I have a neat idea

UnaClocker · 04-21-2008, 04:57 PM

I have a neat watercooling idea. I think I'm going to do a PodCast of the build..

PodCasting is the future, man..

I think I need to do about 5 years of watercooling catch up before I start, and make a fool of myself.

Should be fun though.

UnaClocker · 04-23-2008, 06:20 PM

Ahh hell.. Might as well discuss the plan, Ben already guessed it somehow.
Let's start with how I came up with the plan.. So I was sitting at my wife's desk looking at her desktop background. I recently installed Vista on her machine. Mostly due to the fact that ram is rediculously cheap now. I figure 8gigs for under $100, I might just be able to get Vista to move at a decent speed. heh.. Sorry, going off on a tangent already. Where was I? Oh yes.. Desktop background.. She's got the one with the rocks. I was just kind of staring at that noticing how each rock is a different color, but they all have the same pockmarks and cracks and generally all look to be the exact same kind of rock. Must have been some photoshop hackin goin on to get each one such vastly different colors. Anyways. That gave me my idea.. I'm going to build a window into the side of a very tall tower case (like my old project "The Rock" kind of tall) except that the window will be a plexiglass enclosure that kind of sticks about an inch into the case. I'll fill it with decorative rock, and set up some kind of water distribution system at the top that will more or less evenly rain water down onto and through the gravel. It's not going to be an evaporative cooler, though I have considered making the inside wall of it aluminum so it will disipate some heat, and double as a bit of a reflective surface. So the waterfall will be airtight. I have access to a laser engraver, so I'll probably toss a big apple logo on the front window too, since I'm running OS X on this machine (no Vista for me!).

Anyone besides Ben reading this?

Chime in.

billbartuska · 04-23-2008, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UnaClocker

I'm going to build a window into the side of a very tall tower case

I'll fill it with decorative rock,
evenly rain water down onto and through the gravel.

Cool..........
Sterilize the rock first. Oven, 350*F, for an hour.
Terrarium...plants, frogs, lizzards!

UnaClocker · 04-25-2008, 10:50 PM

Good suggestion. I'll do that.
I went to the hardware store today to buy some plexiglass. Wasn't too impressed with their selection. They had super thin, or super thick.. .080" or .250".. I was kind of hoping for around .187" or so.. I picked up some PVC pipe for the top of the waterfall. Made a test run with it in the sink. It's surprisingly powerful with my little pump. I think I'll mock up the form for the waterfall with cardboard this weekend, so when I finally do find plexi in the size I want, I'll be ready to start cutting.
Oh, and the other problem at the hardware store.. They didn't have acryllic cement. They just had some silicone based adhesive. Am I better off with the silicone adhesive, or should I order the cement online? I've never built anything out of plexi before.. This should be interesting.

HammerSandwich · 04-26-2008, 09:42 AM

Reminds me of this.

UnaClocker · 04-26-2008, 02:02 PM

Nice.. I don't see anywhere selling that thing though. Ooodles of reviews, but doesn't seem to be actively in stores. Might save me some work.

HammerSandwich · 04-28-2008, 07:14 AM

Directron hits on Froogle, but you have to buy the whole case.

Joe · 04-28-2008, 10:59 AM

speaking of directron, I just checked the site, and they still have: http://www.directron.com/procooling.html

Procooling case badges

hehe

derelict · 04-28-2008, 11:08 AM

I thought about something similar. making a res that has a maze like shelf system so water is forced to trickle through the res. Shelves could be metal as well as outside case for a bit more cooling.

For aesthetics only I thought it be funny to have a similar design but put blue oil in the res, like those old paper-weights that you flip upside down and the oil makes its way to the bottom. Obviously you don't want it getting out of the res, but there are ways to use some of that mech energy from the water to stir up the oil a bit.

At the end of the day though I really don't have any interest in "candy" modding of cases, I prefer performance to being pretty.

ben333 · 04-28-2008, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe

speaking of directron, I just checked the site, and they still have: http://www.directron.com/procooling.html

Procooling case badges

hehe

Joe!

Dammit, I thought I was going to surprise people...

=ACID RAIN= · 05-05-2008, 09:48 AM

Thinking about this topic, I'm really surprised someone hasn't done an ant farm yet.

