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well here are the radiators, my problem is the configuration of them, simply too many possibilities, so if you could find the time to give your opinions, I would really appreciate it.
I also need advice on a type of shroud for the radiators, the purpose is to inshore good air flow through the radiator.
and lastly how to attach the fans to the radiators?



all advice is welcome and thank you

 
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rubix_1011
I don't use a flow meter, never have, never will.

Having a picture of a flow meter does nothing to support a finding, especially when you cannot be 100% conclusive that it is reading correctly or you are accurately converting what is being reported. Does the flow meter registering on the pump without restriction show a flow rate that is close to the rated flow of the pump with your conversion?

If so, great, but if so, you're still running lower than 1.0 gpm on your loop, meaning your delta-T MUST be offset to calculate your cooling potential. Meaning - you have to over-rad to accomplish the same cooling ability that you could achieve with a higher flow. Adding cost of 3x 360 radiators ($60, example) starts to get expensive...
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well am I now ready to start building the new system and modding my old case for the new loop? the new look for the old case is to make it look like the used/new rad box that I built. lots of new mods for the old case that I have been wanting to do for years, hope you guys are still up for it after all this so far. I am trying to get it all done as fast as I can without skipping too much or spending too much on the project. man I really could spend thousands on a water loop without even trying to, I like doing this dreaming about what I would like to do with my systems. so here is something I learned the digital camera I have is so fast that I had to slow down the die in order for you to see the readout from the fan controller.
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7195/tests1baseline005.jpg
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2781/tests1baseline006.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1593/tests1baseline007.jpg
it took me a few times to figure it out how to do it, but I did finally do it
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4084/tests1baseline008.jpg
and the rest is history.
 
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ok polishing the blocks to fit now probably be done in three days I will show pics of the clean blocks with a new polish on them. look at that I can see myself that should be good enough. oh yea does anyone want to know how the other loop will run I decided to split my system into two loops the first you have already seen the second has smaller tubing and restrictive parts on it like the memory south bridge and HHD blocks I would be surprised if it ran at more than 2000 RPM for the flow rate. well anyway let me know if your interested in the results for that as well and i will get them out to you ASAP.
 
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no I did sand it, but it is a 12 year old case and I did not spend the time to smooth everything out, I have to make a compromise somewhere, otherwise it will never get completed. but your are correct it is a little ruff in places. I am afraid that the other case will turn out the same there are some really bad spots in it, but it is 15 years old case, so I can't have everything perfect, but it does look better than before.
 
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ok, so let's take a real look at what it would cost for someone to build one of these rad boxes the case is a standard mid tower $50 the 12 small rads $120 the rubber for the shrouds $20 the fans $25 the wood $10 the fittings $100 the paint $50 the fan controller $20 the tubing $20. ok, so let's add all that up for a grand total of $415, WOW !! that's more than I thought it would be, now it didn't cost me that much, at least not all at one time. because I all ready had most of it, but I guess it's not all that cheap to do something like this, my goal was to keep it around $200 but I went a little over that.

**edit that's $332 Euro total**
 
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well I have had fun doing it so far, and I was inspired to do so because of your rad/box project and 4ryan6's rad/box it just got me to thinking that I could pull this off if I tried. but yes it would be nice to see what it would cost to build your box today if you were to just go out in buy it you live in the UK so I will have to do the cost exchange in US so that I can understand it.
 
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well here is the main case that will hold all of the hardware I have a few mods that I will be making right off and probably a dozen more as we go so to start off I am going to change the large bay to the small one beside it since all I am holding is the A drive in that area in the front of the case I will be making it accessible for two 120mm fans and the opening in the back of the case I will be opening up all the way up the case to the top.




ok so are there any other suggestions right off for this section of the build it's pretty much open for anything.
 
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One suggestion clean the case use soap and water blow dry or towel dry before installing anything.
 
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ok so I went out and got the norprene tubing for this build it is black and very durable keep in mind that with this type of tubing UV lighting won't do much good through the tubing itself but it should last 10+ years so we will see if that is the case. it is kind of like a cars heater hose with its feel or texture it will be hard for a pump to suck down this tubing if it could at all, and it is durable enough that you can take it to the kink point and it won't kink in a couple of weeks after setting it there, it simply holds its shape, that's cool.
 
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