- Joined
- Oct 31, 2002
- Location
- London, UK
Hey guys, I just wanted to take a minute to let you all know that I'll soon be entering the wonderful world of watercooling.
I set out to do it because I want to overclock my rig with good results - I need the juice before Half-Life 2 comes out
. Second, I wanted a reasonable level of noise- I like the idea of stuffing my case full of noise prevention foam whilst keeping everything only a few degrees above room temperature.
The only foreseeable drawback to watercooling was that it looked so expensive, and being a student finding the hard currency was very difficult, even with a part time job. So, with the aid of my local Yellow Pages, I set off and grabbed 2' of copper- one piece 1/8"x2"x1', and another 3/8"x2"x1'. Props to my buddy Dan for driving me here, there and everywhere to get me the copper and some tools!
Following the excellent article by Owen on his multi-holed WB, I produced my very own block. Props to co-worker Dave for letting me use his drill press and fishing out the end of a sheared drill bit for me!
Preliminary testing with a cheap £15 water feature pump went well, all was free of leaks, core crushing and over heating!
That was all last week. Today, I went to the local Vauxhall (Opel in America?) spares supplier, looking for a radiator. All the rads were huge, and the guy told me that's as small as they come.
Then somebody shouted from underneath the wreck of an old written-off Omega, "Maybe he's after a heater rad?". "Hmm," I thought, does a 'Heater Rad' = 'Heatercore'? He fished one out of a wheel barrow full of junk and said "Just pulled it out- doesn't look like it should leak, does it look like what you're after?" He handed it too me, and it appeared that a 'Heater Rad' does equal 'Heatercore'. I said it was exactly what I was after, and asked how much he wanted for it...
"Useless to me mate, you can 'ave it". Score! Free radiator!
Props to my Dad for driving me down there!
I put all my system together in the back garden and ran it for an hour on a high power pump that can do 5m3hr-1 (5 cubic meters per hour) and all was well.
Tomorrow, I'm mounting it all in my case. If it goes well, I'll get a proper pump and start machining an NB and GPU block. Wish me luck!
I set out to do it because I want to overclock my rig with good results - I need the juice before Half-Life 2 comes out
. Second, I wanted a reasonable level of noise- I like the idea of stuffing my case full of noise prevention foam whilst keeping everything only a few degrees above room temperature.The only foreseeable drawback to watercooling was that it looked so expensive, and being a student finding the hard currency was very difficult, even with a part time job. So, with the aid of my local Yellow Pages, I set off and grabbed 2' of copper- one piece 1/8"x2"x1', and another 3/8"x2"x1'. Props to my buddy Dan for driving me here, there and everywhere to get me the copper and some tools!
Following the excellent article by Owen on his multi-holed WB, I produced my very own block. Props to co-worker Dave for letting me use his drill press and fishing out the end of a sheared drill bit for me!
Preliminary testing with a cheap £15 water feature pump went well, all was free of leaks, core crushing and over heating!
That was all last week. Today, I went to the local Vauxhall (Opel in America?) spares supplier, looking for a radiator. All the rads were huge, and the guy told me that's as small as they come.
Then somebody shouted from underneath the wreck of an old written-off Omega, "Maybe he's after a heater rad?". "Hmm," I thought, does a 'Heater Rad' = 'Heatercore'? He fished one out of a wheel barrow full of junk and said "Just pulled it out- doesn't look like it should leak, does it look like what you're after?" He handed it too me, and it appeared that a 'Heater Rad' does equal 'Heatercore'. I said it was exactly what I was after, and asked how much he wanted for it...
"Useless to me mate, you can 'ave it". Score! Free radiator!
Props to my Dad for driving me down there!
I put all my system together in the back garden and ran it for an hour on a high power pump that can do 5m3hr-1 (5 cubic meters per hour) and all was well.
Tomorrow, I'm mounting it all in my case. If it goes well, I'll get a proper pump and start machining an NB and GPU block. Wish me luck!
