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cloaked · 10-11-2004, 11:32 PM

I have been playing with the idea of adding lots of water blocks to a secondary loop. This is all theoretical for now, I am planning on a new computer sometime in the next 6 months or so, and have decided on watercooling at least the cpu and video card.
But I was also thinking (fantasizing maybe?) about putting blocks on other parts. Maybe buying some copper tubing to make very simple water blocks for hot parts of the computer. The things I was thinking about were power supply, mosfets, video ram, probably northbridge, maybe hard drives, and even the dimms (I have no idea on the temperatures these reach, and whether better cooling would help in any way.)

The way I see it, this system would have the benefits of being able to get rid of a couple fans (power supply, hard drives, northbridge), and increasing stability if some elements (mosfets, vram) are better cooled.

I thought a possible way to do this would be to have:

___loop with less ____....... ____cpu/video______
|..critical components....\..../............blocks..............|
/\....................................\../..................................../\
|..................................resevoir....... ....................heater
smaller.............................|............. .......................core
pump.............................../\......................................|
|...................................../...\....................main.........|
|________<_________|....|_____>___pump____|

now the obvious problem with this is that the second loop has no way to dissapate heat. I was hoping the components it cooled would not add too much heat to the water, so when it got to the resevoir it would just mix with the cooler water from the main loop.

What problems do you see with this? Is there anything inherantly wrong with cooling, say, the power supply and removing it's fan? Do I need a second heater core for this/what else can be fixed in the loop.

I know this will not provide the best overclock possible, but it my mind the reduction of noise, and of course, overall awsomeness (was gonna say coolness until I realized what a bad pun that would make) is worth it

edit: another failed case of ascii art formatting- sorry bout the .......s

10-11-2004, 11:32 PM	#1
cloaked Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 7	Excessive water cooling, (power supply, mosfets, vram), idea? I have been playing with the idea of adding lots of water blocks to a secondary loop. This is all theoretical for now, I am planning on a new computer sometime in the next 6 months or so, and have decided on watercooling at least the cpu and video card. But I was also thinking (fantasizing maybe?) about putting blocks on other parts. Maybe buying some copper tubing to make very simple water blocks for hot parts of the computer. The things I was thinking about were power supply, mosfets, video ram, probably northbridge, maybe hard drives, and even the dimms (I have no idea on the temperatures these reach, and whether better cooling would help in any way.) The way I see it, this system would have the benefits of being able to get rid of a couple fans (power supply, hard drives, northbridge), and increasing stability if some elements (mosfets, vram) are better cooled. I thought a possible way to do this would be to have: ___loop with less ____....... ____cpu/video______ \|..critical components....\..../............blocks..............\| /\....................................\../..................................../\ \|..................................resevoir....... ....................heater smaller.............................\|............. .......................core pump.............................../\......................................\| \|...................................../...\....................main.........\| \|________<_________\|....\|_____>___pump____\| now the obvious problem with this is that the second loop has no way to dissapate heat. I was hoping the components it cooled would not add too much heat to the water, so when it got to the resevoir it would just mix with the cooler water from the main loop. What problems do you see with this? Is there anything inherantly wrong with cooling, say, the power supply and removing it's fan? Do I need a second heater core for this/what else can be fixed in the loop. I know this will not provide the best overclock possible, but it my mind the reduction of noise, and of course, overall awsomeness (was gonna say coolness until I realized what a bad pun that would make) is worth it edit: another failed case of ascii art formatting- sorry bout the .......s Last edited by cloaked; 10-16-2004 at 05:18 PM. Reason: bad title