- Joined
- Feb 3, 2002
- Location
- West Monroe, Louisiana
n00b making a few tentative plans...what do you think?
I've got some time on my hands and thought water would be an interesting project. I want to build it myself, rather than buying a kit (that's the fun of it, right?). And I wanted to ask a few questions. Any suggestions GREATLY appreciated!
waterblock: Right now, the best idea I have come up with is to fashion a top to put on my old globalwin CAK-38 (click it for pic/dimensions, etc). It's an all-copper air cooler. But I had a few questions. I'll probably shorten the pins a bit so that an easy-to-get round copper cap will fit snuggly. I'm thinking I'll attach the top with jb weld (or something similar) as I'm not too keen on the idea of a blowtorch. What do you guys think?
Should I thin the base a bit? It's probably about 1/4 inch thick.
What about volume of the block? I've looked at lots of blocks...many seem to have a much larger water volume capacity than others. How much difference does this make in performance? The way the plans look now, mine will have a relatively large capacity, I think...certainly larger than the "maze" type blocks.
heatercore: will be an automotive type---cheap, and easy to get my hands on. Of course, it will need to be copper, to prevent the battery effect. I plan to mount it outside the case, and shroud my rear case fans (which blow out) to blow into it (2x80mm fans).
How would I check to see if the heatercore is copper? Are most of them copper? Or would I just have to go to a junkyard or auto parts store and fumble through them?
What about my idea of mounting my radiator?
pump: I hear great things about eheim (sp?) pumps. Does anyone have linkage to the specific model numbers, with performance/noise ratings?
reservoir: I'm thinking of a invoteck-type (yeah, my spelling sucks) reservoir (tall, cylindrical). It will have a removable lid for refilling, and it will be the tallest point in the system for purposes of air bleeding. Water will come into the reservoir near the top, and go out of the reservoir near the bottom.
tubing: 1/2 inch...material?????
flow schematic: pump--reservoir--radiator--CPU block---other stuff blocks (maybe in the future!)---back to pump
thanks for any assistance guys!
I've got some time on my hands and thought water would be an interesting project. I want to build it myself, rather than buying a kit (that's the fun of it, right?). And I wanted to ask a few questions. Any suggestions GREATLY appreciated!
waterblock: Right now, the best idea I have come up with is to fashion a top to put on my old globalwin CAK-38 (click it for pic/dimensions, etc). It's an all-copper air cooler. But I had a few questions. I'll probably shorten the pins a bit so that an easy-to-get round copper cap will fit snuggly. I'm thinking I'll attach the top with jb weld (or something similar) as I'm not too keen on the idea of a blowtorch. What do you guys think?
Should I thin the base a bit? It's probably about 1/4 inch thick.
What about volume of the block? I've looked at lots of blocks...many seem to have a much larger water volume capacity than others. How much difference does this make in performance? The way the plans look now, mine will have a relatively large capacity, I think...certainly larger than the "maze" type blocks.
heatercore: will be an automotive type---cheap, and easy to get my hands on. Of course, it will need to be copper, to prevent the battery effect. I plan to mount it outside the case, and shroud my rear case fans (which blow out) to blow into it (2x80mm fans).
How would I check to see if the heatercore is copper? Are most of them copper? Or would I just have to go to a junkyard or auto parts store and fumble through them?
What about my idea of mounting my radiator?
pump: I hear great things about eheim (sp?) pumps. Does anyone have linkage to the specific model numbers, with performance/noise ratings?
reservoir: I'm thinking of a invoteck-type (yeah, my spelling sucks) reservoir (tall, cylindrical). It will have a removable lid for refilling, and it will be the tallest point in the system for purposes of air bleeding. Water will come into the reservoir near the top, and go out of the reservoir near the bottom.
tubing: 1/2 inch...material?????
flow schematic: pump--reservoir--radiator--CPU block---other stuff blocks (maybe in the future!)---back to pump
thanks for any assistance guys!