With the nice weather upon us, I thought it's time for yet another completely unreasonable project. Since I've already got a machine in the initial build stage, I figured the next project would be to watercool/peltier cool the beast.
I've looked at all the pre-fab systems and nothing out there catches my fancy, and I susect mst store bought solutions won't allow for the Pelt, so that leaves me with one choice, build it.
Copper is my first choice for block material. I may have acylic top(s) for the block(s)
The system will be dual processor, so I have to build two CPU blocks, as well as two GPU blocks since the machine will have dual vid cards (AGP and PCI)
The pump assembly will be external, a completely seperate box, as not to accidentally shut it down, causing the pelts to overheat everything...
Obviously, without hardware specs, this will be difficult, but I won't start this project until the hardware is purchased and working. So until then, the details are sketchy.
What I know so far:
- I'll need 4 blocks (2 CPU, 2 GPU)
- Radiator - looking into a transmission cooler rad for this.
- Pump - looking into aquarium pump Don't know yet.
- Tubing - Obviously this aspect affects the efficiency of the pump, so I'll pick a diameter, then the pump, based on that.
- Power - Seperate UPS power supply will be a must.
- Based on tutorials I've read, I'll need neoprene and a copper baseplate fr the pelts.
What I'm unsure of:
- GPH and head pressure needed for my project
- Where to buy my copper baseplates (Looking for Canadian Seller)
- Will a double pump setup work better (two smaller pumps rather than one huge monster)
- Should I run two rads?
So that's that. I'm sure I missed something, but knowing the people here, I'll be informed to what I missed.