Liquid Flow Restriction

I use a Xylem D5 pump with a standalone reservoir, with the pump being powered through a direct SATA connection from a PSU used only for watercooling components and not part of the test system. The pump is controlled by an Aquacomputer Aquaero 6 XT in PWM mode. There is a calibrated in-line flow meter and Dwyer 490 Series 1 wet-wet manometer to measure the pressure drop of the component being tested. Every component is connected to the manometer by the way of soft tubing, compression fittings, and two T-fittings that have been accounted for when it comes to the liquid flow restriction in the loop.


I have removed all the older CPU blocks from the database, including some that were designed for the older Intel LGA 1200 socket but could still work on LGA 1700 with adapters. Some were also too old in the tooth now to still be relevant, and there are more CPU blocks being tested as we speak to replace them. As it stands, we see that increased fins are offset by the triple parallel split of the liquid in the new cooling engine which results in the iCUE Link XC7 RGB Elite having lower restriction than its predecessor and falling in the middle of the pack. This will not be a bottleneck to your standard D5/equivalent pump thus.