• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Help me! I'm CRAZY! ...Crazy for HEATPIPES!!!

B

Boobers

Senior member
Ever since I got my Sapphire Atlantis 9700 Pro Ultimate with the Zalman heatpipe cooler, I want to cool everything with heatpipes!

It looks like I'll soon be getting a Thermalright SI-97 cpu cooler with... you guessed it!...HEATPIPES!!!

Now all I need to know is where do I get northbridge chipset cooler with heatpipes? It's got to use at least a 80mm fan, too! The most expensive chipset cooler I can find is this one: Swiftech MCX159-A

Come on! Like that player could cool MY northbridge. I don't think so. 😀 I need HEATPIPES!

Does anybody know where I can get my hands on some bulk heatpipes? I could make my own coolers... I could attach them to the heatsinks inside my power supply and they could run out the back of the PSU where the fan used to be and could be arranged into some kind of modern art sculpture! 😎
 
Originally posted by: Boobers
Ever since I got my Sapphire Atlantis 9700 Pro Ultimate with the Zalman heatpipe cooler, I want to cool everything with heatpipes!

It looks like I'll soon be getting a Thermalright SI-97 cpu cooler with... you guessed it!...HEATPIPES!!!

Now all I need to know is where do I get northbridge chipset cooler with heatpipes? It's got to use at least a 80mm fan, too! The most expensive chipset cooler I can find is this one: Swiftech MCX159-A

Come on! Like that player could cool MY northbridge. I don't think so. 😀 I need HEATPIPES!

Does anybody know where I can get my hands on some bulk heatpipes? I could make my own coolers... I could attach them to the heatsinks inside my power supply and they could run out the back of the PSU where the fan used to be and could be arranged into some kind of modern art sculpture! 😎
Click to expand...

Don't know about bulk heatpipes, but why would you want a fan for your northbridge? Just get a passive heatsink to cool it like the Zalman and then don't worry about something that uses heatpipes or a fan.

Just cause I am curious... are you feeling ok? Crazy about heatpipes does not sound... well... very sane. Are you sure your not just crazy about crack pipes? that sounds more likely... 😉

-spike
 
Actually (since you asked), NO, I'm not OK. I've had a killer flu for like a week now and I think all the cold medication is finally getting to me... 😉

Do you really think I could make those hyperlinks if I was on crack? (OK, don't answer that). 😱
 
Well, Boobers, between the pseudonym/handle and the heatpipe enthusiasm, you're quite a character.

Let me share this with you.

People here at AT are still going to snicker about my own enthusiasm for foam-board motherboard ducting. I use heatpipes, large fans, and foam-board ducting. I had looked at the Swiftech cooler and another one by MicroCool, and two different models (CU vs AL) made by ThermalRight. My stock chipset cooler is the aluminum heatsink that ships with ASUS socket-478 mobos.

The rule I tried to follow in building my "MOJO" (which I got workin'. . . ) is keep it simple. Use two of something when you need to, one when two doesn't make a difference, and keep the total number of fans to an equilibrium number that is "minimum" considering the cooling advantages of adding the "marginal" fan.

I didn't really like the idea of replacing the chipset cooler, but as I said, I was shopping. Then, for a while, I was able to hang a 40x25mm sunon mag-lev fan over the stock cooler, and it worked. But when I replaced the original CPU copper heatpipe with a ThermalRight XP120, there was no room to hang that fan. And besides -- it was an "extra fan", even if I couldn't hear it.

When I ducted the motherboard, my chipset temperature at load measured by a tape-on thermistor applied to the bottom of the chipset heatsink -- showed a decrease from around 95F to 87F. In fact, with the ducting, the temperatures of the GPU and the NorthBridge seemed to converge on the same low number.

Anyway, I don't think anybody makes any miniature heatsink-heatpipe assemblies for Northbridge chipsets. If they did, I would have found it. I'm just a little less obsessive than you are . . . 😉
 
All right, some info I can use!

