it's been discussed recently, so i figured i'd finally discuss what i've been thinking about for a while. this is similar to cnyc's deal, but for a little different reasoning.
initially i was going to go fairly large-scale with this several months ago, but decided against it. too much power requirements, yada yada. but, the idea has changed a bit.
the idea now is to build a mostly uncomplicated setup, with for the most part an extremely compact unit. the main cooling system would be about 80mm tall and 160mm wide, by whatever length deemed necessary. the intent is actually so this bolts into the stock hard drive cage attachment on the bottom of a lian-li case.
the idea is to get something that would come up with *fairly* good results in a fairly safe and compact device, and, no radiator. thus, a single-pelt cooling setup intended only to cool the cpu. which means 2 short hoses, 1 to the cpu and 1 return line. the pump would be housed in the reservoir... i was looking towards the pentair aquatics 800 or 1200. they're pretty small, but due to the simplicity of the loop and the short distance, i felt this would be acceptable. in any instance, it would be a pretty small loop. now i'll post a little picture to give better visuals:
now, you can see basically what i'm talking about the setup. probably looking towards a 120w pelt was my thinking, but perhaps that's all bunk. a 220 would be best, but i just couldn't think that an air hsf could shed all that heat.
the cooler inside the reservoir would be constructed of either small (like 1/8") copper tubing, or very thinly zig-zagged or corrugated copper sheetmetal.
the tubing would then be the rubber braid-covered fuel tubing. it's fairly insulating, and it looks cool
anyways, that's one of the ideas i have on the drawing board. maybe it should get left there?
i dunno, it was nice, compact design i thought just might work, but how everyone says it won't, maybe i'll work more on my other stuff, that included a radiator. i'd appreciate your thoughts though.