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Thanks for the advice! I went with 2x D5 pumps and put them in series--one on either side of my radiator. So far it seems to be working but I haven't put it through the paces.

Hey guys, first post on the LTT forums for me. I wasn't sure there would be any other good place to ask--I figure most people who have done a mineral oil PC have come here at some point I built a mineral oil PC about a year ago. It was a very dumb decision but it was also very fun and I still use it as my daily driver. But, I've had to do surgery on it a couple times already, and I'm not looking forward to doing it again. I'm currently cycling the mineral oil through a radiator using a cheap Pond Pump I got at Home Depot. It's a Total Pond Pond Pump, somewhere between 330-500GPH (I can't remember which one I ended up using). It seems to run at a 50% duty cycle by default, and I've just left it on 24/7 since my system runs various services over night. However, after a few months of usage, it started making noise. Instead of a low consistent pump whir, it now has a rougher, grindy sound to it. This has happened once already about 5 months ago, and I replaced the pond pump with an exact duplicate model. But, just this last month, it's started making noise again. It still seems to pump & cool the system fine, but I can't stand the noise since it's in my home office. It sounds like an old fish aquarium now. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good pump to use for a mineral oil pc? or just a good quality pond pump in general? I don't think the flow rate is super important, mainly it's the quality of the unit I'm concerned about. I can avoid upgrading this machine for a long time, but replacing the pump is a huge pain... Thanks

1. No Drivers. With few exceptions, hardware manufacturers add their drivers to the mainline kernel. If it can work, it works out of box. 2. No Ads. In some way or another, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS all advertise to their users by default. It's gross. 3. I drive a vegan Prius. There are "i run arch btw" memes. But cutting away from that, Linux is the activist's OS for electronic freedom, software patents, privacy, security... 4. Quicker updates. There's never a post-reboot "Finishing installing updates..." phase. You just download updates, install, and reboot when you feel like it. No nags. 5. Commandline UX. This is meaningless to many people, but, after using a linux terminal for a while, you'll never want to touch Window's CLI environment again I'll stop there. There's other things to like but I think they get a lot more personalized from there. Stuff like customization can be a mixed bag of better & worse imo.