New radiator source

[Spawn-Inc]

yes, i demand pics!!!

if i could find a copper rad that big that would be so friggin sick. i could cool the entire pc with it instead of having 2 triple rads for my cpu and gpu(coming soon).

[rithunder916]

I'll dig around and see what I can find for smaller copper radiators/intercoolers, maybe take a poke around a junkyard.

As for pics.

I have a few pics of the intercooler before it gets a trim.
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[Spawn-Inc]

well from the first pic it looks like the fpi is low which would explain the low pressure drop so you will be fine with low to medium (do to thickness) speed fans which means not alot of noise. so thats a +

[rithunder916]

yea, and I found an all aluminum water block for a decent price, so i'll probably pick that up, see how the rad cools things!


Mike

[Spawn-Inc]

sweet. i was really not thinking much of this idea but i really hope it works, it looks promising to say the least. hope the rad won't have to bad a pressure drop on the water side of things.

[rithunder916]

Now, here's a question, I have found an aluminum block, but that would be an un-fair test, seeing as I want to make this useable for all people. So i'll probably try to get a copper block instead, and use anti-freeze (20-30%) with distilled water. I want to try this with a more common water block, I was thinking the koolance 300 series, since I can get one for cheap, and don't care if i destroy it. I'll hopefully run all copper first, with the mix, then run the mixed metals, compare cpu tems, and post what I find!


Mike


I'll take any suggestions for blocks too!

[Spawn-Inc]

well what cpu is this for? if its a quad then the top blocks are the Dtek Fuzion V2 (i have) and the newer Swiftech Apogee GTZ. they range from 50-70

if you can get the koolance block cheap then go ahead, but what do you call cheap?

its not going to mess up the block quickly if proper precautions are taken such as antifreeze. its also a matter of just keeping an eye on things.

[rithunder916]

well the Koolance 300 i can buy from one of my favorite sites for about 15 bucks. it's a single core pentium 4 3.2


Mike

[Spawn-Inc]

ya then older blocks are going to work better for the most part. the newer ones are meant for multi core and quads.

pick up the koolence block and see what happens.

[rithunder916]

Sweet! I'll look at ordering tomorrow, just found an older p4 lga 775 thermal take block with all mounting hardware, since it works with both amd and intel, (939,940,am2) (lga775 and up) that would interest me much more, I have a socket 939 that i'm working on as we speak.


mike

I like have multiple projects going at once, keeps me occupied always lol