I'm planning to do a copper water cooled HD casing system for my 2
drives (IBM/Hitachi 180GXP and 7K250). I've come up with 2 designs both
using 0 curves just one copper pipe going through (touching) the copper
housing. I'm planning to make another, bigger housing in which i'll put
this copper one. I'll put some sound absorbing material in the larger one,
than I'll mount the housing on the bottom of the computer.
Here are the ASCII art designs:
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DESIGN #1
2PPPPPPP1 P
ccccccccc ccccccc ccc2ccc
cDDDDDD c cDDDDDc c P c
cDDDDDD c cDDDDDc c P c
c c c c c P c
cDDDDDD c cDDDDDc c P c
cDDDDDD c cDDDDDc c P c
ccccccccc ccccccc ccc1ccc
side view back view top view
DESIGN #2
ccc2ccc
2PPPPPPPPPPPPP1 P c P c
ccccccccccccccc ccccccc c P c
cDDDDDD DDDDDDc cDDDDDc c P c
cDDDDDD DDDDDDc cDDDDDc c P c
ccccccccccccccc ccccccc ccc1ccc
side view back view top view
Legend:
c = copper
D = HD
P = pipe
1 = pipe in
2 = pipe out
going through twice the amount of copper as in #1.
OK, now i'm wondering if this even works? Both drives are touching the
copper housing at their sides but there is only one pipe going through the
top. Will the cooling effect even spread to the sides? Will the temps be
reasonable?
Another question conserns the other housing (packed with sound-
absorbing things). In my design there is 0 air comming in or out. Is it safe
to run my HDs without a hint of air? The reason I'm asking is because
there is this hole on top of the HDs with a warning "Don't close this hole"
written besides it. So is it safe to have it air-proof tight?
Thank you for all the answers...