voigts said:
This core of this rad is only about 5/8" thick. Not to mention it sure going to be hard to beat $35.
yeah and the reserator and the likes cant really handle much heat. A 3.6ish ghz P4 and a 9800 and you max it out.
With a car rad you could have some very very quiet fan like a 12" normal house fan blow on it and it will cool like 5 computers =)
Pf.Farnsworth said:
thanks guys.
I though about bong's but i really dont want to turn my room in to a sauna lol. I dont want to go though the trouble of getting a dehumidifier, its humid enough here as it is
You know a car radiator was my first idea but what realled stopped me from jumping on that band wagon is the amount of water. Help me out here guys but wouldnt that be to much water for a relativly small pumps we use to push around?
jamesavery22, what do you mean? do you have any better solutions?
using a bong isnt going to dump any more heat in your room than a car radiator. well it might if you get lucky and can get sub-ambient temps. But a bong in general is just a whole mess if you ask me. Its fun if you have the space and dont mind dealing with all the quirts, just not for me.
what did I mean about the density? any radiator, hc, one made for a computer, car radiator, all have very dense fins, requiring a certain amount of pressure to move air though them. While surface area is still king, in a passive setup density becomes a bigger player. As in that convenction radiator that Polonator linked would get better performance than a 120.2 or maybe even a 120.3 even though it has a lot less surface area.
In "passive" setups there is still air flow. Just very little. Hot air rises etc. For a heatercore or car rad or the link to get good performance with no fans at all a chimney type setup is ideal. Cathar did some tests with it. The chimnys were kind of big though.
I dont really have any better suggestions. Ive been trying to build a passive setup around a 5' baseboard heater for months now but never finished it. Don't expect great results.
If you have some small 3ghz setup and you arent overclocking the reserator would be at the top of my list.
If you have some huge 4ghz+ and SLI setup a car rad hanging out a window on a cold day would be best.
Guess it boils down to what you want to cool.
And in general I find most people who want passive setups are more than happy with the right rad and fan setup. Like a pa160 and a nexus 120.
