Black Ice Micro question.......

Steve-O · 08-01-2002, 11:01 AM

Hey guys,

I am gonan be building my new rig in a few days here and I wanted to go water cooling. Is that micro enough to cool a Pentium 4 1.8A @ 2.7 to 3.0Ghz @ 1.75 to 1.85 volts? This is the only radiator that I can fit in this case and if this don't work I am just gonna have to use a Swiftech MCX-478 I have sitting here

airspirit · 08-01-2002, 01:09 PM

I wouldn't do it. That rad is good for a GPU or a chipset, but I wouldn't use it for much more than that. And the GPU better not be putting out much heat .... If you used that on your CPU, I would anticipate the same temps or higher than using a good heat sink fan. It simply does not have the surface area to cool your coolant effectively. You can't fit a BIX in your case? Are you using a mini-tower or something? Cases are cheap. There is a cheap Chieftec full tower (6 ex. drive bays, 2 ex. floppy, 6 int. HDD bays [removable]) on NewEgg for $60 shipped ....

Steve-O · 08-01-2002, 03:47 PM

I bought a mATX case for a reason and that for LAN's. I wanted mATX watercooling but U guess I will have to put that into my full tower beast. I just wanted it to look good I dont wanna have an external box either. I have the Enlight EN-7602 case.

gooFy · 08-01-2002, 04:56 PM

Well you could install the BIX either to the sidepanel or the floor of the case like a _blowhole_

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gooFy

Skulemate · 08-01-2002, 04:59 PM

How about a couple of the BIMs? Would you have room for something like that?

airspirit · 08-01-2002, 05:41 PM

Side mounting a BIX isn't a hard thing to do ... I did it. But then, I did it in a tower. 2 BIMs wouldn't do much good. They'd have to be run parallel to be effective (but 2 just might do it for decent temps) but the hosing and tackle involved would run him out of room.

Have you thought of this: Put a larger heater core bolted externally on the rear/side of the unit? External mounting is probably going to be a must here, but if you take a thin heater core and externally bolt it on, you might do well by that on your mini-case.

Skulemate · 08-01-2002, 05:45 PM

If they can be placed side by side in the case, I think you could do the tubing runs reasonably, provided you bought a good quality tubing (Tygon or Nalgene) that would allow for tight bends.

[edit] Yeah, I agree, if he were to use 2 BIMs, definitely in parallel...[/edit]

08-01-2002, 11:01 AM	#1
Steve-O Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Astoria, Oregon Posts: 9	Black Ice Micro question....... Hey guys, I am gonan be building my new rig in a few days here and I wanted to go water cooling. Is that micro enough to cool a Pentium 4 1.8A @ 2.7 to 3.0Ghz @ 1.75 to 1.85 volts? This is the only radiator that I can fit in this case and if this don't work I am just gonna have to use a Swiftech MCX-478 I have sitting here __________________ Intel Pentium 4 1.8A 512MB Corsair PC-3000XMS Asus P4S333-M IBM 120GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Albatron Geforce 4 Ti4200 @ Ti4400 128MB Integrated 5.1 Audio Integrated 10/100 NIC 48x12x48x CD-RW 16x Slot DVD-ROM Steve-O http://www.extremecooling.org

08-01-2002, 03:47 PM	#3
Steve-O Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Astoria, Oregon Posts: 9	I bought a mATX case for a reason and that for LAN's. I wanted mATX watercooling but U guess I will have to put that into my full tower beast. I just wanted it to look good I dont wanna have an external box either. I have the Enlight EN-7602 case. __________________ Intel Pentium 4 1.8A 512MB Corsair PC-3000XMS Asus P4S333-M IBM 120GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Albatron Geforce 4 Ti4200 @ Ti4400 128MB Integrated 5.1 Audio Integrated 10/100 NIC 48x12x48x CD-RW 16x Slot DVD-ROM Steve-O http://www.extremecooling.org

08-01-2002, 04:59 PM	#5
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	How about a couple of the BIMs? Would you have room for something like that? __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-01-2002, 05:45 PM	#7
Skulemate Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 381	If they can be placed side by side in the case, I think you could do the tubing runs reasonably, provided you bought a good quality tubing (Tygon or Nalgene) that would allow for tight bends. [edit] Yeah, I agree, if he were to use 2 BIMs, definitely in parallel...[/edit] __________________ Michael E. Robbins M.A.Sc. Candidate, University of Toronto 12.1 GHz of AMD's finest (17.7 GHz total) crunching proudly for the AMDMB.com Killer Frogs SETI BOINC: Dual Opteron 246s (Iwill DK8N) \| XP2800+ (Shuttle SN41G2) \| 3x XP2400+ (ASUS A7N266-vm) SETI BOINC: 2x P4 2.8E (ASUS P4R800-vm) \| Crunching 24/7

08-01-2002, 01:09 PM	#2
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	I wouldn't do it. That rad is good for a GPU or a chipset, but I wouldn't use it for much more than that. And the GPU better not be putting out much heat .... If you used that on your CPU, I would anticipate the same temps or higher than using a good heat sink fan. It simply does not have the surface area to cool your coolant effectively. You can't fit a BIX in your case? Are you using a mini-tower or something? Cases are cheap. There is a cheap Chieftec full tower (6 ex. drive bays, 2 ex. floppy, 6 int. HDD bays [removable]) on NewEgg for $60 shipped ....

08-01-2002, 04:56 PM	#4
gooFy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 7	Well you could install the BIX either to the sidepanel or the floor of the case like a _blowhole_ - gooFy

08-01-2002, 05:41 PM	#6
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Side mounting a BIX isn't a hard thing to do ... I did it. But then, I did it in a tower. 2 BIMs wouldn't do much good. They'd have to be run parallel to be effective (but 2 just might do it for decent temps) but the hosing and tackle involved would run him out of room. Have you thought of this: Put a larger heater core bolted externally on the rear/side of the unit? External mounting is probably going to be a must here, but if you take a thin heater core and externally bolt it on, you might do well by that on your mini-case.

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