Couple Questions
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Couple Questions
Hi guys,
Was wondering how those who enclosed/muffled their pumps did it? I have a CSP-Mag and although it is very quiet, it is louder than i want.
Also when you need to replace a part, or you're upgrading, what is the best way to remove tubes, etc from an already setup wc system. Just be careful??
Thanks
Was wondering how those who enclosed/muffled their pumps did it? I have a CSP-Mag and although it is very quiet, it is louder than i want.
Also when you need to replace a part, or you're upgrading, what is the best way to remove tubes, etc from an already setup wc system. Just be careful??
Thanks
Yeah I agree that the CSP-MAG is loud unmuffled, maybe slightly louder than a Seasonic PSU on idle, but muffling makes a huge difference. I covered mine completely in 3/4 inch of dense clay, and then an inch of dense wood. You can also use uranium which works even better than wood. If done right, you shouldn't hear the pump at all even with your head right next to it.
You definately need to use quick-release interconnects or changing computer parts will be a huge pain. Interconnects can get expensive when you have a lot of them (like 4), but when going the watercooling route it's going to be expensive anyway. Without interconnects when you change parts you might do something stupid and cause a leak.
You definately need to use quick-release interconnects or changing computer parts will be a huge pain. Interconnects can get expensive when you have a lot of them (like 4), but when going the watercooling route it's going to be expensive anyway. Without interconnects when you change parts you might do something stupid and cause a leak.
I used to see some places that sell quick disconnects for cheap, but I no longer have the urls. The place I got mine from I can no longer find. This place sells them but it's a bit expensive!
http://www.xoxide.com/qudi.html
The uranium I got from ebay, so I couldn't be of much help there.
http://www.xoxide.com/qudi.html
The uranium I got from ebay, so I couldn't be of much help there.
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I'm sorry but unless there's another obscure meaning to the word, I can't help thinking these references to uranium (highly radioactive, basis for nuke bombs, etc) have got to be some kind of inside joke.cotdt wrote:The uranium I got from ebay, so I couldn't be of much help there.
Want to enlighten the rest of us?
It might not be. Uranium should be pretty stable in the temperatures occurring inside regular PC case. From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium):MikeC wrote:I'm sorry but unless there's another obscure meaning to the word, I can't help thinking these references to uranium (highly radioactive, basis for nuke bombs, etc) have got to be some kind of inside joke.cotdt wrote:The uranium I got from ebay, so I couldn't be of much help there.
I take this to mean that in temperatures undes 667 °C uranium should not be radioactive. And if temps inside your PC case exceed 600 degrees, you have also certain other kinds of trouble, altough not so deadly.Uranium metal has three allotropic forms:
* alpha (orthorhombic) stable up to 667.7 °C
* beta (tetragonal) stable from 667.7 °C to 774.8 °C
* gamma (body-centered cubic) from 774.8 °C to melting point - this is the most malleable and ductile state.
Also:
So if it's suitable for radiation shielding, it should not radiate too much :-).* Its high atomic mass makes U-238 suitable for radiation shielding.
* Due to its high density, the element has found use in inertial guidance devices and in gyroscopic compasses; see uses of depleted uranium.
Uranium may have some unique acoustic properties seeing as it's one of the most dense metals around. However as MikeC said it's radioactive, but not highly. I've held a large piece of uranium in my hand and have no ill effects. It will give you cancer if you're around it for many years, so I wouldn't build a case out of it, but it's nothing to get in a panic over.