Hi
This is going to be my first attempt at w/cing my current system and I'd appreciate your help guys on developing the following idea I had (which I think has never been attempted). Take a look at the following GIF diagram:
Basically, my search for a satisfying radiator turned out to be rather disappointing (even tried a Topaz GL 88 radiator at some point). I just need some way to cool down the water silently and I'm thinking I could maybe take advantage of the cooling function of a peltier. Now, please keep in mind the following points:
- I am not overclocking.
- I do not want super cool temperatures for my CPU / GPU (my CPU currently runs at around 40 C and I'd be happy to keep it that way. Although, if it can be lower, I'm not going to complain)
- My ultimate objective with water cooling is total silence. I'll be making some more changes to my case once this works to further dampen the noise.
My current system is an old 900 Mhz Athlon (Socket A) processor and a GF2 GTS video card. I most probably do not want to w/c the GPU now, but I'd like the w/c system I'm building to possibly be able to take up the load from a newer system in a future upgrade.
So here's the idea: Attach a "medium" (copper?) heatsink to the cold side of the peltier, submerge most of it into the water (contained in what would act as horizontal reservoir) and attach a
large natural covection heatsink on the hot side of the peltier to hopefully (you tell me!
) pump enough heat off the peltier. We could have two such assemblies in parallel as illustrated. The water would flow from side to side through the submerged heatsinks into and out of the fittings on the sides of the reservoir.
So, what is the feasability of what I am suggesting here? Remember that the idea is to get the water back to ambiant temperature or close. That would be good enough. Which means we may not even have to run the peltiers at their max potential, thus making passive convection possible (or so am I naively thinking...) I tried making some calculations, but hell if you dont need a PhD in thermodynamics at that point. But I'll continue searching.
I declare the colloquium to be officially open. Feel free to trow in what you think/know.
