Questions!

Is a radiator absolutely necessary?

Cant i just put a bucket within and bucket, have the inner bucket hold the coolant and pump (i got a submersible one 400L/H) and the outer bucket hold like... water with ice packs in it to cool the inner bucket?

i know it sounds freaking inefficient but i really don't have the money as of yet to buy a decent radiator.

Plus with this method the water gets pretty cold, like i have tried... not hooked up to anything, just to see how it goes and it goes alright.

I dunno too ghetto for you guys?

But yea, i'd just needa know if it would work.

btw is this tubing good enough?? i dunno if it really matter but yeah http://www.flabbergast.com.au/high-grade-tubing-1-2.html

oh and btw, what kinda coolant do i use?
Planning on either a d-tek fuzion or swiftech apogee gt (which one is better to use with a pump that does 400L/H).

so many questions hoping for so many suggestions and answers prepping up for those sweet new 45nm intels!

You could rig up something along those lines that woudl work, how well, that remains to be seen. But technically a radiator isn't absolutely neseccary. A heat exchange mechanism is though, whether thats a bucket of ice, or a radiator.

And yes that tubing will work

In the long run you'll want a radaitor. ICE melts and open buckets of water are too messy for me, I dont know about you. Go down to your local junkyard and pick up a heatercore for around $5 or $10. Should be just as good as a radaitor. Then if its not 1/2 inch get some JB Weld and two 1/2 hose barbs and get to work. The radaitor/heatercore is the best way to do it.

careful of condensation, i would do what ben333 said and get a cheap heater core.

swiftech rad for 35$ brand new ...

^ they even have a $17 one on the egg i think.

You North Americans... so lucky to have newegg

BTW. With a pump that only does 400L/H which block should i use? D-tek Fuzion or Swiftech Apogee GT?

yes and the coolant?? i am told to use distilled water? whats that exactly? I heard it's just boiled water.


After careful deliberation i have come to the conclusion that after my next paycheck i will be able to afford either of the following. Keep in mind i probably will end up going with the d-tek fuzion.

http://www.flabbergast.com.au/r120-s-standard-flow-radiator.html
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/rs120-uv-blue-radiator.html
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/rs240-uv-blue-radiator.html
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/mcr-120-quiet-power-series-radiator-black.html

And should i bother adding any of this stuff to the distilled water?
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/hydrx-extreme-duty-coolant.html
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/pentosin-g11-coolant-additive-blue.html
http://www.flabbergast.com.au/supercool-additive.html
BTW thanks for your help thus far

out of those go with the swiftech rad, and with a dtek fuzion you will be able to handle quad cores just fine should you upgrade down the road.

use antifreze to protect your system. And I know a guy who ran his system for three years on tap water and found that it had eaten a hold through his block. So its probobly a good idea to pay the 60 cents for that gallon of distilled watter.

btw the swiftech rad and the d-tek fuzion use dif metal... swiftech = brass and d-tek = copper with nickel barbs?
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those metals don't react, it just copper and aluminum that you need to worry about galvanic corrosion.

thats what i have been told anyhow.

OK

Copper and aluminum don't get along. Brass and Copper get along just fine. Nickle gets along fine with pretty much everybody.

iIf the bucket is big enough to act as a heat sink. (ie there is so much water equilbrium is never reached)

Then yeah he can run without a rad...

A common gustimate is that a 5-10 gallon container (i.e. a 5 gallon water dispencer jug) will work just fine. You might be able to get along with less but I haven't seen any data that suggests that with today's rigs.

Besides that, a heater core is a good option. Thats what I use. In australia Toyota Camery heater cores are apparently not too hard to get. OCAU (registration required) would probably be able to better help you track down inexpensive parts (though come back here for help since we're better -ok so maybe I'm a little biased).