• Welcome to Overclockers Forums! Join us to reply in threads, receive reduced ads, and to customize your site experience!

Water Chiller question

Overclockers is supported by our readers. When you click a link to make a purchase, we may earn a commission. Learn More.
SuperMiguel

SuperMiguel

Super User
​
Joined
Sep 14, 2007
Location
Florida, US
So im trying to build something crazy a 10 480mm radiators system, my room temperature is around 23C, im not sure what type of temps ill get with 10 radiators, but just wondering if i buy a small water chiller and connect it to my loop and set it to 25C to prevent hitting Dew point, (i guess that prevents condensation) will this work? I guess because the amount of rads i have the temps wont increase as much but wont create condensation?
 
honestly if you have any problem with 10 480 rads and heat i will personally kiss your ***. i dont care how hot it gets. take it out side and let it chill if 110f temps, its gonna be running just fine.
 
wagex said:
honestly if you have any problem with 10 480 rads and heat i will personally kiss your ***. i dont care how hot it gets. take it out side and let it chill if 110f temps, its gonna be running just fine.
Click to expand...

im sure i wont have any problems, but a Hailea employee just contacted me to try this, i may do it for the hell of it, just wanted to get your opinion.. apparently they main issue they got is that they are getting the water too hot in the inlet of their units, and wanted me to test if it will get fixed by using few rads before it.
 
Last edited:
ah oki lol :p but literally your radiators are just going to warm the water back up to room temp
 
Not if the chiller is set to a temp above room temp it won't.
Radiator before chiller is a totally functional way to assist the chiller IF the incoming water is above room temp.
Radiators add or remove heat to attempt to match water temp to room temp. They don't care about direction of heat transfer at all.
 
this is true. but with that much radiator one wouldnt think the water temp is gonna ever be much more than like 1-2c delta ish.
 
wagex said:
this is true. but with that much radiator one wouldnt think the water temp is gonna ever be much more than like 1-2c delta ish.
Click to expand...

Not to mention that with proper flow rates that the temperature of fluid in the loop is +/- 1°C.
 
It all depends on what its cooling.
If it's a server rack, it might be useful :D

That much rad on a normal PC? Water temp wont go over ambient +1°C.
 
hes gonna be running 4x r9-290's and a 3770k? something like that
 
Take the money you are going to spend on the water chiller and instead use it to find a way to duct the radiator exhaust out of the room/house. Even just two 290s under load will raise my room temp a solid 7-8degrees, 4 290x's will be worse. Either that, or use the money on a window mounted ac unit specific to that room, because you are talking about a computer that will compete with a 1500w space heater for heat output.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

killer01ws6
Chiller/Tank setup on my FD Torrent my first water cooling setup
Replies
2
Views
1K
killer01ws6
killer01ws6
T
Alternative non conductive fluid for waterloop and dual 1/4hp chiller
Replies
7
Views
1K
EarthDog
EarthDog
U
360mm good quality AIO vs custom loop for ~250-300W CPU
2
Replies
38
Views
2K
User5566
U
Voodoo Rufus
Small comparison of water cooling efficiency between rigs
Replies
2
Views
768
Voodoo Rufus
Voodoo Rufus
B
AIO Eisbear gunked up?
Replies
12
Views
1K
JLK03F150
JLK03F150
Back