spot where my radiator is ( you will never guess )

chalfontcrew

chalfontcrew

chalfontcrew

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i have just finished updating my rig by replacing motherboard processor etc from my old rig that has been running on the same cooling system for 7 years with no problems at all and it runs super cool as the water is at 9 degrees at the moment ( time of year is march ) please let me know what you think of my mad radiator. don't laugh just remember it has been running for 7 years with no problems it just works and is super silent

here is the link to the youtube video i have just uploaded the other day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHAs7k8KEcA
 
Superb idea,every one wants a silent and cool running rig,i think you have achieved this :)

Obviously this has been running for 7 years with no problems and the whole lot has been thought out very well if you ask me.
 
Fair play mate. I hoped it was something far out and unusual. I don't have any sound to listen to the commentary but could see enough. What pump are you running as it's a lot of piping. Great though. Are you piling in the bleach or whatever into that butt for the summer?

You are getting some decent temps, can't argue with the numbers!
 
Sorry but that is the most messy watercooling build I have ever seen (you did ask what we thought of it). Way too much tubing for my liking. I suppose if you are happy with it that's the important thing. With my rads mounted in a box on a windowsill I currently have water temps of 6.5 degrees in and 7.3 degrees out plus it's all tidy.
 
pastymuncher said:
Sorry but that is the most messy watercooling build I have ever seen (you did ask what we thought of it). Way too much tubing for my liking. I suppose if you are happy with it that's the important thing. With my rads mounted in a box on a windowsill I currently have water temps of 6.5 degrees in and 7.3 degrees out plus it's all tidy.
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you live in the frozen tundra that is the north east of scotland, been to the broch a few times too collect nets , seriously cold for us soft westcoasters:D
 
Kudos for the very effective cooling system. Looks utterly hideous though, but that's just my opinion and I'm sure matters not a jot to you. I'm sure there will be people who have similar opinions about the state of my loop.
 
I love things like this!
Reminds me of the guy who put a big metal tank underground with a sump pump in it to cool his system.
Sure the pipes and fittings could be neater but the ingenuity of using the water butt as a heat exchanger and getting some seriously good temperatures without spending hundreds on radiators is brilliant!
 
^JP^ said:
I love things like this!
Reminds me of the guy who put a big metal tank underground with a sump pump in it to cool his system.
Sure the pipes and fittings could be neater but the ingenuity of using the water butt as a heat exchanger and getting some seriously good temperatures without spending hundreds on radiators is brilliant!
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Probably spent hundreds on fittings! :D
 
pastymuncher said:
Sorry but that is the most messy watercooling build I have ever seen (you did ask what we thought of it). Way too much tubing for my liking. I suppose if you are happy with it that's the important thing. With my rads mounted in a box on a windowsill I currently have water temps of 6.5 degrees in and 7.3 degrees out plus it's all tidy.
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i like messy as neat and tidy is so last year and i still have my windowsill to put flowers on
 
^JP^ said:
I love things like this!
Reminds me of the guy who put a big metal tank underground with a sump pump in it to cool his system.
Sure the pipes and fittings could be neater but the ingenuity of using the water butt as a heat exchanger and getting some seriously good temperatures without spending hundreds on radiators is brilliant!
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thank you for such a nice reply
 
Can't imagine doing something that extreme in my house. The results speak for themselves though!
Have to admit I'm surprised you're using a relatively 'weak' pump. I'm guessing the lack of any radiator-related restriction helps somewhat?
 
Given the temps you've posted, you could have just a simple loop all in series and have the same temps. With the water being that cold and the components being the heat they are, the bottle neck for cooling is the heat transfer from the die to the copper heatblocks.

However its a nice idea. The coils inside the water barrel is also kind of like a thermal throttle idea similar to those used in freezers. Copper coils used to cool the compressed gas.
 
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