heatercore question

arterius · 06-11-2004, 09:00 AM

Hi guys,
shortly i will begin my new project and just want to check if everything is alright.I recently upgraded my water cooling setup and want to upgrade again.Currently I am using a heatercore (7x7 1/4x2") with two 120mm fans sucking air through it. A logical way to increase my cores performance was to increase the overall airflow.So i just got a couple of 8" rotor fans from ebay.Would it be useful to add more cores to my loop? I want to get my water temp as close to ambient temperature as it can be.What would you do to further increase my cooling performance?

Thanks for your help.

kizzap · 06-12-2004, 01:21 AM

the more cores that are in your system may help lower the water temperature but it is impossible to get water colder than what the ambient temperature is. So if your system is around the same as the ambient temp there is nothing else you can do

arterius · 06-12-2004, 03:35 AM

I understand everything you have said but I don't have a accurate way to compare my water temperature to my ambient temperature. Each of my fans pushes close to 330cfm and and creates more pressure than a normal axial fans because it is 7cm thick.I guess two of these cores with two of my fans would be enough to remove a heatload of 200 Watts and still keep the water temperarture close to my ambient temperature.
Btw what is an accurate and cheap way to measure your temperatures?

06-11-2004, 09:00 AM	#1
arterius Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: europe Posts: 18	heatercore question Hi guys, shortly i will begin my new project and just want to check if everything is alright.I recently upgraded my water cooling setup and want to upgrade again.Currently I am using a heatercore (7x7 1/4x2") with two 120mm fans sucking air through it. A logical way to increase my cores performance was to increase the overall airflow.So i just got a couple of 8" rotor fans from ebay.Would it be useful to add more cores to my loop? I want to get my water temp as close to ambient temperature as it can be.What would you do to further increase my cooling performance? Thanks for your help. Last edited by arterius; 06-11-2004 at 09:55 AM.

06-12-2004, 01:21 AM	#2
kizzap Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bundaberg Posts: 19	the more cores that are in your system may help lower the water temperature but it is impossible to get water colder than what the ambient temperature is. So if your system is around the same as the ambient temp there is nothing else you can do

06-12-2004, 03:35 AM	#3
arterius Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: europe Posts: 18	I understand everything you have said but I don't have a accurate way to compare my water temperature to my ambient temperature. Each of my fans pushes close to 330cfm and and creates more pressure than a normal axial fans because it is 7cm thick.I guess two of these cores with two of my fans would be enough to remove a heatload of 200 Watts and still keep the water temperarture close to my ambient temperature. Btw what is an accurate and cheap way to measure your temperatures?

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