passive h²o cooling
 

I'm selling my high-end h²o setup, but i still have a cheap 600l/h pump and a mediocre cpu waterblock.

I don't have a rad anymore, and i'm not planning to get a new one.

Do you guys think a 5L reservoir will suffice to cool down a XP1800+ tbred b @ 1833mhz, without the use of a radiator?

don't think so.
instead of a rad you could use a bong to cool your water.

bong is an effecient way to cool down the water but the sound :o
the waterfall noise makes you , do more pippi than you usualy do :super: :^D

The reason why i don't want to use a rad is because i want it as simple as possible. A lianli midtower isn't big enough to fit a large rad, and still have lots of space, and i don't want to put the rad next to my case because that's just plain messy. I certainly don't want a bong cooler. :p

I'll probably give it a shot anyway, if it cools awfull i'll underclock it. :)

Ice in res, will need to condensation proof block and socket

Craig

he wants it simple :)

RB: use a metal reservoir, the res will cool down faster. you even might glue some heatsinks to the res :D

If you can't put a rad, where are you going to put the 5L res then eh???

I'd put it on top, make a nice shroud for it, and put some airholes in the lian li (ouch gotta hurt if ya screw that one up) suck air out trought it

i think RB already has the holes for a rad in his lian-li of his previous wc ;).
maybe just put a small rad (1*120) and you won't loose the two top bays.

just take an kl res and just have enough ice in the freezer ( little bags ) and when you see that your temp is high ad some ice

greetz

I mean to put in on top of the case, and not in the top of the case.
Get a sheet of brushed alu and make a shroud for it.
With rads it's simple, the bigger the better.
Instrad of having a huge aircooler you transport the heat via the water to someplace else. That being the rad. If you use just a res, you'll need someway of cooling the res, which is very clumsy and/or dangerous (Ice->condensation). You can live without a res on the other hand.

or make put a oxygen-tank in the ground like the wicked bladerunner:king: .
it's worth a try :) due you live at your "kot" downstairs an next to a something you can call a garden:)
unless you don't live there anymore :D

I live on the second floor now.

I do NOT want anything extreme! Extreme is fun, but not practical nor silent.

Goal: silent & clean solution.

SLK900 + 92mm fan = too loud. So air is no go.

Zalman CNPS7000A, silent powerfull and suited for AMD.

Trust me when I say it rocks.

whatabout radial fans , i don't hear them :D
i had a silverado noisekiller thingie. i haven't heard a thing when the fans ran @ 5v
buy yourself 2 or 3 radial fans to cool down your slk900. (maybe duron can fix you the fan-part of the aero7+

i've had the silverado thingie too. Radial fans are nice, but the silverado sucks. :)

take a radiator of a car :D i don't think you'll need extra fans 8-)

Maybe if you take one of a bus. Because the fins are so close together, the resistance trough the fins is pretty high.
There won't be a lot of air moving trough them.

or just put your compu in your fridge :D

i'm having a H2O cooling as well and during winter it is possible to let it run at 2Ghz (small OC) without any fans
(i've got a P4 1.6A)