making water cooling

i know this is strange but why to buy water cooling when u have a skill to make one ?
here is my small start with making this thing
1. water block
i have used aluminum (it is not pure aluminum it is used for constructing large radiators so it have faster thermal transfer)
so i playd few hours with one of machines on my work place so i got this


2. water pump
well i have buyd a pump for aquarium lol and it cost-ed me around 10$
i know it is funny but its flow is 1500L/h and that is a good thing
because for pump that have high flow you need to pay over 100$
3. radiator
well that was problem to get here (in my country)
so i used a radiator for heating (from Opel Ascona)

and here is how it looks




i know most of you guys will say that cpu is slow and old
but i used it because it is almost hot like a old Thunderbird
so it is perfect candidate for testing

p.s.it is not final solution i am still working on tank and smaller cpu block to fit 775 socket (will be fully made from Cu)

p.s.2. still runing a OCCT tests and i hope it will run for 24 hours

 

Wow.

That looks real sweet.

Could you post up some of the stuff you use at the machine shop that you use to make this?

Lotsa respect for the self made machined crowd...

 

Cool stuff Bro and welcome to techARP ... cool mods

 

well i will but you will need to w8 some time
and it is one large machine like a horizontal drill
it is hard to operate with one of those
it is all manually no computer on it so you need to calculate
will make also a pics of new cpu block

 

thanks and i know for that option but it will less stress your forum and thread when is used like imageshack or similiar thumbs

 

I agree Gen you didn't have that option when you first joined but now you can and its hosted here ... although Adrian hasn't checked my beer tab yet lol

 

hmm what do you guys think what material would be better for new cpu block ? i still cant decide

 

I second that Gen copper transfers heat better through itself as a medium whereas aluminum dissipates it better to another medium like air .. I do believe we have had this discussion before LOL

 

yeah it was a long one
but i prefer ionized copper LOL

 

It was a long one and I don't want any form of copper in my heatsink fins LOL

 

copper base + aluminium top?

 

Wow! Cool~~ Btw is it possible that in the future you will be using your system on the rig to test the WC system
@mac_daddy, I though copper is much better in transfering heat compare to alluminium? Since almost every hsf's base is using copper (i think).

 

Sure if you want some Galvanic corrosion...

Copper? Gold! Let's see a gold block!

hahha jking...

 

Not good to have different metals in a watercooling loop, if I remember correctly...

 

well to get galvanic corosion you would need acid base liquid
but to use antifreez liquid or pure H2O you will avoid that

and if you wanna gold block send me the cash and i will make u one hehehheheeheehehhee

 

Yes its better at transferring through itself depends on the alloy mixture. Pure copper tends to hold heat or cold and transfer it through itself thats why it was originally used for cold and hot water pipes in houses. But I could be wrong