water turbulence idea.. please help

Mnx4

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i read an article(http://www.overclockers.com/articles511/) dealing with the physics of water cooling and is said that to get a better heat transferrance, you would need to create some turbulence...I was thinking that for increased turbulence, one could create a heatsink who's contents was hollow except for a small rotor/fan. I'm talking about a propeller that moves because the water would be forced inside the heatsink, by means of the inward flow, and be moved a little faster because of the water being moved out. Would this not work? i have posted this in the overclockers.com board too and i have also put a diagram there which could help. any insight or ideas would be welcome. Thanks. MnX4

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Actually, to make turbulence all you have to do is to "strangle" a point of the fluid's path, like when you pinch a hose you can feel the water flowing.

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In the do it yourself diagrams I have seen, the horizontal channels were drilled at a different level to the vertical channels (water block is on it's side). This would create turbulance of the water in the block.

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