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Etacovda · 04-19-2004, 08:29 AM

Hey everyone

First time wb builder (as we all are at some stage i guess), ive gotten most of my supplies.

50x10x1500 length of copper stock
stainless/plastic mix res... im hoping this will be ok, thoughts? its a stainless airtight sealing coffee style container with a clear top.
Half inch OD barbs with 3/8'th threads, taps etc
Solder/silicon/gasket paper? Can you get away with gasket paper with gasket paste or will there be adverse effects?
Heatercore (brass/copper mix i believe) - its a smaller one, will fit either 2x 92mm fans or 1x120 - its around 135 long, 130 wide (the fin area that is).
All of the above cost me less than 70nzd, which i think isnt bad

This is mostly for learning - its going on an HTPC duron, basically its cheap hardware so i dont have to risk anything on my main rig until im certain it will work. I realise could more than likely get a quieter set up out of air, but im wanting to experiement for watercooling my main box, which is overclocked quite a bit and im wanting a little bit more

I know that the #rotor style block will probably be for me in a lot of cases - i was thinking of going with a slight variation on this theme, with a central inlet, and a 'round' style drill pattern - im thinking about playing with jet plates etc as well - as i said, this is a learning project more than anything, and so long as it does better than air cooling im happy

The other main question i have is - for this style of system (i may include another block later on) what pump would be needed? Anything other than Eheim is pretty hard to get in New Zealand. Ive done some research (of course) and found that people are saying they're outputting 35db... how much quieter can you get these pumps? I'm not wanting to hear the pump over 7v fans.

Of course, im not sure how realistic this is, basically i want a higher flow pump with very little noise. Is the 1048 a step in the right direction? if anyone has a better recommendation im not above going international and having it shipped in. Of course, the cheaper the better.

Excuse my long post

thanks for any help.

04-19-2004, 08:29 AM	#1
Etacovda Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dunedin NZ Posts: 735	#rotor block construction - pump flow and silence Hey everyone First time wb builder (as we all are at some stage i guess), ive gotten most of my supplies. 50x10x1500 length of copper stock stainless/plastic mix res... im hoping this will be ok, thoughts? its a stainless airtight sealing coffee style container with a clear top. Half inch OD barbs with 3/8'th threads, taps etc Solder/silicon/gasket paper? Can you get away with gasket paper with gasket paste or will there be adverse effects? Heatercore (brass/copper mix i believe) - its a smaller one, will fit either 2x 92mm fans or 1x120 - its around 135 long, 130 wide (the fin area that is). All of the above cost me less than 70nzd, which i think isnt bad This is mostly for learning - its going on an HTPC duron, basically its cheap hardware so i dont have to risk anything on my main rig until im certain it will work. I realise could more than likely get a quieter set up out of air, but im wanting to experiement for watercooling my main box, which is overclocked quite a bit and im wanting a little bit more I know that the #rotor style block will probably be for me in a lot of cases - i was thinking of going with a slight variation on this theme, with a central inlet, and a 'round' style drill pattern - im thinking about playing with jet plates etc as well - as i said, this is a learning project more than anything, and so long as it does better than air cooling im happy The other main question i have is - for this style of system (i may include another block later on) what pump would be needed? Anything other than Eheim is pretty hard to get in New Zealand. Ive done some research (of course) and found that people are saying they're outputting 35db... how much quieter can you get these pumps? I'm not wanting to hear the pump over 7v fans. Of course, im not sure how realistic this is, basically i want a higher flow pump with very little noise. Is the 1048 a step in the right direction? if anyone has a better recommendation im not above going international and having it shipped in. Of course, the cheaper the better. Excuse my long post thanks for any help.