Water cooling for PC - using cold water directly from river

[Nowky1]

Hello,

This might be a weird question but i will ask it anyways
If i buy a 120mm heatsink used for cooling down water in the water cooling system for PC but i would like to know if I can use it to cool down the pc with it using a fan... its kind of hard to explain so I added a picture (i know i'm a skilled drawer 😀 ) Probably it isn't possible to make this possible but who knows, I can buy the heatsink, some tubes and a 12v pump for about 30$ from eBay and try it out.

http://prntscr.com/jr91eq

Thanks for your answers

 

[jaslion]

Hello,

This might be a weird question but i will ask it anyways
If i buy a 120mm heatsink used for cooling down water in the water cooling system for PC but i would like to know if I can use it to cool down the pc with it using a fan... its kind of hard to explain so I added a picture (i know i'm a skilled drawer 😀 ) Probably it isn't possible to make this possible but who knows, I can buy the heatsink, some tubes and a 12v pump for about 30$ from eBay and try it out.

http://prntscr.com/jr91eq

Thanks for your answers

Why not just use a generic aio? There are major problems with your idea. That rad, cpublock and whatnot will be clogged with organics in a day and not cool well at all. You could get rid of this problem by having a closed loop inside the pc and then hanging the radiator in riverwater but at that point you are just creating a bigger hassle than is worth.

 

[Nowky1]

Yes, I agree I really didn't think that out and it would be 1000% better to have a closed loop, and the whole thing sounds crazy.
Probably won't do any of this but I just want to ask what kind of "radiator" would you/me put in the riverwater? Would it make damage if I'd put a heatsink(drawn on picture) under water or what kind of radiator is that?. Thanks
I would put the rig in a building that is like 1-2m from the river and i'd have to go 1m down to reach the water.

 

[jaslion]

Yes, I agree I really didn't think that out and it would be 1000% better to have a closed loop, and the whole thing sounds crazy.
Probably won't do any of this but I just want to ask what kind of "radiator" would you/me put in the riverwater? Would it make damage if I'd put a heatsink(drawn on picture) under water or what kind of radiator is that?. Thanks
I would put the rig in a building that is like 1-2m from the river and i'd have to go 1m down to reach the water.

The way you should do this is by having a closed loop system with a really powerfull pump and then hanging the radiator in the water. It will probably be clogged up within a week and need constant cleaning. You can try to put it in a "box" of filter foam to reduce the debris but it's still a bad idea.

Getting riverwater in the loop is going to destroy all the watercooling components in a couple of hours due to all the organic matter so make sure the loop is correctly sealed.

 

[Nowky1]

Yes, I agree I really didn't think that out and it would be 1000% better to have a closed loop, and the whole thing sounds crazy.
Probably won't do any of this but I just want to ask what kind of "radiator" would you/me put in the riverwater? Would it make damage if I'd put a heatsink(drawn on picture) under water or what kind of radiator is that?. Thanks
I would put the rig in a building that is like 1-2m from the river and i'd have to go 1m down to reach the water.

The way you should do this is by having a closed loop system with a really powerfull pump and then hanging the radiator in the water. It will probably be clogged up within a week and need constant cleaning. You can try to put it in a "box" of filter foam to reduce the debris but it's still a bad idea.

Getting riverwater in the loop is going to destroy all the watercooling components in a couple of hours due to all the organic matter so make sure the loop is correctly sealed.

I would make it a closed loop 100% and put the radiator under the water without making contact between the riverwater and the closed loop.