I’ve always wondered how a custom PC cooling loop equalizes no matter if there’s a radiator between the CPU and GPU. For instance here’s two loops that theoretically cool to the same temp:
Note: there’s only one pump in these loops.
Loop A:
Pump > CPU > Radiator > GPU > Radiator > Pump
Loop B:
Pump > CPU > GPU > Radiator > Radiator > Pump
Why do both loops equalize to the same temp?
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It won’t be exactly the same, loop B will have a bigger difference between the hottest and coldest parts of the loop.
The big thing is that the amount of heat put into the loop by the CPU and GPU doesn’t really change from one configuration to the other, so if we’re averaging the temperature of the whole loop together, it will be very close to the same. Not exactly, because heat transfer isn’t quite linear with temperature, and there are other paths for heat to escape from the components.
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