The price 'aint bad. That's about how much money I've spent on NyQuil this week! But if you look at the temp charts, the noethbridge is still to hot! Needs more heatpipes...

Maybe I can just copy it from the pictures and build my own... Back to the original question: Where to get bulk heatpipes... Maybe I could make my own heatpipes... get some tubing, stuff with steel wool, add water, pull a slight vacuum, then crimp and solder the ends...ummmm???

:roll:

BonzaiDuck, you da' man! Ducting you say...I'll have to check it out...Thanks for the tip! 🙂
 
. . . and by the way -- I too use a two-pipe Zalman ZM80D-HP on my nVidia FX5950 Ultra AGP -- with the OP-1 option fan. The ducting mod works well with it.
 
Actually, if you can afford to pay for the Zalman TNN case with the heatpipes, go for it. It is truly a noiseless solution. But I also heard that it doesn't work as well in environments that don't provide airflow around the case exterior.

 
I only wish somebody sold "bulk heatpipes", but you'd need to machine some heatsinks to fit the pipes like a glove. Are you a machinist?

The interior of of a heatpipe involves a wick and some sort of coolant which can change phase (gas to liquid and vice-versa) in the temperature range of most CPUs and computer cases. Different manufacturers use different wicking technologies, and some of those technologies may be patented or proprietary.

I had posted a remark here sometime earlier that it would be nice if Zalman or TT could manufacture some universal kit with heatpipes and heatsinks that could be adapted to any standard steel or aluminum computer case (aluminum would be better).

If you find anything like that out there, make sure you share it with me.
 
That's why you have to pull a slight vacuum to make them. It lowers the boiling point of water...

EDIT: From the article above:

In a properly designed heat pipe, the water is totally contained within the capillary wick structure and is at less than 1 atmosphere of pressure.

Akira43, nice links!
 
Duck, I know how to use a ball end mill, if that's what you mean. 😉 If I find out anything, I'll let you know. 😉
 
Contact the companies that make the thermalpipe coolers and see what they actually fill the things up with... You could tell them you're doing it as part of a paper, or something like that... If they think it's research for something harmless, they are more likely to give you information. Of course, they could just say "a liquid with a very low boiling point" which could be any of a number of fluids...

As for you knowing how to use a ball end mill, IF you're talking about the machine shop tool.. Who doesn't? How about a plasma cutter, 72" belt grinder, metal cutting band saws, etc.? I used to make blades, so I had to learn how to use pretty much all of that and more... One of these days I'll get back into it... When I get a house where I can setup shop again.
 
Originally posted by: akira34
Contact the companies that make the thermalpipe coolers and see what they actually fill the things up with... You could tell them you're doing it as part of a paper, or something like that... If they think it's research for something harmless, they are more likely to give you information. Of course, they could just say "a liquid with a very low boiling point" which could be any of a number of fluids...

As for you knowing how to use a ball end mill, IF you're talking about the machine shop tool.. Who doesn't? How about a plasma cutter, 72" belt grinder, metal cutting band saws, etc.? I used to make blades, so I had to learn how to use pretty much all of that and more... One of these days I'll get back into it... When I get a house where I can setup shop again.
Click to expand...

I don't! 🙂

Does a dremmel count? Thats the only power tool I know how to use outside of an electric screw driver or my Kitchenaid mixer...

-spike
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Originally posted by: akira34
Contact the companies that make the thermalpipe coolers and see what they actually fill the things up with... You could tell them you're doing it as part of a paper, or something like that... If they think it's research for something harmless, they are more likely to give you information. Of course, they could just say "a liquid with a very low boiling point" which could be any of a number of fluids...

As for you knowing how to use a ball end mill, IF you're talking about the machine shop tool.. Who doesn't? How about a plasma cutter, 72" belt grinder, metal cutting band saws, etc.? I used to make blades, so I had to learn how to use pretty much all of that and more... One of these days I'll get back into it... When I get a house where I can setup shop again.
Click to expand...

