Black Ice Micro
 

Anyone know or have any idea on how well this would work, with 1/4" plumbing all around, say, a low to medium speed 80mm panaflo, and a Maxi Jet MP900, to cool a P4 2.4 and a GF4 4200? I've searched for this topic and found some info that says the BIM is a no-no. But I'm not after overclocking temperatures.

I'm new to the watercooling scene and would like to get started. Problem is I need to keep the system as compact as possible and the dimensions of the BIM would be perfect. Not planning to overclock any, just need something that will maintain temperatures (40-50C) and still be quiet.

thanks in advance

1/4?

Isn't that...ungodly small tubing?

Whoops, you're right. I was mistaken in thinking the BIM came with 1/4 fittings... I probably saw 3/8" and immediately thought 1/4" ID... :p

With no OC, you're looking at roughly 100 Watts of heat to dissipate, which I'm sure the BIM can handle.

If you get too high temps for your comfort, you might try sandwiching the BIM with fans. That should fix you right up.

Let us know.

Great! Going to give it a try and post the results. Although it may be a while as I don't have any of the parts yet (it takes some time to get the parts to Hawaii at an affordable price)...

Thanks for the info!

why dont you just buy an Alpha 8942 and use the same panaflo? It'll give you very similar performance.

If you really want to get into watercooling, I'd suggest a BIpro, BIX, or 2x BIM's

Yep!, BIX are'nt exactly large are they?. I know you're not after mega cooling but why settle for aircooled temps like Brad says?. I'd get a BIX with a quiete(7V) 120mm fan on it. they are easy enough to find space for.

Whats the point of the Micro? A quiet fan like an L1A is going to abolutely choke. 80mm fans just can't handle that kind of flow resistance gracefully like a 120mm. You're going to end up needing a louder fan and still get temps comparable to air.

For example my current setup has 3 25CFM 80mm fans on a huge heatercore. They're ducted and have tons of space t blow through. They still barely flow at all. My coolant temps are 10C above ambient !

Now you're going to reduce flow by nearly a third and probably have 80% of my heat load. How well do you think that will work?