"Ghetto" ramblocks for vid & sys ram?

sbabb · 08-25-2003, 06:43 PM

Since I have no watercooling wisdom, I seek yours!

Any thoughts on taking ramsinks for video and system memory and modifying them into something watercooled? In particular I'm thinking about taking something like the Thermaltake memory heat spreader set (see http://www.thermaltake.com/products/.../ddrCopper.htm ) and glomming some copper tubing onto it in two separate projects:

1. Figure out a way to run a copper tube (probably moderately small diameter flexibile tubing) along the top of the DIMM heat spreader to suck the heat out of it and into the water running through the tubing. Maybe put a copper coil "spring" inside the tubing like D-Tek does to create some turbulence.

2. Grind a couple of channels into the fins of the "double wide" video ramsinks in the kit and attach copper tubing into those channels (ugh! aluminum heatsinks!) Probably need to use JB Weld or somesuch to attach the copper to the aluminum. Run the tubing through the "top" channel on one sink, make the appropriate bends, then run it through the "top" channel in the next sink. Make a U-turn after the 2nd sink, then run it back through the "bottom" channels of both sinks. Repeat on the back of the card. I'm thinking about something like the ATI All-in-wonder 9800 here. Put "springs" inside the tubing as needed.

That would let me watercool just about everything that generates heat on my motherboard using these "ghetto" blocks, a homemade disk block, and standard blocks for CPU, bridges, and GPU.

Anyone have any thoughts on how effective/useless this might be?

Anyone know how to mind-meld Bladerunner's milling expertise into my head so that I could actually do something much prettier and more effective?

Thanks,
Scott

Tempus · 08-25-2003, 07:44 PM

I'd just use the flat tubing from a good radiator -- like one of the black ice radiators. Just mod it to size and clip it on.

utabintarbo · 08-28-2003, 01:23 PM

Since the RAM "emits less heat than a farting squirrel" (love that quote

), why bother?

Bob

gone_fishin · 08-28-2003, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by utabintarbo
Since the RAM "emits less heat than a farting squirrel" (love that quote ), why bother?

Bob

Unless you are still getting your moneys worth out of RDRAM.

08-25-2003, 06:43 PM	#1
sbabb Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NH - USA Posts: 1	"Ghetto" ramblocks for vid & sys ram? Since I have no watercooling wisdom, I seek yours! Any thoughts on taking ramsinks for video and system memory and modifying them into something watercooled? In particular I'm thinking about taking something like the Thermaltake memory heat spreader set (see http://www.thermaltake.com/products/.../ddrCopper.htm ) and glomming some copper tubing onto it in two separate projects: 1. Figure out a way to run a copper tube (probably moderately small diameter flexibile tubing) along the top of the DIMM heat spreader to suck the heat out of it and into the water running through the tubing. Maybe put a copper coil "spring" inside the tubing like D-Tek does to create some turbulence. 2. Grind a couple of channels into the fins of the "double wide" video ramsinks in the kit and attach copper tubing into those channels (ugh! aluminum heatsinks!) Probably need to use JB Weld or somesuch to attach the copper to the aluminum. Run the tubing through the "top" channel on one sink, make the appropriate bends, then run it through the "top" channel in the next sink. Make a U-turn after the 2nd sink, then run it back through the "bottom" channels of both sinks. Repeat on the back of the card. I'm thinking about something like the ATI All-in-wonder 9800 here. Put "springs" inside the tubing as needed. That would let me watercool just about everything that generates heat on my motherboard using these "ghetto" blocks, a homemade disk block, and standard blocks for CPU, bridges, and GPU. Anyone have any thoughts on how effective/useless this might be? Anyone know how to mind-meld Bladerunner's milling expertise into my head so that I could actually do something much prettier and more effective? Thanks, Scott

08-25-2003, 07:44 PM	#2
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	I'd just use the flat tubing from a good radiator -- like one of the black ice radiators. Just mod it to size and clip it on. __________________ Thou art God.

08-28-2003, 01:23 PM	#3
utabintarbo Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sterling Hts., MI Posts: 496	Since the RAM "emits less heat than a farting squirrel" (love that quote ), why bother? Bob __________________ Sarcasm is yet another of the free services we offer!

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