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bigben2k · 08-04-2002, 12:57 PM

Anyone here would tell you to stay away from OCH: if someone tries to sell you silver plated ram cooling blocks, then they're blowing wind.

Kevin here tried a similar block, but it didn't work. The coolant chiller needs to be of a whole different design, probably something like that, but in a cross drilled design. The problem is that there isn't enough time for the water to cool, and even if it does, it'll start turning to ice, so then you're looking into windshield wiper fluid.

What's not mentionned is that you need another block for the hot side, and that you have to dissipate that heat (480 watts plus what the pelts throw in), so you end up needing an array of heater cores, just so that you can put the equivalent of a 600 watt space heater in your room? No thanks. Also, these two blocks would have to be clamped, which the block isn't designed to do. It's best used as an HDD cooler, but then any 30 or 40mm fan can do that, and you can find one for a buck or two.

It is far, far cheaper to do the dehumidifier thing.

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bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Anyone here would tell you to stay away from OCH: if someone tries to sell you silver plated ram cooling blocks, then they're blowing wind. Kevin here tried a similar block, but it didn't work. The coolant chiller needs to be of a whole different design, probably something like that, but in a cross drilled design. The problem is that there isn't enough time for the water to cool, and even if it does, it'll start turning to ice, so then you're looking into windshield wiper fluid. What's not mentionned is that you need another block for the hot side, and that you have to dissipate that heat (480 watts plus what the pelts throw in), so you end up needing an array of heater cores, just so that you can put the equivalent of a 600 watt space heater in your room? No thanks. Also, these two blocks would have to be clamped, which the block isn't designed to do. It's best used as an HDD cooler, but then any 30 or 40mm fan can do that, and you can find one for a buck or two. It is far, far cheaper to do the dehumidifier thing. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101 Last edited by bigben2k; 08-04-2002 at 12:59 PM.