Makin an ax-7 into a w/b. Is it possible?

[drunkmonkey]

Well, I can get a hold of a car rad for free and a good pump 4 cheap, but I gotta get a w/b and I have little cash.
I was wondering if it would be feasable to turn my ax7 into a w/b and what probs I would have. I know I'd have to hack it up cuse that whole ting full of water would be way too heavy.
I have heard of this being done b4 and I'm just wondering if it would work, I hate to waste a perfectly good hs and buy a w/b.

[Liss]

i think there was an articles about someone making a wb out of an ax7..
not sure.. check it out..

but i know its a hs from thermalright..

[JFettig]

over at aoaforums someone did it, youlll have to do a little searching.. but its been done

[grim]

i have an ax-7 from when i was air cooling. i think it would be possible. looking at it you could drill a hole thru the center in the top and that would go thru into the empty space above the copper plate. put ur intake there. use 2 outtakes one on either side. you would have to hack up some of the fins there to get better cooing and seal off the ends with lexan. you could completely remove the smaller fins that there are alot of that hang over the copper plate to get rid of excess weight.

[The Spyder]

http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8643&highlight=AX7+waterblock

[grim]

or you could do it like that

[Liss]

hey.. thats pretty cool...

its like a heatsink waterblock.. lol

[JFettig]

a really good waterblock could be made out of one of those.. maby sometime ill do something like it... with a fan:p

[grim]

i was thinking about making a block out of mine cuz its just sitting on my desk and it would be a fun project

[SemiCycle]

I wonder if it woudl be worth it to use a fan with that watercooled AX-7. I always thought that one of the great features of the block is it allowed fresh air to be blown through the cooling fans and get near the core. That is the reason I always thought those "Thermoengine" HSF units performed good. What do you guys think?

[drunkmonkey]

sorry i haven't been able to reply, been grounded:( Im sneaking on right now, lol. Once I get some cash 2 buy some lexan and a pump Ill start on it. Any ideas of what to hole the lexan to itself and the ax7 with? Maybe goop? I dont know much bout that stuff.

[drunkmonkey]

crap, i just noticed something. I was going to have the interior section of the ax7 for a w/ BUT that d***ed clip is in the way, hmmm. This'll be interesting to figure out, Ill find a solution. Do any of you know any links to some very technical documentation to the ax7? Im gonna do a 3d model of the ax7. Do any of you by chance have an autocad dxf model of it? I don't have autoCAD but i can do it just fine in gmax. thanx

[JFettig]

i have nothing, but if i get access to milling equip soon, (my unkles shop) i could maby do something like that, just mill out the center and put inlet and outlet on the sides....

[grim]

just cut that clip out and make your own hold down

[JFettig]

honestly thats not a great heatsink to encase to make a waterblock, the only thing i could think of doing is milling out the center and making a waterblock, after i talk to my unkle and see how things are going ill do it for ya for cheap

let me know

[drunkmonkey]

OK, here is my first draft/idea for the w/b.
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0802/ax7wbdiag.JPG
all brown are tubes, green is sealing the end of the fins. Water will go to the bottom, back up to the top, go through the sideways tube, back down, and back up into the outlet.
btw this will be my first actual watercooling setup, but I have read TONS of info in this cooling forum, its very interesting stuff.
Also, I just got the ok on a free rad from a car, and found a 400gph pump for about $40

[drunkmonkey]

No one has any comments on my design, good or bad???? wow, thats weird. Anyone who see's a problam or potentiaal problem pleaze post what ya think. I don't mind critisizm(except for @ my speling:D)

[JFettig]

i dont really see how it would work, but i got access to a mill, and in time i could mill it out for ya for a small fee :p i would mill out the center, then tap holes and seal the top with an aluminum plate and hosebarbs... pm me if interested

[The Spyder]

well sealing it would be to hard i would think~ you would have better luck attaching a copper or aluminum plate around the outside~ im workon on one right now..... will post l8r

[JFettig]

heres what im thinking, mill out the center, drill 4 holes on the corners of the center island thing, tap them, make a top with barbs and seal it up

[drunkmonkey]

I'd be very interested in paying you to do it, thanks. Think you could make a drawing of what ur thinking? I think I could get my idea working, and there's a chance I know someone with a drill press or a mill so i'll see about getting you to do it(I'd be lost w/o having my puter for a week but Im grounded anyway:D, shhh lol).

Again, If I do my idea I gotta few questions:
What could I use to stick the plexi on top and it be waterproof?
Do I need to worry about corrosion?
When the thing heats up will it expand at all and crack the plexi?

[JFettig]

corosion only if mixed metals, plexi top, dont bother, wont be worth it, as for what im thinking, either send me that cad file, if the center part is of scale that is, or tell me the size of the center part...

maskedgeek#wc101.com (change # to @ to prevent bots)

[drunkmonkey]

Its not Cad, its gmax. Not to be a butt, but im gonna do it myself. I just couldn't stand using my backup rig for a week(shudder). Also, Im a do-it-yourselfer. Thanks for offering though, I found out theres a machine shop in only and some good stuff in school's shop.