radiator = case.... hrmm

DigitalChaos · 06-20-2002, 07:03 PM

i just got a new radiator for my car... naturally i was looking at it and wondering how awsome it would perform on my computer... then i thought of this..

well the radiator is only ~3/4" thick.. now if i got 6 radiators of the same thickness but different Lengths and Widths... i could make a case entirely out of radiators... now some metal supports and what not would need to be there, plus mounts for the components..., but i figured with that much surface area, i could probably use NO fans... what do you think?

TonyM · 06-20-2002, 07:19 PM

youd need a pretty powerfull pump to move that water through all the radiators

Cyco-Dude · 06-20-2002, 07:49 PM

i think thats an understatment lol

ZaVkE · 06-20-2002, 08:02 PM

not only that, radiators dispose their heat to both sides, so the inside of your 'case' would be *****ing hot *

chazz469 · 06-20-2002, 09:09 PM

It's an interesting idea. Maybe a little on the side of over-doing it, but it wouldn't be too impractical to have a radiator as one side with fans covering the entire thing blowing out. It would still radiate to both sides but the fans would counteract that.

#Rotor · 06-20-2002, 09:38 PM

auto radiators has virtualy 0 flow resistance, espesialy at the flow rates we use... so no..... the pump will not have any trouble at all getting the water through the rad..... priming the thing, however, is a complete other story... The radiators I think of as being deasant, holds at least 10l of liquid in them....

you will probably use the rad as the reservoir, with it's filler cap being the highest possible point in the cooling loop, that way the completed rig will prime itself, as you fill it up... obviously having the pump right at the bottom.

Brad · 06-21-2002, 04:25 AM

no reason why not, but it'd be best to do it on the right side of the case, so you can access your computer parts easily

Lothar5150 · 06-21-2002, 04:27 AM

I want to see the Pic's when its done

06-20-2002, 07:03 PM	#1
DigitalChaos Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waukesha, Wi Posts: 698	radiator = case.... hrmm i just got a new radiator for my car... naturally i was looking at it and wondering how awsome it would perform on my computer... then i thought of this.. well the radiator is only ~3/4" thick.. now if i got 6 radiators of the same thickness but different Lengths and Widths... i could make a case entirely out of radiators... now some metal supports and what not would need to be there, plus mounts for the components..., but i figured with that much surface area, i could probably use NO fans... what do you think?

06-20-2002, 08:02 PM	#4
ZaVkE Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 83	not only that, radiators dispose their heat to both sides, so the inside of your 'case' would be ****ing hot __________________ signatures are for wussies

06-20-2002, 09:09 PM	#5
chazz469 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 150	It's an interesting idea. Maybe a little on the side of over-doing it, but it wouldn't be too impractical to have a radiator as one side with fans covering the entire thing blowing out. It would still radiate to both sides but the fans would counteract that. __________________ "I believe that the moment is near when by a procedure of active paranoiac thought, it will be possible to systematize confusion to the total discrediting of the world of reality" -Salvador Dali AMD XP1600+ @1790MHz and rethinking my cooling.... MAZE3 --> DD Cooler Cube --> Eheim 1048 512MB PC2700 DDR MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU 2x 20GB Maxtor in RAID 0 1x 30GB Maxtor --> WinXP GF3 Ti200 @ 240/499

06-21-2002, 04:25 AM	#7
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	no reason why not, but it'd be best to do it on the right side of the case, so you can access your computer parts easily __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

06-20-2002, 07:19 PM	#2
TonyM Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mount Prospect Posts: 78	youd need a pretty powerfull pump to move that water through all the radiators

06-20-2002, 07:49 PM	#3
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	i think thats an understatment lol

06-20-2002, 09:38 PM	#6
#Rotor Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dione, sector 4s1256 Posts: 852	auto radiators has virtualy 0 flow resistance, espesialy at the flow rates we use... so no..... the pump will not have any trouble at all getting the water through the rad..... priming the thing, however, is a complete other story... The radiators I think of as being deasant, holds at least 10l of liquid in them.... you will probably use the rad as the reservoir, with it's filler cap being the highest possible point in the cooling loop, that way the completed rig will prime itself, as you fill it up... obviously having the pump right at the bottom.

06-21-2002, 04:27 AM	#8
Lothar5150 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Surf City USA Posts: 433	I want to see the Pic's when its done

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