Dual 120 radiator

[Achilles17]

you would have to remove both drive cages to fit the dual heatercore in the front, but that is easily doable. Just take the one hard drive you have in there, and move it up to your 5.25" bays (since you have one open anyway). Then take out that 80mm fan and both drive cages, and you should have move than enough room for a dual heatercore, thats what I recommend. Hell, you could probably fit your hard drive in the same bay as one of the vantec nexus', leaving you with still another 5.25" bay open for further use.

 

[honhon]

you would have to remove both drive cages to fit the dual heatercore in the front, but that is easily doable. Just take the one hard drive you have in there, and move it up to your 5.25" bays (since you have one open anyway). Then take out that 80mm fan and both drive cages, and you should have move than enough room for a dual heatercore, thats what I recommend. Hell, you could probably fit your hard drive in the same bay as one of the vantec nexus', leaving you with still another 5.25" bay open for further use.

actually, that has crossed my mind, to remove both drive cages. if i do that, the pump will sit behind the radiator up front, and then i would be pressed to put the resivoir on the back side of the case, and this way i could actually get a HDD cooler, maybe the heatpipe one from Zalman, b/c its pretty stuffed in the 5.25" bay area with all the wireing going to my fan controllers, and i was just struck with an idea..... maybe instead of having the resivoir on the backside of the case, i could squish it behind where the cages are now..? like right behind the power button, if its thin enough, but it'll look the way i hope it'll look, hanging out the back i wont care it hanging off the backside of the case, and that way it'll be easier to fill up, so i should take away a few pieces of the case tonight and start measuring and seeing where i can stick stuff. thanks all!

 

[EgoMan]

Where are the classified's at? It says there in the forums and I dont see it.

 

[cetoole]

Where are the classified's at? It says there in the forums and I dont see it.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=203858
Basically, you need 100 posts first, and they can't be spam. Welcome to the forums, hope you stay around for a while.

 

[Achilles17]

honhon, you could just eliminate the whole problem of a resevoir and where to put it by just buying a T-Line. Its only like $1 at any hardware store, and it is very small, just fits into your loop itself. Try to put it at the highest point so it will bleed itself, otherwise you need to rotate your case while bleeding. Regardless, its a cheap and effective substitute for a radiator, and once fully bleed it yield NO preformance loss whatsoever. I use one and its great, very happy with it. Besides, I dont have room for a resevoir either!

 

[iceage]

Has anyone tried using one of these d-tek rads, and if so how do they compare to the BIX or a DIY bonneville heatercore?

http://www.dtekcustoms.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=91

 

[chunkeymunkey25]

Those look like simple modded Chevette HCs, which fit a single 120 fan easily, and you can make a shroud from a Tubberware container http://www.overclockers.com/tips1138/index.asp

Pretty good price for people who dont want to/are too lazy to put barbs in a nice '86 Chevette HC.

As for performance, theyre very good, better than a single bix easily.

 

[honhon]

Those look like simple modded Chevette HCs, which fit a single 120 fan easily, and you can make a shroud from a Tubberware container http://www.overclockers.com/tips1138/index.asp

Pretty good price for people who dont want to/are too lazy to put barbs in a nice '86 Chevette HC.

As for performance, theyre very good, better than a single bix easily.

looking at those pictures of that mod, i think i will have just enough room for a dual120mm radiator, b/c inthose pictures its the same case as i have, and that person put a single 120mm radiator in there with the 2nd cage still in, so if i put the hdd in the extra 5.25" bay i have and remove both cages, i should be able to stuff a dual 120mm radiator in the front of my case.

 

[iceage]

Has anyone ever pulled a Bonneville heatercore out of the car itself? There's a place called 'Pull-A-Part' that just opened not far from me and its cheap. I just wanted to know how much work I'm in for.

 

[honhon]

usually, from my experience heatercores are in front of the radiator, so it shouldnt be too hard, might just have to cut the plastic clips that clips the heater core to the radiator.....?

 

[weapon]

Has anyone ever pulled a Bonneville heatercore out of the car itself? There's a place called 'Pull-A-Part' that just opened not far from me and its cheap. I just wanted to know how much work I'm in for.

go to autozone, advance auto, (insert your favorite parts store here) and pay them $20 for the core. trust me...$20 is a small price to pay compared to the work it will take to get one of those cores out of a b'ville. besides, if it has been setting in a car on a lot somewhere, who knows what shape the core will be in after you go to all the trouble to pull it out?

