got the copper

[RangerJoe34]

alrighty, i just recieve a HUGE piece of copper that will be used for my entire watercooling project, im gonna do the cpu, and when i get my gf3 around christmas time ill do the ram and the gpu...it'll be nice and freezing cold.....

any recommendations on what design on the inside of the block should be like???

[phiber]

Originally posted by RangerJoe34
alrighty, i just recieve a HUGE piece of copper that will be used for my entire watercooling project, im gonna do the cpu, and when i get my gf3 around christmas time ill do the ram and the gpu...it'll be nice and freezing cold.....

any recommendations on what design on the inside of the block should be like???
a maze going up and down acroose the block about 3 times
with a think base

[RangerJoe34]

ok
i saw this design on the front page watercooling part

what do you think....supposedly the dude said it worked great, and he was a PhD in fluid mechanics.....so what do you all think of it

the link its http://www.overclockers.com/tips247/

later

[Crash893]

mabey you could do a spiral on its side.

[plague]

Im not an expert by any means, but common sense would tell me to switch the in and out, so the colder water comes in right above the die. Its basically a maze2..

[RangerJoe34]

you obviously didnt understand that picture.......go to http://www.overclockers.com/tips247/ there and look at it
that will show you of what i want to do....my question is should i make it like what the link goes too...or make it like a maze waterblock.....


btw crash the spiral patten is reallllllyyyyy hard to drill out if you dont have huge machines

[RangerJoe34]

ok, one more thing...what size hoze should i use, i will prolly get an eheim pump(prolly about 350-500 gph and im gonna get a mini fridge and take the radiator out of that, so what do you think i should use

[Warlord2]

1/2, but either 3/8 would do just fine as well

if you do 1/2 thin the whole system has to be 1/2.

[SUlfUR-CyCLoNe]

If I were to offer to pay you to build me one? how much! Lol

According to my research, the design your looking at is the most efficient. I'd use a 1/2" syste, because you can push more water through the system (therefor lower gph needed and keep the flow more controllable), but you have to balance it more because it'll be more difficult to get the right viscosity/velocity ratio...in the end it's a better design though.

-SUlfUR

[RangerJoe34]

well i already have the 3/8 hookups
will this be fine or should i return them