A few questions about watercooling
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 11:31 am
I want to give this a shot, and see if I can put some sort of watercooling setup together. Before I do so, however, I have a few 'general' questions about it.
I know that there are two types of cable width's and/or 'connector' (to the waterblocks) width's, generally speaking. 1/2" obviously allows more waterflow than 3/8", BUT if I use both 1/2" and 3/8" blocks in my watercooling setup, will I suffer some sort of performance drop, and will it be significant?
I have had a hard time finding waterblocks that all feature 1/2" 'connectors' (or is it nipples?), and am therefore comtemplating the possibility of using both types.
The radiator I intend to use, is most likely going to be custom fitted somehow, as I am going to either go with a big copper radiator from a car, or from a truck, and I've begun preliminary inquiries already about obtaining one. As it seems right now I could be able to get a big radiator from a car for about $21-32 (used one obviously), price for a radiator from a truck is unknown to me at the moment, but I will look into that sometime after christmas.
Now, I am wondering how clean must I get it, is it clinically clean, with no residues whatsoever that is the norm, or can a small amount of 'filth' be tolerated within the system?
Also, because I am intending to either have some sort of support structure to fix the radiator to the side of the case (although not touching the latter), or to have it standing by itself next to the case will a eheim 1046 pump be sufficient, or should I start looking for a bigger and badder one?
Waterblocks to be used initially will most likely be: cpu, northbridge, gpu, hd. Later on I want to include PSU as well, and a more sophisticated hd waterblock (if I can have one manufactured for me) that would resemble something of a box made out of copper to fit two drives.
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll think of something I forgot later on, but this should give you a pretty clear idea of how I want to execute this project.
Oh, and if there's something fundamental to watercooling that I've forgot in my thoughts about it, feel free to tell me!
I know that there are two types of cable width's and/or 'connector' (to the waterblocks) width's, generally speaking. 1/2" obviously allows more waterflow than 3/8", BUT if I use both 1/2" and 3/8" blocks in my watercooling setup, will I suffer some sort of performance drop, and will it be significant?
I have had a hard time finding waterblocks that all feature 1/2" 'connectors' (or is it nipples?), and am therefore comtemplating the possibility of using both types.
The radiator I intend to use, is most likely going to be custom fitted somehow, as I am going to either go with a big copper radiator from a car, or from a truck, and I've begun preliminary inquiries already about obtaining one. As it seems right now I could be able to get a big radiator from a car for about $21-32 (used one obviously), price for a radiator from a truck is unknown to me at the moment, but I will look into that sometime after christmas.
Now, I am wondering how clean must I get it, is it clinically clean, with no residues whatsoever that is the norm, or can a small amount of 'filth' be tolerated within the system?
Also, because I am intending to either have some sort of support structure to fix the radiator to the side of the case (although not touching the latter), or to have it standing by itself next to the case will a eheim 1046 pump be sufficient, or should I start looking for a bigger and badder one?
Waterblocks to be used initially will most likely be: cpu, northbridge, gpu, hd. Later on I want to include PSU as well, and a more sophisticated hd waterblock (if I can have one manufactured for me) that would resemble something of a box made out of copper to fit two drives.
That's it for now, I'm sure I'll think of something I forgot later on, but this should give you a pretty clear idea of how I want to execute this project.
Oh, and if there's something fundamental to watercooling that I've forgot in my thoughts about it, feel free to tell me!