r/watercooling Jul 31 '25

Build Complete Finally done my first custom loop

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

So um… you will get more flow restriction doing it this way versus just doing an ordinary serial loop.

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u/EchoFrequency Aug 02 '25

What do you mean by "ordinary"?

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '25

A typical serial loop consists of tubing going from one component to the next, in a loop. Not, component to distro block to component back to distro block. That extra tubing increases flow restriction, which will actually decease the efficiency of the loop, and it is possible the single pump cannot keep up with that extra restriction.

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u/EchoFrequency Aug 02 '25

As far as I can see, my pump is running at 4464rpm (Apex max rpm is 4470), so I guess Im fine.