Finally did it - Watercooled my Sonata
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Finally did it - Watercooled my Sonata
I just can't leave well enough alone. Several people told me it was impossible to fit all this into a tiny Sonata case, but I made it work
I can tell you it was a close fit, there is about 1/8 in from the radiator fan to the waterblock knobs.
I got a used Waterchill on the [H] forum for a pretty good price, and then I bought some Tygon tubing to replace the crap it came with. The pump is a Hydor L20. Low flow, but low noise. I can't hear it when its on the foam there. The pump has suction cups that I will only use when transporting the PC.
Pics tell the rest of the story I guess. Any more questions, please let me know.
I can tell you it was a close fit, there is about 1/8 in from the radiator fan to the waterblock knobs.
I got a used Waterchill on the [H] forum for a pretty good price, and then I bought some Tygon tubing to replace the crap it came with. The pump is a Hydor L20. Low flow, but low noise. I can't hear it when its on the foam there. The pump has suction cups that I will only use when transporting the PC.
Pics tell the rest of the story I guess. Any more questions, please let me know.
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I want everything contained within the case. If I wanted super cool, I would go with the heatercore. Those things are pretty ugly, though.
I just want competent and passably effective.
BTW, that's one of those OEM Panaflo 120's on the rad, that I got from Lenny. Nice fan. Thanks Lenny!
I just want competent and passably effective.
BTW, that's one of those OEM Panaflo 120's on the rad, that I got from Lenny. Nice fan. Thanks Lenny!
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Zhentar, I'd love to see your full setup in the "General Gallery" section. Watercooling is something most of us here haven't tried yet, and you seem to have more experience than most. Other w/c forums concentrate more on overclocking rather than silencing, so it would be good to see the silencing side being covered in more detail here. It's becoming cheaper all the time and is an increasingly viable alternative to fans for quiet PCs.
One radiator idea I saw in a magazine recently, a guy has an old fridge radiator mounted outside his house, for totally passive watercooling during the winter!
One radiator idea I saw in a magazine recently, a guy has an old fridge radiator mounted outside his house, for totally passive watercooling during the winter!
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Unfortunatly I don't have a decent digital camera right now; but I'm gonna buy a disposable or two when I do all my measurements and modes next week, so I'll get up some pictures then. Until then, I do have this picture of my system before I moved: http://timcluff.home.mindspring.com/wc1.jpg
Sucking is more efficient for airflow, but not for noise. I haven't tested it with my radiator, but judging by my experience with PSU fans, there's probably a considerable difference. Note that many overclockers go for a fan on both sides, push/pull, and do notice a considerable improvement over just a pull; but since this doubles the number of fans its another undesirable change. Thats why I recommend a double length heatercore like mine; by doubling the surface area you'll need half the airflow; but you've got twice the area for fans you'll get an airflow improvement even with the quietest fans possible.
Sucking is more efficient for airflow, but not for noise. I haven't tested it with my radiator, but judging by my experience with PSU fans, there's probably a considerable difference. Note that many overclockers go for a fan on both sides, push/pull, and do notice a considerable improvement over just a pull; but since this doubles the number of fans its another undesirable change. Thats why I recommend a double length heatercore like mine; by doubling the surface area you'll need half the airflow; but you've got twice the area for fans you'll get an airflow improvement even with the quietest fans possible.
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I plan on switching it to sucking as soon as I get the GPU block (to answer Mr_Smartepants' question). I still wanted to maintain some outward airflow to help the ZM80 on my Ti4200 until then. I will probably also go with a NB block, but that's further down the road. Plus I'm not sure all that tubing will fit
I will have to switch the fan to my other Panaflo OEM since I mangled the intake-side screw holes on the first one trying to figure out how to mount it all.
I will have to switch the fan to my other Panaflo OEM since I mangled the intake-side screw holes on the first one trying to figure out how to mount it all.
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Actually the temps are not what I had hoped, but they are better than the SLK800U by about 2C load, and maybe 3C idle. Mostly I am just happy to eliminate another fan. GPU block will solve my last problem on the ZM80 just not being up to the task for my airflow.Mr_Smartepants wrote: Did you notice a large benefit from what you had before? Noise and cooling wise?