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pwrdesign · 09-23-2004, 10:57 AM

Hello!

Together with two friends I've started X3mTech Computer Designs, which isnt a company yet, but I hope it will be one later on

We decided to design good looking computers.
Computers for extremely demanding games, but perhaps mostly for HTPC use.

A good looking htpc will be placed under your tv in your livingroom, and then IT HAS TO BE QUIET.

So, watercooling is very intresting for us.

To explain it easy the product range will as a start include 3 units.

1. The computer, containing ATX Motherboard, CPU, Graphic Card, Power Supply, HDD ect.

2. The water cooling unit, containing Radiator (probably a modified radiator from HWlabs), Water Pump (from timmer-pneumatik, capable for 360L/h), Water Tank

3. Storage unit, containing up to 4 HHD's

So for the Computer Unit, we'll need CPU block, GPU block, Motherboard Block and probably we'll also need to modify the PSU with water cooling. (1U PSU is very loud :/ )

So my question to you is what kind of construction for the water cooling blocks should we choose? At the beginning we are not intrested in the BEST cooling, because that will take to long time figure out and produce. We want something that chills enough AND is pretty low, so the inlets and outlets should be placed on the side.

I'll post some of my ideas soon, images of the units can be found at http://www.x3mtech.org

Regards Patrik

09-23-2004, 10:57 AM	#1
pwrdesign Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 4	Need tips about CPU block design Hello! Together with two friends I've started X3mTech Computer Designs, which isnt a company yet, but I hope it will be one later on We decided to design good looking computers. Computers for extremely demanding games, but perhaps mostly for HTPC use. A good looking htpc will be placed under your tv in your livingroom, and then IT HAS TO BE QUIET. So, watercooling is very intresting for us. To explain it easy the product range will as a start include 3 units. 1. The computer, containing ATX Motherboard, CPU, Graphic Card, Power Supply, HDD ect. 2. The water cooling unit, containing Radiator (probably a modified radiator from HWlabs), Water Pump (from timmer-pneumatik, capable for 360L/h), Water Tank 3. Storage unit, containing up to 4 HHD's So for the Computer Unit, we'll need CPU block, GPU block, Motherboard Block and probably we'll also need to modify the PSU with water cooling. (1U PSU is very loud :/ ) So my question to you is what kind of construction for the water cooling blocks should we choose? At the beginning we are not intrested in the BEST cooling, because that will take to long time figure out and produce. We want something that chills enough AND is pretty low, so the inlets and outlets should be placed on the side. I'll post some of my ideas soon, images of the units can be found at http://www.x3mtech.org Regards Patrik