Been thinking for the last few days about setting up a water cooling system
1. Because i want reasonable temps
2. Lower the noise
3. Have abit of fun with abit of over clocking
So I looked into some kits and just don't have the money for them and i like to build things my self anyway. So I'm going to build it up. So i did some research..... and i found out i can use a heater core for a rad, I'll buy the pump and i can make a water block. Now I'm going to want to cool my cpu (of course) and my GPU.
Now my first thought (based on how well making my first wb goes, but in my head it seems easy enough) was to cool everything with water, cpu, gpu, chipset, harddrive, memory, i was even thinking the psu. This would eliminate all fans except the rad fans and i was planning on having the rad away from the comp. Now i know a lot of that was not necessary but why not. Well i came to my senses kinda and figured it wasn't worth it.
Now i have to sate that i plan on putting the hc outside in the winter (i'm in canada) and over a a/c vent in the summer (that's the best i can think of right now for the summer, just have clock it down a bit in the summer).
I thought great, what a good idea, nice cold water going over the cpu, then i did some more reading/research and found out there's a problem with that. Condensation.....(and that i wasn't the first to think of doing this, which would have surprised me if i was) Ok so the solution to that is isolate the cpu, wb, hoses etc... I really didn't want to go threw all that, don't want to make a mess of my board. So i saw that instead of insulating the cpu, you could cool the whole case with a second heater core. I liked this a idea much more as it A) solves the condensation problem and B) keeps everything cool. Eliminating any necessity to water cool anything other then the cpu and gpu (not that there was any real need before)
Ok so the last couple days i have been thinking (and reading) on how this is all going to be set up. So here's the parts i will need as far as i know, btw all my knowledge is just from what i read basically so any input is greatly appreciated
PARTS:
2x Heater Core - One for use as the rad, thje other to be used insie my case to lower case temps so the 2nd one needs to fit into my comp (now i read in a post that a 1977 Pontiac Bonneville (with a/c) works well, also was suggested to me by sewerbeing (thanx btw) here)
Pump - (this I'm not sure about, I'm gona by this for sure and figure i should get one that's is proven to work well for pc water cooling)
CPU Water Block - I'm gona make it out of a block of copper (more on that later)
GPU Water Block - I'm gona make it out of a block of copper (more on that later)
Shroud - I'll make it out of something, lots of options
Fans - According tho sewerbeing I'll need 2 120mm fans if I'm going to use the bonny hc and I'll need how ever many for the hc inside my comp
Reservoir - i heard that this isn't necessary and u can have a system without it but i don't see y not, not hard to make and you have move fluid volume
Hose - some suggested here by sewerbeing, i need some that can hold up to the cold well....i guess that's all you can ask of a hose other them it not to leak but i don't see a hose randomly deciding to leak
Other stuff - clamps, distilled water (when i finally have it all done) antifreeze
Mounting hardware - Bought or made
I think that's it, if I'm missing something let me know.
Sewerbeing, would u happen to know the dimensions of the bonny hc?
Is there any smaller heatercores out there?
What other cars have people used heater core from? What are the dimensions?
The water block I'm going to make out of copper and solder together, I'm going to make a pic of how i plan to design it and post it later and talk about it then.
For pump selection i want a pump that can pump good even when i have my rad away from my comp. About 4 feet probably but 6 would be good, i dunno how far I'm going need it away probably not even 4 feet but i want a pump that can work well still at about 6 feet if that's possibly just in case.
I guess that's about it for now, I'll work on a diagram of the water block and how I'm gona set it all up in my comp.
Oh and i read that the the hard drive and cd/dvd drives don't like it too cold, that makes sense to me so I'm gona close them off from the rest of the comp, not completely but enough to keep the warm enough.
All input is greatly appreciated, you all have a lot more experience then me and would like to here what you have to say
Thanx
1. Because i want reasonable temps
2. Lower the noise
3. Have abit of fun with abit of over clocking
So I looked into some kits and just don't have the money for them and i like to build things my self anyway. So I'm going to build it up. So i did some research..... and i found out i can use a heater core for a rad, I'll buy the pump and i can make a water block. Now I'm going to want to cool my cpu (of course) and my GPU.
Now my first thought (based on how well making my first wb goes, but in my head it seems easy enough) was to cool everything with water, cpu, gpu, chipset, harddrive, memory, i was even thinking the psu. This would eliminate all fans except the rad fans and i was planning on having the rad away from the comp. Now i know a lot of that was not necessary but why not. Well i came to my senses kinda and figured it wasn't worth it.
Now i have to sate that i plan on putting the hc outside in the winter (i'm in canada) and over a a/c vent in the summer (that's the best i can think of right now for the summer, just have clock it down a bit in the summer).
I thought great, what a good idea, nice cold water going over the cpu, then i did some more reading/research and found out there's a problem with that. Condensation.....(and that i wasn't the first to think of doing this, which would have surprised me if i was) Ok so the solution to that is isolate the cpu, wb, hoses etc... I really didn't want to go threw all that, don't want to make a mess of my board. So i saw that instead of insulating the cpu, you could cool the whole case with a second heater core. I liked this a idea much more as it A) solves the condensation problem and B) keeps everything cool. Eliminating any necessity to water cool anything other then the cpu and gpu (not that there was any real need before)
Ok so the last couple days i have been thinking (and reading) on how this is all going to be set up. So here's the parts i will need as far as i know, btw all my knowledge is just from what i read basically so any input is greatly appreciated
PARTS:
2x Heater Core - One for use as the rad, thje other to be used insie my case to lower case temps so the 2nd one needs to fit into my comp (now i read in a post that a 1977 Pontiac Bonneville (with a/c) works well, also was suggested to me by sewerbeing (thanx btw) here)
Pump - (this I'm not sure about, I'm gona by this for sure and figure i should get one that's is proven to work well for pc water cooling)
CPU Water Block - I'm gona make it out of a block of copper (more on that later)
GPU Water Block - I'm gona make it out of a block of copper (more on that later)
Shroud - I'll make it out of something, lots of options
Fans - According tho sewerbeing I'll need 2 120mm fans if I'm going to use the bonny hc and I'll need how ever many for the hc inside my comp
Reservoir - i heard that this isn't necessary and u can have a system without it but i don't see y not, not hard to make and you have move fluid volume
Hose - some suggested here by sewerbeing, i need some that can hold up to the cold well....i guess that's all you can ask of a hose other them it not to leak but i don't see a hose randomly deciding to leak
Other stuff - clamps, distilled water (when i finally have it all done) antifreeze
Mounting hardware - Bought or made
I think that's it, if I'm missing something let me know.
Sewerbeing, would u happen to know the dimensions of the bonny hc?
Is there any smaller heatercores out there?
What other cars have people used heater core from? What are the dimensions?
The water block I'm going to make out of copper and solder together, I'm going to make a pic of how i plan to design it and post it later and talk about it then.
For pump selection i want a pump that can pump good even when i have my rad away from my comp. About 4 feet probably but 6 would be good, i dunno how far I'm going need it away probably not even 4 feet but i want a pump that can work well still at about 6 feet if that's possibly just in case.
I guess that's about it for now, I'll work on a diagram of the water block and how I'm gona set it all up in my comp.
Oh and i read that the the hard drive and cd/dvd drives don't like it too cold, that makes sense to me so I'm gona close them off from the rest of the comp, not completely but enough to keep the warm enough.
All input is greatly appreciated, you all have a lot more experience then me and would like to here what you have to say
Thanx
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