I don't! 🙂

Does a dremmel count? Thats the only power tool I know how to use outside of an electric screw driver or my Kitchenaid mixer...

-spike
Click to expand...

ok, so maybe I should have said what REAL MEN don't? :shocked: Oh, and I have a longer list of power tools and such from around the house and things I can do in the kitchen that turn women's knee's to jello... 😀
 
Originally posted by: akira34
Originally posted by: Spike
Originally posted by: akira34
Contact the companies that make the thermalpipe coolers and see what they actually fill the things up with... You could tell them you're doing it as part of a paper, or something like that... If they think it's research for something harmless, they are more likely to give you information. Of course, they could just say "a liquid with a very low boiling point" which could be any of a number of fluids...

As for you knowing how to use a ball end mill, IF you're talking about the machine shop tool.. Who doesn't? How about a plasma cutter, 72" belt grinder, metal cutting band saws, etc.? I used to make blades, so I had to learn how to use pretty much all of that and more... One of these days I'll get back into it... When I get a house where I can setup shop again.
Click to expand...

I don't! 🙂

Does a dremmel count? Thats the only power tool I know how to use outside of an electric screw driver or my Kitchenaid mixer...

-spike
Click to expand...

ok, so maybe I should have said what REAL MEN don't? :shocked: Oh, and I have a longer list of power tools and such from around the house and things I can do in the kitchen that turn women's knee's to jello... 😀
Click to expand...

Dude, we don't want to know about you, women, and jello. That produces bad pictures and I don't even know what you look like! 😉

As for me... my wife does not seem to care about my lack of skills when it comes to tools. I can master anything technical and cook better than most so I guess that makes up for my shortfalls. Someday I might actually learn how to use more than a CNC mill in a tool shop, but not today!

-spike
 
I just put this on my Barton.
Heatpipes with Blue Lights, in a Tutu!😎

The price went up three dollars sent I bought mine last week.

If your bridges are burning, look for parts out of notebook computers. They usually have smaller heatpipe heatsinks. It may require special bending to get them to work properly on your specific bridge.

Yes, Heatpipe heatsinks are cool.:shocked:
 
Real men can cook... Which is why I've been doing that since I was about 10... That means I've been cooking for at least 24 years now (do the math)...

I hope to [someday] find a woman that can deal with me and such... You're lucky to have found someone that can deal with you...
 
Originally posted by: akira34
Real men can cook... Which is why I've been doing that since I was about 10... That means I've been cooking for at least 24 years now (do the math)...

I hope to [someday] find a woman that can deal with me and such... You're lucky to have found someone that can deal with you...
Click to expand...

Lol, yes I am. I ask myself every day why she stays with me... though as we are both only 23 (been married only a few years) she still has plenty of time to leave me 😉

Man, this thread has gotten off topic... though it did have "I'm Crazy" in the headline so maybe that was to be expected...

-spike
 
Yes -- all you machinists -- men and women -- have me beat. I Dremel, and I can make a mean Cappellini with shrimp and clams in red-sauce with spinach.

35 years ago, I was working my way through business school by substitute-teaching in local high-schools, and I got a call to baby-sit a metal-shop class. Turned out that the younger brother of a former girlfriend was in that class.

"You're not the teacher! You're not the teacher!"

It was a very stressful day. I told the administrators that I'd sub-teach anything but shop classes -- from that point forward.

Little did I imagine a day when I would be wistfully dreaming about making my own heatpipes and coolers . . . There's a pipe-dream in spades!
 
Originally posted by: Spike
Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
Well, I'm not quite ready for Social Security yet . . :frown:
Click to expand...

Man, I am, I want it now! Only 42 years left to go...

-spike
Click to expand...

You're just a young punk then... :shocked: I'm over halfway there already...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top