04-21-2008, 04:57 PM	#1
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	I have a neat idea I have a neat watercooling idea. I think I'm going to do a PodCast of the build.. PodCasting is the future, man.. I think I need to do about 5 years of watercooling catch up before I start, and make a fool of myself. Should be fun though. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

04-23-2008, 06:20 PM	#2
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Re: I have a neat idea Ahh hell.. Might as well discuss the plan, Ben already guessed it somehow. Let's start with how I came up with the plan.. So I was sitting at my wife's desk looking at her desktop background. I recently installed Vista on her machine. Mostly due to the fact that ram is rediculously cheap now. I figure 8gigs for under $100, I might just be able to get Vista to move at a decent speed. heh.. Sorry, going off on a tangent already. Where was I? Oh yes.. Desktop background.. She's got the one with the rocks. I was just kind of staring at that noticing how each rock is a different color, but they all have the same pockmarks and cracks and generally all look to be the exact same kind of rock. Must have been some photoshop hackin goin on to get each one such vastly different colors. Anyways. That gave me my idea.. I'm going to build a window into the side of a very tall tower case (like my old project "The Rock" kind of tall) except that the window will be a plexiglass enclosure that kind of sticks about an inch into the case. I'll fill it with decorative rock, and set up some kind of water distribution system at the top that will more or less evenly rain water down onto and through the gravel. It's not going to be an evaporative cooler, though I have considered making the inside wall of it aluminum so it will disipate some heat, and double as a bit of a reflective surface. So the waterfall will be airtight. I have access to a laser engraver, so I'll probably toss a big apple logo on the front window too, since I'm running OS X on this machine (no Vista for me!). Anyone besides Ben reading this? Chime in. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

04-25-2008, 10:50 PM	#4
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Re: I have a neat idea Good suggestion. I'll do that. I went to the hardware store today to buy some plexiglass. Wasn't too impressed with their selection. They had super thin, or super thick.. .080" or .250".. I was kind of hoping for around .187" or so.. I picked up some PVC pipe for the top of the waterfall. Made a test run with it in the sink. It's surprisingly powerful with my little pump. I think I'll mock up the form for the waterfall with cardboard this weekend, so when I finally do find plexi in the size I want, I'll be ready to start cutting. Oh, and the other problem at the hardware store.. They didn't have acryllic cement. They just had some silicone based adhesive. Am I better off with the silicone adhesive, or should I order the cement online? I've never built anything out of plexi before.. This should be interesting. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

04-26-2008, 09:42 AM	#5
HammerSandwich Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 15143 Posts: 358	Re: I have a neat idea Reminds me of this. __________________ www.procooling.com: It's true we are often a bunch of assholes

04-26-2008, 02:02 PM	#6
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Re: I have a neat idea Nice.. I don't see anywhere selling that thing though. Ooodles of reviews, but doesn't seem to be actively in stores. Might save me some work. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM! Last edited by UnaClocker; 04-26-2008 at 02:19 PM.

04-28-2008, 07:14 AM	#7
HammerSandwich Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 15143 Posts: 358	Re: I have a neat idea Directron hits on Froogle, but you have to buy the whole case. __________________ www.procooling.com: It's true we are often a bunch of assholes

04-28-2008, 10:59 AM	#8
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	Re: I have a neat idea speaking of directron, I just checked the site, and they still have: http://www.directron.com/procooling.html Procooling case badges hehe __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

04-28-2008, 11:08 AM	#9
derelict Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 39	Re: I have a neat idea I thought about something similar. making a res that has a maze like shelf system so water is forced to trickle through the res. Shelves could be metal as well as outside case for a bit more cooling. For aesthetics only I thought it be funny to have a similar design but put blue oil in the res, like those old paper-weights that you flip upside down and the oil makes its way to the bottom. Obviously you don't want it getting out of the res, but there are ways to use some of that mech energy from the water to stir up the oil a bit. At the end of the day though I really don't have any interest in "candy" modding of cases, I prefer performance to being pretty.

05-05-2008, 09:48 AM	#11
=ACID RAIN= Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kingwood, TX Posts: 6	Re: I have a neat idea Thinking about this topic, I'm really surprised someone hasn't done an ant farm yet. __________________ Gamer: Q6600 G0 3.6 1.4v . Abit IP35 Pro . 2GB Ballistix 800 . eVGA 8800GT . 560w SS Zeus . 320GB SATA . 36GB 10k SATA Wife's: E6300 . Asus P5B . 2GB G.Skill 800 . eVGA 7900GT . 500w OCZ . 2 x 120GB PATA File Server: E6600@3GHz . GA-G31M-S2L . 1GB Adata 800 . 500w . 4x400GB RAID5 on S150 SX4 . 120GB SATA MY HEAT

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