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Koyo Race Car Radiator Passive SLI Setup
- Thread starter Zenjirou
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Blkout said:
I agree. You might as well use the radiator from a 5-ton diesel truck engine.
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Otter said:Got a link?
LOL...I'm sure one can be had from a local scrap yard.
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Blkout said:Exactly, where do you draw the line?
Its not that extreme. Its just choosing the right thing for more performance without noise and much cost. This will be portable even, once its mounted to my case. In terms of size, I think the Pictures exagerate its size a little. Heres a pic with my case. The radiator is basically the size of a Mid Tower case, nothing too gigantic. I think the previous pictures make it seem as big as a Bus/Truck Radiator.
6 inches longer than my case. If I was using a Full Tower, it would cover the side completely
This radiator is big for a radiator, but considering it will be primarily passive, and likely mounted to the case, I expect temps comparable to normal 120mm radiators. For $75 (always available for that price on ebay search "koyo radiator" through one seller) , I think this is a better deal than paying for overpriced 120mm rads.
This is just my opinion, but I think Phase Change cooling which is widely popular can be considered "extreme" more so than this setup since it uses more power than the computer itself, and costs as much as as 2 High End video cards in SLI
.Water cooling is beautiful because it uses almost no additional power, and doesn't bankrupt you.
Its just fun to take it a bit furthur, and try new things in this area that will produce cooler temps with less noise, without adding in much cost.
I'm almost done, I'm now only waiting for Zerex and Tube Fittings to arrive
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that is just insane
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That's a lotta cables. Looks cool, what temps are you getting?
Why not jus make the entire case out of rads?
Why not jus make the entire case out of rads?
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When I saw the first comparison pic I about fell out of my chair... but seeing it next to your case makes it look like a good size. I (like many others) am interested to see what kind of temps you are getting with that.
Now that would be interesting. Why not try it?5|*42 said:
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This looks great. I have never thought that water cooling was ment to be portable but you should be able to move that thing around easily. When you get numbers on temps let us know. Always remember, there is no such thing as overkill.
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Its been a few days. How's this project going? Have you got everything setup yet?
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Over the weekend I was waiting for fittings to arrive. Its sunday night and I realized They have been deliverd fryday. McMaster forgot to put one fitting, the one that is Rad to Pump 1" to 5/8", but I felt I must get it going, so Pump will feed from 1/2" Barb instead, thus slightly reducing flow, but no problem I hope.
I set it up in 30 minnutes,and here are some initial Pics:
I set it up in 30 minnutes,and here are some initial Pics:
I agree with the price thing. I spent onnly $35 for my car rad and also mounted it to the side of my case which makes it portable. I do however prefer the smaller size of mine as it makes it easier to manage, but having a rad mounted to the side of your case is not that radical if it is silence that you are going for.
One thing I noticed from the pictures is how the tubing connects to the 'Y' from the video cards. It looks like it's cut to the tip of the barbed portion. Shouldn't it be pushed all the way to that bac portion then clambed? or am i just seeing it wrong it the picture. It just looks like 1 wrong move of the case will pull that ouput straight off and spray water all over the case
Other than that it looks great. I keep telling myself that I already have everything I need for water cooling and don't need to go buy new stuff to do what you did lol.
Other than that it looks great. I keep telling myself that I already have everything I need for water cooling and don't need to go buy new stuff to do what you did lol.
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good observation on the T-line. They do look only about a 1/4-1/2" on there.
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Biznatch said:One thing I noticed from the pictures is how the tubing connects to the 'Y' from the video cards. It looks like it's cut to the tip of the barbed portion. Shouldn't it be pushed all the way to that bac portion then clambed? or am i just seeing it wrong it the picture. It just looks like 1 wrong move of the case will pull that ouput straight off and spray water all over the case
Other than that it looks great. I keep telling myself that I already have everything I need for water cooling and don't need to go buy new stuff to do what you did lol.
Tubing is 7/16", while all Barbs are ment for 1/2" Tubing. The Y splitter is different from the Wateblock Barbs in its nipple design. Instead of having a slight bump over the edge of the barb as in most waterblocks, the nipple increase in diameter as you go up, like a 'cone'.
No matter how much strength I put into pushing the tubing, it woudn't go furthur than that. At this point, No matter how hard I pull, they also will not even slip a millimeter off the Y. This is one of the benefits of using 7/16" Tubing on 1/2" Barbs
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Especially with a pump that strong, it'd seem like you'd wanna secure everything as good as possibly.