 

[Nnyan]

Good advice Weapon, I don't know that I would want to save a few bucks to use a core thats been sitting in some junkyard for who knows how long. And how much are you really saving if you add in your time to pull that core out?

 

[honhon]

ive been to one of those places also, its fun =)
and that is a great idea, i might have to check that out, b/c i need to shave a few dollars off my water cooling setup, AND would a heater core, be able to cool my VGA and CPU to very very exceptable temps or should i still go with the dual 120mm radiator? im looking to be in the 30C's around full load.... also let me know if thats too much of an expectation for what im looking for.

 

[cetoole]

ive been to one of those places also, its fun =)
and that is a great idea, i might have to check that out, b/c i need to shave a few dollars off my water cooling setup, AND would a heater core, be able to cool my VGA and CPU to very very exceptable temps or should i still go with the dual 120mm radiator? im looking to be in the 30C's around full load.... also let me know if thats too much of an expectation for what im looking for.

Dual heatercore>dual 120mm radiator

 

[honhon]

Dual heatercore>dual 120mm radiator

so.... A dual heatercore would cool better? thats cool, i think ill like that alittle better, give it kinda rugged look, sorry for any stupid/repitive questions, i just wanna make sure i water cool right b/c its gonna keep my rig going better, and i dont want to skip anything thanks again all!

 

[HungLo]

Hc

usually, from my experience heatercores are in front of the radiator, so it shouldnt be too hard, might just have to cut the plastic clips that clips the heater core to the radiator.....?

Say what? the only thing i've seen in front of car radiators is a bumper!!
Seriuosly tho... I've only seen a fan in front of a rad. belt/electric driven.

Heatercores are usually under the passenger side dashboard. How hard it is to get them out varies due to design, i.e. size of HC and vehicle.
I've never removed one from a bonneville tho.

 

[HungLo]

im looking to be in the 30C's around full load.... also let me know if thats too much of an expectation for what im looking for.

The only way you're going to stay in the 30's cooling both a CPU and hot GPU is with a low ambient(room) temp to chill the heatercore air, or a TEC/Compressor to chill the water.

Without chilln, a car rad or a blower/heatercore combo from a car might be able to do it.

I'm air-chilling now.... I would like to goto water chiling this summer.

 

[honhon]

Say what? the only thing i've seen in front of car radiators is a bumper!!
Seriuosly tho... I've only seen a fan in front of a rad. belt/electric driven.

Heatercores are usually under the passenger side dashboard. How hard it is to get them out varies due to design, i.e. size of HC and vehicle.
I've never removed one from a bonneville tho.

actually i rethought what i was saying, and i was thinking of tranny coolers.... dur..... stupid on my part....

 

[honhon]

The only way you're going to stay in the 30's cooling both a CPU and hot GPU is with a low ambient(room) temp to chill the heatercore air, or a TEC/Compressor to chill the water.

Without chilln, a car rad or a blower/heatercore combo from a car might be able to do it.

I'm air-chilling now.... I would like to goto water chiling this summer.

ok, i will see what i can do to find my ambient temp in my room, right now it gets warm, b/c as the air cycles through my computer gets warmed up, and then of course exhausts it into my room, so basically it heats my room up, and then the room heats the computer up more, so i think if i went to water cooling, my ambient temp would actually drop ? ?

 

[HungLo]

ok, i will see what i can do to find my ambient temp in my room, right now it gets warm, b/c as the air cycles through my computer gets warmed up, and then of course exhausts it into my room, so basically it heats my room up, and then the room heats the computer up more, so i think if i went to water cooling, my ambient temp would actually drop ? ?

No... the ambient room temp won't drop appreciably.... same heat-load is being shed from the PC.... where is this Heat from watercooling magically disappearing to? The heat gets dumped into your room the same as air-cooling. I'm using Winter air ducted through my HC... summer I have the AC ducted through the HC. There's no magic to watercooling... the same physics apply. Just think of the HC as being a large heatsink.