Xtreme Xchanger ???

[dmw5678]

Will this work? Will this do anything to lower temps?

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[Ghent915]

To my eye (untrained as it may be), those look to be just dress up parts. Aluminum is NOT known for it's ability to transfer heat well. Also, without any airflow over them, they'd just act as heat traps.

They look cool, yes. Functional? IMHO-Barely.

-Ghent

 

[Top Nurse]

Well I suppose it depends on just how big those thingies are and what you are using to cool them off. Aluminum works real well for transferring heat in a water solution to the air. Those kind of things look ideal for use in a TEC cooled water solution where you cool the water in a resevoir and running the coolant through a heat exchanger.

 

[jinu117]

Well I suppose it depends on just how big those thingies are and what you are using to cool them off. Aluminum works real well for transferring heat in a water solution to the air. Those kind of things look ideal for use in a TEC cooled water solution where you cool the water in a resevoir and running the coolant through a heat exchanger.

Kind of small considering those barbs are 1/2" ID. But your idea of shoving it in reservoir for 2nd loop, it would work pretty well looking at size (and probably close to 0 restriction). Only thing that would worry me is the fact it is aluminum but that won't matter on subzero cooling as there isn't really any water to worry about it you are moving slush anyway

 

[zer0signal667]

To my eye (untrained as it may be), those look to be just dress up parts. Aluminum is NOT known for it's ability to transfer heat well. Also, without any airflow over them, they'd just act as heat traps.

They look cool, yes. Functional? IMHO-Barely.

-Ghent

Aluminum has excellent thermal conductivity, hence the abundance of aluminum heatsinks, radiators, etc. in the world.
However, the design of these things looks pretty inefficient. The fins are thick and I see no obvious way to efficiently direct airflow over them (this would be the only way to get decent heat flow out of them.)

 

[jinu117]

Aluminum has excellent thermal conductivity, hence the abundance of aluminum heatsinks, radiators, etc. in the world.
However, the design of these things looks pretty inefficient. The fins are thick and I see no obvious way to efficiently direct airflow over them (this would be the only way to get decent heat flow out of them.)

Doubt it it was designed for airflow
heatexchanger for 2nd loop most likely as TopNurse has mentioned.
First loop with freezing liquid in it and this things submerged as heatexchanger to CPU & GPU loop bascially. More than enough surface area for that purpose as well uncomplicated install. But than, it surely is not for straight H2O section... should be on extreme cooling section

 

[Erasmus354]

Doubt it it was designed for airflow
heatexchanger for 2nd loop most likely as TopNurse has mentioned.
First loop with freezing liquid in it and this things submerged as heatexchanger to CPU & GPU loop bascially. More than enough surface area for that purpose as well uncomplicated install. But than, it surely is not for straight H2O section... should be on extreme cooling section

It is not even suited to extreme cooling because as zerosignal said the fins are much too thick, and even shoving these thing in ice cold water they would not be efficient enough to keep up with the heat of even a gpu.

The only thing those are good for is "bling bling", they do look rather cool, and if used well could add to the look of a case.

 

[Yellowsnow17]

To my eye (untrained as it may be), those look to be just dress up parts. Aluminum is NOT known for it's ability to transfer heat well. Also, without any airflow over them, they'd just act as heat traps.

They look cool, yes. Functional? IMHO-Barely.

-Ghent

Actually aluminum is one of the better heat conducters out there...
On topic: I doubt those parts would make any noticeable difference in temps. They look cool though.

 

[jinu117]

It is not even suited to extreme cooling because as zerosignal said the fins are much too thick, and even shoving these thing in ice cold water they would not be efficient enough to keep up with the heat of even a gpu.

The only thing those are good for is "bling bling", they do look rather cool, and if used well could add to the look of a case.

Uhmmm.... fins? I would like see some water chiller with heat exchanger using fins... it's mostly coils to begin with -_-;

 

[zer0signal667]

Uhmmm.... fins? I would like see some water chiller with heat exchanger using fins... it's mostly coils to begin with -_-;

What makes you think that's the most efficient design though? There's not much difference in what works with air and what works with water as the heat transfer fluid. Coil-design chillers may work decently well because of the large temperature diferential, but I can almost guarantee that a finned design would be more efficient.

 

[madmat]

Wow, $35.00 each plus $10.00 shipping to the U.S., that's kind of steep for something that offers a nominal performance increase.