tbh i'm confused there i cannot figure how everything is plugged together. I guess there is 2 different size of tubbing and 1 size of "connectors" ?

I'd look at the tubes and spot which ones are bigger and how they are plugged.. maybe you could go with your first pump choice.

Yeah i'm totally new to w/c feel free to flame me if i'm not making any sense :P

[jester]

Yea I was a lil confused on that too at first.

All the tubes in the kit are all the same diameter, that is just the length. I really think the tubes are 1/4" but we'll see when I drain my kit & measure.

[killerrobot]

u can tell if its 1/4 or 3/8 or 1/2 cuz 1/4 is like 1/2 a dime, 3/8 tube is about the size of a dime, and 1/2 u can obviously tell... after u tried that. its might differ on wut the size of the OD is, 1/4id=3/8od , 3/8id=1/2od, 1/2id=5/8od i think. there are tubes that make the od bigger. (id = inner diameter, od = outer diameter. correct me if im wrong

also i see that u have a kingwin aquastar is that wut ur gonna use to upgrade? shuld be 1/4 ID then

[jester]

Yea most cheap kits use 1/4" tubes.

Been searching for a couple hrs, pain in the ass to find a pump w/ 1/4". I like this one better: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=201&products_id=20327 but their out of stock.

I wish the mag II had 1/4" as an option.

[captses]

Jester I looked at the link and it looks as if the Inside Diameter of the barbs are 1/4"which makes me believe that the O.D. is 3/8". Sorry to here that you are having difficulty finding the right pump.

How about this

http://store.pcpowerzone.com/dadencs12vop.html

[jester]

Yea I seen that pump. Not real specific as what tubing it excepts.

If your refering to the Thermaltake one, it should work, " for ID 6.4 mm(1/4”) tubing". Its an add on for their kits. From what I read some people were complaining the pumps w/ their kits were kind of shity.

[killerrobot]

get some 1/4 ID to 3/8 ID only about 2 bucks plus 1 buck for clamps

[jester]

Unless Ive missed them, I havnt seen the 1/4 ~ 3/8 that cheap. Ones Ive seen are $13 for 2. If I go that route Ill also need 2 more for a resivour as most are 3/8. The pump is inside my res which doesnt come apart so I need both.

Im on a tight budget & adapters, clamps & tube gona put me over so I want a pump & res w/ 1/4 fittings. Ill probly end up going with the thermaltake since it comes w/ both size fittings.

[jester]

get some 1/4 ID to 3/8 ID only about 2 bucks plus 1 buck for clamps

Did more searching & yea found some cheap, actually less than $2. Decided to get the thermaltake m5 since it already has everything I need.

Should I put the pump before or after my radiator?

[billb]

[quote=killerrobot]Should I put the pump before or after my radiator?Generally, it's best to put the pump just before the rad. You want the warmest water in the loop to go into the rad. That results in the largest temp difference between the water and the air going through the rad and will result in the highest heat removal efficiency. But. all in all, the temp diffreences in a loop are less than 1/2*c. So the pump/rad location in the loop should also be based on keeping the tubing runs as short as possible as that will then result in the highest water flow.

The real answer to your question is to test different setups and pick the best.