Can you get a larger radiator?

[wun911]

If your radiator is large enough can it just cool the water passivley so you dont need the extra fans?

 

[1Tanker]

If your radiator is large enough can it just cool the water passivley so you dont need the extra fans?

I would say yes, but it would have to be one big *ss rad. Probably a fullsize car rad. Then you would need a really strong pump to push all that water through that huge rad. I wouldn't bother trying it. :?

PS. I guess the important thing is, what is the CPU? Prescott would be tough,
a Core 2 Duo probably wouldn't be hard.

 

[tchiwam]

I use 6 Cape Cora tubes, instead of using the lousy and ugly looking T connectors and soft pipes, I made my own Hard metal tube and T junctions. I kept all T junctions for structural reasons then I have blocked the flow so that it is going through all elements equally.

The space between them and the fact that the water has to flow trough all the elements I think makes it keep good temps on my system.

I tought that attaching the pump right on the elements would make the pump noise more annoying but it didn't, the frequency of the EHEIM 104x do not amplify. The Water tank is located higher on the same element, the beauty of this system is that the bleeding is instant, as in no bleeding problems.

If it is needed one can easily replace this setup for a chiller.

The black setup is for the machine described in my signature. I often have problems with my video card showing 255C when it goes under 25C. The CPU stays in the 30 - 35C. My ambient is around 21C.


PS: The meter was to test the L versus non L flow and pressures, so don't mind them.
I use only the black one, the gray setup is for a friend who didn't want the pump inside the computer. I think that in the future I'll do it like that. keeps the computer cleaner.

 

[chuckshissle]

Yeah it can but it wont be as good as the active water cooling and it is also expensive.

Innovatek passive cooling radiator:

http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-rad-53.html

Anyways here's mine. I did as an experiment. Got all the components from Hope Depot. It works really good but I replaced it with a much smaller water cooling for easy transport at land party.

So if your pc stays home and stays put then is a good solution.

 

[1Tanker]

Yeah it can but it wont be as good as the active water cooling and it is also expensive.

Innovatek passive cooling radiator:

http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-rad-53.html

Anyways here's mine. I did as an experiment. Got all the components from Hope Depot. It works really good but I replaced it with a much smaller water cooling for easy transport at land party.

So if your pc stays home and stays put then is a good solution.

How well did it work? You got some temps? Lastly...how much did that cost you(roughly)?

 

[chuckshissle]

I can't remember on top of my head the price I got the 10-gallon container and the copper tubing. I think it's like $30 or something like that. I glued the copper tubing to the lid of the container using epoxy and made the container water and air tight to get no water evaporation. I used a duct tape to sealed it, yeah duct tape works wonders. For the water pump I used an industrial pump for garden use and fountain. For the cpu water block I used the Zalman with 3/8 ID tubing. I did it back last November when I first assemble my current rig. Anyways I pawned the entire passive cooling system to a friend for $150.

As for the temps. My room has ambient temp of 28-30c ( yeah it's warm). CPU Pentium D 840 3.2Ghz (oc to 3.5Ghz @ 1.35v) 42c idle and 50 on full load. It's really quite but I kept hitting my foot on it for it is underneath my desk.

😀

 

[1Tanker]

I can't remember on top of my head the price I got the 10-gallon container and the copper tubing. I think it's like $30 or something like that. I glued the copper tubing to the lid of the container using epoxy and made the container water and air tight to get no water evaporation. I used a duct tape to sealed it, yeah duct tape works wonders. For the water pump I used an industrial pump for garden use and fountain. For the cpu water block I used the Zalman with 3/8 ID tubing. I did it back last November when I first assemble my current rig. Anyways I pawned the entire passive cooling system to a friend for $150.

As for the temps. My room has ambient temp of 28-30c ( yeah it's warm). CPU Pentium D 840 3.2Ghz (oc to 3.5Ghz @ 1.35v) 42c idle and 50 on full load. It's really quite but I kept hitting my foot on it for it is underneath my desk.

😀

Thanks.. Not bad for a passive rad.


PS. Just wear steel-toed work boots while you're on your computer. 😛

 

[chuckshissle]

Yeah it was great and I love it. Even painted it to match my pc but since I play with my buddies with CS:S and DOD I couldn't take the system to my buddy's house. So I got rid of it and used the Thermaltake Big Typhoon HSF and then went to water cooling which is what I got now.

My current rig:

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_rotm_june06.html