Water-Cooling Design - Need Help !!!

[Acetate]

I'm planning on designing a water-cooling system for my Duron 600.
This project will be my Thesis in my class (computer engineering).
Its going to be basic (pump, water block, radiator).
I need suggestions on where to find specifications on water blocks and how to construct them properly, as well as radiator recommendations.
I'm also going to need some suggestions on tube size and rate of water flow.

Any Suggestions would be great!

 

[Jiggz]

Coolerguys.com has the swiftech water block which is probably one of the best in the market and same with Plycon.com who sells the Senfu watercooling units. You could check swiftech homepage for the waterblock specs at this Link. I'm not sure where to find Senfu product specs though.

I'm not an engineer but a tech on refrigeration. Water rate should be variable depending on the size of the CPU or wattage rate of the CPU. This can be controlled by throttling the pump speed or the pump displacement to save on energy. Majority of people will probably tell you the higher the flow rate the better it is for cooling. This is not quite true in the economic sense since you can only absorb so much heat in a given time depending on the refrigerant used. So far I have yet to see a closed liquid cooling system. Most as usually open end or unpressurised ones. Maybe you can design a pressurize one and operated with a thermostat to prevent icing on the cooling block thus the CPU. This will save a lot of money since you do not have to design insulation for the chip to prevent icing.

Just remember the basic refrigeration cycle whether you design an open or close system or water or freon based refrigerant. There has to be a high pressure and low pressure side to ensure max heat transfer. The high side will always be the side where you want to dissipate heat and low side where you want to absorb heat. Even on an open system you can still maintain a pressure difference with the use of capillary tubings or different size of tubes. Goodluck.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

I would go for the dangerden instead of the swiftech, it should probably work better. Get some silicon hosing also. I hear eheim pumps are nice, and so are danner, but danner pumps have some kinda problem getting started i think. I have heard some bad things about the senfu though, but thats up to you. You can view other sites like

procooling
overclockers
and hardforums

Just read up on what people have to say. I cant be much help though because I never watercooled.

 

[Acetate]

Thank you very much for your input Jiggz, you seem to know your stuff.
What I am looking for are inexpensive parts for the system.
I understand the implications and technical details at hand. I really need to get my hands on simple water-cooling parts at low cost.

1 resevoir
1 water block
1 pump
1 radiator w/fans
tubes

Will this setup require the CPU to be sealed to prevent condensation ?
I'm not experienced with water cooling techniques (as you can tell) but I have read quite a bit about them and want to make a mark with my instructors.

Are there any suggestions on where I could purchase low-cost parts (local hardware store or online).

Thanks in advance.