Radiater help

Hey guys im tired of using this 5 gallon bucket i have beside my computer what is the best radiater that will cool the cpu as good or even better than just the bucket what kinda fan will i need for the radiater i know itll probly be a big one but i dont know wich would be good.

I saw the vid on toms hardware.com and the rad they use looks like the heater core on www.dangerden.com

would that be good ? Ihave a maze 3 and i also want a gpu cooler also for my hot ge 4 ti 4600. Also i need a new case my mid tower case the screw hols on the pci and agp card slots are stripped and the case is to small for the amount of heat i put off.



Also i forgot is thier some kinda cooling solution i can buy that will help cool the water cuss i dont plan to use abucket i just want it all to hook up on tomshardware they show cooling solution but give no name

Get a heatercore, say 9"x5"x2", and use 90mm fans with a shroud, this will be quiet and effective. You could also set up the fans on either side, making a push-pull airflow.

Here is a site that shows the heatercore for different models of vehicle. See which one fits your needs, then go to an autoparts store or car scrapyard and see if they have it. FEDCO heatercores

if you want to cool the water again, get a resevoir and install a water-chiller in it. If you are planning to have it inside the case, you will need more space. But as you want to upgrade your case already, then that's less of a problem.

The heatercore, if of large enough size, and has large enough airflow through it, should handle your CPU and GPU output.

Wow thanks for the thorough input lol that nice info thanks

Um, dont do ANYTHING you saw in the video or read in that article!!!

yup heater core is totally the way to go if you can fit one (that's the tricky part hehe)

good big heater core costs 20 bucks, plus 5 bucks in fittings. Alot cheaper than the ones available online.

I used a 93 escort ( I think). It measures 2x6x9 or so. I shrouded 2 120's on it about a half inch away from it. I also whacked off the original 5/8 fittings. 3/8 mpt fittings slip right into the tubes. A little solder and they seal up tight no leaks. You just need to be careful you dont fill the radiator with solder, hehe just enough to seal the fittings in.
you can also get fittings that are 1/2" barb on one end, 3/8 mpt on the other, that's what I used.
This gives me at least twice the rad capacity of most "for computer" radiators. I have those 120's turned way down most of the time (pwm). nice and quiet. Cranking them up only shaves off a couple degrees. That's the benefit of a big radiator.
Have fun

also another thing its best to take some measurements of where u want the rad to go and then look for one that will fit. u might need to cut and weld some fittings if they r in the way too.

Or ... hehe
Have the heatercore outside of the case ..
Takes up alot less space than a 5 gallon bucket !!

why is the heater core better than a super cub or sopper cub ?? i mean the cube is way bigger and looks better but some people say the heater core is better

I believe the cube is the sexy lookin' job that has a copper pipe
going back and forth with a bunch of fins attached ..
A Heater core is like the radiator on a car ..
A tank on top and bottom and several flattened tubes going verticle through a plethera of soldered on fins ...
Much more surface area for heat transfer and much less flow restriction ..

hmmm heh heh
I've had a few beers, but
from all the reviews I've seenn. (check out bill adams article on this ver overclockers site) the cubes perform badly compared to a heater core.
Basically a cube has one channel, the cool looking copper tube running back and forth through the fins. This would be considered serial cooling. A heater core uses parallel channeling. The coolant flows into a plenum ( a large chamber) and then flows into a couple different channels. This would be considered parallel. As far as cooling goes parallel is always going to give better results, but the scientific reasons as to why escape me now.
In simple terms a heater core is designed to exchange heat via water. Cooling cubes are designed to use gases (they come from fridges). yah water and air are gases, but not freon.
read the article, bill can explain it way better than me hehe

ottoaxel said:

yah water and air are gases

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You musta had more then a few if you think water is a gas!

LMAO
well it is if you get it hot enough. HEHE Superclockin man