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mathias
Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 05:11 PM
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835108045


you think a cpu water cooling system would be to small to make a difference?
mathias
Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 05:13 PM
this one is pretty

http://www.xoxide.com/thaqiiiwacok.html
GaryP
Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 05:42 PM
It has a copper heat exchanger.
don-n-sa
Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 05:58 PM
It has a copper heat exchanger.

which definitely is not a good mix with saltwater. v.v
NaCl_H2O
Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 08:03 PM
I looked at these concepts about 2 years ago ... lots of internet research. There are also lots built on evaportive cooling methods. By the time you make one big enough (capacity) for a SW Tank and buy a titanium heat exchanger ... a commercial SW chiller is a better, more cost effective approach ... IMO.
VeeDub
Tue, 26th Apr 2005, 08:26 PM
I don't think that this would work very well unless it was a very small nano. In order to remove the heat from any significant amount of water, you would need a pretty large radiator with several cooling fans, and as Steve pointed out, you need to go titanium for a heat exchanger.
What I find interesting is some of these liquid cooling computer guys (not including myself) are using Iwaki, Panworld and BlueLine pumps that would be reasonable sized circulation pumps for smaller tanks.
mathias
Wed, 27th Apr 2005, 10:22 AM
I just don't see putting water in my $2k computer...
VeeDub
Fri, 29th Apr 2005, 07:25 PM
I just don't see putting water in my $2k computer...

That's what I said for awhile.
Of course most people don't spend too much time tweaking every piece of hardware and software on their computer.
I went liquid cooled to prolong the agony I put my hardware through.
You get much better results upping cpu, video card, and ram voltages with liquid. I do this because I don't want to upgrade every 3 months anymore.
When the components finally melt, then it's time for an upgrade. ;)

Chris