Do I really need a rad?

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no_control

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Indulge me please.

I have a file server that is just too loud. I have a lot of extra H2O gear that I could put in this system....Problem is I don't have a rad nor do I want to spend the money on one.

Will just the block & the Res be enough to cool a 2.2 ghz P4 file server no OC...

Or will heat soak creep up on me?
 
Hell yes you need a rad! That CPU is rated for around what... 60W? It might take a while, but with hardly any place for the heat to escape, the water might boil eventually.
 
Yeah, I kinda figured that. but I thought I'd ask the stupid question anyway. Sometimes you get answers you don't expect ;)

Thanks!
 
yes you need a rad, but its also very important to have fans on your rad, or its useless.!
 
theres ways of getting around spending money. you can replace the radiator with a 5 gallon bucket of water (without a cover) that should absorb much of the heat. and evaporation will help with the cooling as well. if heat becomes a problem you can dump some ice in the bucket :cool: but this will require you to: watch the water level, do some modding (mostly to the bucket), avoid spillage and condensation, and/or have a supply of ice (which will melt and top off the water that evaporates). ive actualy used this setup while i was working on my radiator and with a bucket of ice in the loop your processor idles around 3C.

though if this server is important at all you might want to spend 30 bucks on a radiator :rolleyes:

gobygoby said:
yes you need a rad, but its also very important to have fans on your rad, or its useless.!
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i usualy turn my fans off when im not using 100% cpu/video if you get a big enough rad you can do the same. with the top off my case off and zero fans on (except the power supply i cant control....) my cpu idles around 47 and loads around 58-60

edit: the bucket also makes it a dream to get the air out of the system heh
 
Even better than the bucket is the bong cooler. Wouldn't be too much more effort to build one, assuming your pump has the head pressure to push water high enough...
 
LOL...the bucket of water cooling system. I want to see photos of that one. Heh.:D
 
TheSandman2236 said:
haha Ok, you got me.


But, you see my idea.
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:D I'm exploiting a technicality.

Truthfully, the Beetle and 911 were designed to be air cooled. You can also remove heat from your processor with a system designed for air cooling. However, wheter it's a car or a PC, if you have a system designed to use liquid cooling a radiator with air moving across it is the most efficient method of removing and dissipating heat. Otherwise, they'd just attach a big reservoir to the bottom of the car. So, sans technicalities the point you were trying to make is valid.
 
Well anyone who understands heat transfer and thermodynamics will understand what I'm asking about.

Is there enough cooling potential in the water in the reso to maintain an acceptable temp?
 
no_control said:
Well anyone who understands heat transfer and thermodynamics will understand what I'm asking about.

Is there enough cooling potential in the water in the reso to maintain an acceptable temp?
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The passive dissipative qualities of water (or any of the fancy PC-specific fluids) in a closed loop will not supercede the rate of heat added to the fluid by your processor unless you have a lot of fluid to disperse the heat or a large, open surface area (which technically no longer makes it a closed loop) to increase evaporation. Otherwise, the fluid would eventually equalize at a temperature near that of the processor, which means you're not really providing much cooling. So, unless you wanna use the bucket method mentioned previously, you'll want some kind of radiator.
 
buy a heatercore like 17 bux,my first watercooler has one...just a thought,i think its availible at most autoparts stores less than a 20 bill ,
 
You can skip the reservoir as well and just use a block if you go with an open loop.
 
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