[arcsylver]

Edited as per request to make things a easier to understand.

Edited again due to parts list change

OK first the background info:

I recently acquired 2 Wall Mount style Rack Mount cabinets that I plan to use to house a new water cooled system.

The Smaller Cabinet is 24" W x 24" H x 26" D

The Larger Cabinet is 24" W x 36" H x 26" D

I plan to hoiuse the computer in the larger cabinet and the watercooling system in the smaller one with tubing run between through the cable routing holes in the cabinet


Next the parts list for the computer to be placed inside this beast. ( forgive the cut/paste from neweggs wishlist page)

1. I-Star 4U Rackmount Server (Black), Series D-400

2. Antec 550W Power Supply For TRUE550

3. ASUS Motherboard for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron Processors, 800Mhz FSB Model# P4C800-E DELUXE

4. Intel Pentium 4 / 3.0CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB

5. Mushkin 1GB PC 3200 Level One (2x512MB) Dual Black PCB 232, Part# 991089

6. Asus Geforce FX 5600 Video Card 256MB DDR Model V9560TD

7. Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum (Model SB0240P)

8. X2 Western Digital 120GB SATA WD1200JD 7,200 RPM 8MB Hard Drive

9. PIONEER BLACK INTERNAL ATAPI 16X DVD-ROM MODEL DVD-120VA

10. PIONEER DVD-Recordable (Black Bezel) DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW MODEL DVR-106BK

11. *BLACK* PANASONIC 1.44 MB DENSITY FLOPPY DISK DRIVE, MODEL # JU-256A-198P

12. X2 Antec Cobra A26 UV Activated Round 133 ATA Cable Model 77227

13. Antec Cobra F16 UV-activated plastic Round Floppy FDD Cable Model 77217

14. Logitech BLACK Optical Desktop

15. x6 ANTEC Clear Case fan With BLUE LEDs Lights 120 x 120 x 25.4 mm 70 CFM 36 dBA

16. Copper Cascade Waterblock by Cathar



Now with this list in mind to be cooled I have come up with the following.

The waterblock of course needs the rest of a cooling loop.

So I decided to try making my own radiator design I have been toying with for a while now. As the rest of this thread indicates it is an ongoing process but it is very much feasible to do so with easily acquired parts.

My plan is thus.

Copper tubing of either 1/2", 5/8" or 3/4" ID for the primary tubing of the radiator.

1/16" copper sheet to make the fins

1/4" copper plate to make two resivior towers to either side of the radiator as well as the support structure of the entire thing.




My Objectives for this project are as follows:

1. To hand build a functional Radiator/Resivior using all copper construction. Radiator design is to include two separate cooling loops for CPU and GPU/NB.

2. To achieve good cooling results as well as provide adequate cooling for possible overclocking experimentation.

3. Use copper tubing for as much of the coolant flow as possible. Only exception to this should be inside the 4U case where Clear Vinyl will be used for flexibility.

4. Use suggestions and design ideas from these forums to expand the design concept to accept new or innovative ideas as I am capable of producing here with my limited resources.

5. Maintain a budget limit of 3000 USD for everything (the computer takes up approx 2000 of this budget already)


Now that all this is said, lets continue the discussion on this project and as soon as I can get a decent host for pictures I will begin shooting some for progress and updatres to things.


UPDATE 8/27/03

I just added up the cost of things thus far and I am sitting at

2143.94 USD

Mind you a lot of the things have yet to be purchased. This is based off of the totals given at Newegg.com as well as a few other shops and does not take into consideration Newegg shipping costs.

I won the Rackmount blower fan on E-Bay and I am waiting to see if I win the 57 Chevy Copper radiator. If I do the cooling loop will be half way done already. Just tubing pumps and WB to get.