I have gotten kind of frustrated shopping for a heatsink and was thinking about cheap water cooling solutions. I have spent some time searching and found at leat a few people using fountain water pumps. What does everybody think about these?
This One is on sale for 10$. If its not big enough maybe I could gang 2 together.
I think I saw someone using one that looked quite similar to this from walmart.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41287
This one looks like overkill but I looked at it in store and its not so big. Power usage is only 65 watts and it is 12v so I could hook it to a second power supply and have it automatically power up with everything else (just got 2 430 watt antec true powers cheap that are not being used). I'm actually leaning towards this one. If it is too big, perhaps I could hook up a bypass for part of the flow for now, and it would allow upgrading.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9576
this and the two above are the ones they have locally out of these.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=54517
Maybe a couple of these ganged together (I though I read somewhere that ganging them together increased the head).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45305
This ones probably too big
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45019
I'm guessing this is too big too
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1479
This one is rated at lower flow but looks larger. The head is not rated though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=46205
and another big one
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42896
This one actually looks like a good midsized one though a bit more than I wanted to spend to start out with (could always upgrade to something like this later).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47138
Its too bad that ones not on sale right now.
There are other pumps at the same location too, plus there is a harbor frieght locally here so I may be able to get some of them locally. Anyone have any thoughts on any of these pumps (I'm trying to stay cheap to start with).
Fyi It will be setup with a car heater core (new 20$), home depot plastic tubing, 120mm fan (I already have a 60 cfm one that I'm hoping will work). I also have a little plug in desk fan that might be fun to try. I will use a tupperware shroud and automotive hose clamps. I'm not sure about fluid yet. I'll but a water block. I would like to buy local (fry's or microcenter) but if its a lot cheaper I'll go online and would like to stay under 30$ but could go up to 40$. I'll look into water blocks and read up more (and see what is avalable locally). I'm mainly just wondering about the pumps right now.
This One is on sale for 10$. If its not big enough maybe I could gang 2 together.
I think I saw someone using one that looked quite similar to this from walmart.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41287
This one looks like overkill but I looked at it in store and its not so big. Power usage is only 65 watts and it is 12v so I could hook it to a second power supply and have it automatically power up with everything else (just got 2 430 watt antec true powers cheap that are not being used). I'm actually leaning towards this one. If it is too big, perhaps I could hook up a bypass for part of the flow for now, and it would allow upgrading.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9576
this and the two above are the ones they have locally out of these.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=54517
Maybe a couple of these ganged together (I though I read somewhere that ganging them together increased the head).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45305
This ones probably too big
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45019
I'm guessing this is too big too
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1479
This one is rated at lower flow but looks larger. The head is not rated though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=46205
and another big one
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42896
This one actually looks like a good midsized one though a bit more than I wanted to spend to start out with (could always upgrade to something like this later).
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47138
Its too bad that ones not on sale right now.
There are other pumps at the same location too, plus there is a harbor frieght locally here so I may be able to get some of them locally. Anyone have any thoughts on any of these pumps (I'm trying to stay cheap to start with).
Fyi It will be setup with a car heater core (new 20$), home depot plastic tubing, 120mm fan (I already have a 60 cfm one that I'm hoping will work). I also have a little plug in desk fan that might be fun to try. I will use a tupperware shroud and automotive hose clamps. I'm not sure about fluid yet. I'll but a water block. I would like to buy local (fry's or microcenter) but if its a lot cheaper I'll go online and would like to stay under 30$ but could go up to 40$. I'll look into water blocks and read up more (and see what is avalable locally). I'm mainly just wondering about the pumps right now.
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