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dantheman · 09-18-2002, 01:08 AM

Ok, I did some searching, and I couldn't find a post on this yet. If there was one, please forgive me.

The room I am in has 2 watercooled computers and a sgi box, and they all pump out a ton of heat. Of course, this heats up the room quite a bit. The SGI will be made watercooled somehow later this year. I am curious if anyone has made it so several comptuers have run through a single large rad, and it was placed someplace else, like outside.

I was thinking that all of the comptuers could keep their pumps and such, and if I needed to take them someplace, just switch over the fittings. (simple valve or something) Instead of pumping into the rad though, it would push the warm water into a hot tank. All of the comptuers would push into the hot tank. A second pump would pull the water from the hot tank and into the large rad that is outside or in the atic or something. Then it would go to the cool tank. The comptuers would then pull from the cool tank and cool the cpu's.

I know this is not the most proformance ideal situation, but I am looking for heat removal and silence, not extream proformance. I am up for any ideas on stuff such as radiator ideas and other layouts. THanks for the help guys and gals.

09-18-2002, 01:08 AM	#1
dantheman Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 152	Multiple Comptuers with a single Rad? Ok, I did some searching, and I couldn't find a post on this yet. If there was one, please forgive me. The room I am in has 2 watercooled computers and a sgi box, and they all pump out a ton of heat. Of course, this heats up the room quite a bit. The SGI will be made watercooled somehow later this year. I am curious if anyone has made it so several comptuers have run through a single large rad, and it was placed someplace else, like outside. I was thinking that all of the comptuers could keep their pumps and such, and if I needed to take them someplace, just switch over the fittings. (simple valve or something) Instead of pumping into the rad though, it would push the warm water into a hot tank. All of the comptuers would push into the hot tank. A second pump would pull the water from the hot tank and into the large rad that is outside or in the atic or something. Then it would go to the cool tank. The comptuers would then pull from the cool tank and cool the cpu's. I know this is not the most proformance ideal situation, but I am looking for heat removal and silence, not extream proformance. I am up for any ideas on stuff such as radiator ideas and other layouts. THanks for the help guys and gals.