Modifying a Koolance Case

[Frozen8950]

Hi,

I have a Koolance WaterCooling setup (now before anyone runs in here and says.. EWWW you have a koolance case your not [H]ard! LAMER!.. Shut up.. i dont want to hear it lol)

Anyways back to my question. Ive never tried this but
it seem logical. If i added a 2nd Water Resevoir. Lets say
one of those Drive bay resivors would it reduce my over
all temperature of the case?

I know Coal power plants use huge man made lakes to disapate the heat and im thinking along the same lines here. The stock
resivoir is small and the system doesnt hold a lot of water
so i wanted to add a second one to run in tandem or
just replace the original all together.

Does this make sense to anyone? would the results be worth
the work?

Thanks

 

[amohedas]

Although you may be adding more water volume that doesnt mean that your temps will go down.

Coal powerplants do use lakes to cool them, but a lake has a hudge surface area to dissipate heat, and wind blowing over the water which helps. Your res will just sit in your case holding warm water, plus acrylic doesnt transmit heat very well.

I dont know if it will but it might even be bad for your temps depending on the flow configuration ect.

If you want lower temps upgrade fans or radiator.

 

[zer0signal667]

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=731758
look here

 

[2Fresh]

Originally posted by amohedas

If you want lower temps upgrade fans or radiator.

or blocks, tubing (along with pump) shit...may as well toss in an entire new setup

 

[Frozen8950]

Thanks for the info!

 

[codeflux]

i've tried upgrading EXOS - MAZE4 and 3/8" ID tubing instead of stock Koolance waterblocks. didn't help - in fact it increased my temps... the bottleneck is the radiator and the pumps. i'm throwing that shit away and modding *everything*...