Heat pipe waterblock ?

Borgy

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• Jul 18, 2004

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Iv had a idea for some time
buy a multi heat pipe hsk and change one of the heat pipes to water cooling
(rad pump res)
oneone tried it ?
thanx
Borgy

 

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sandman001

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• Jul 18, 2004

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Won't work as well as a normal waterblock. Heatpipes require a large (comparitively) delta T in order to function correctly. This temp difference is larger than the delta T a waterblock has.

 

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Borgy

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• Jul 18, 2004

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Just thinking of using it like a safty back up
if the pump stops (or my wife forgets to turn it on LOL)
the the CPU wouldnt fry

 

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situman

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• Jul 19, 2004

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why not just get a 12v pump then? i.e swiftech mcp600.

 

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Smalljojo

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• Jul 19, 2004

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Borgy said:

Just thinking of using it like a safty back up
if the pump stops (or my wife forgets to turn it on LOL)
the the CPU wouldnt fry

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You can try use a Relay to connect the pump and PC, once PC is on, the pump is on.

Or connect a flow-meter (the one that rotate when water flows through it) to know whether the pump is working