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!

 

[mrCide]

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[dbcrossfire]

yea, hit the water cooling section at www.overclockers.com there is a lot of information there, also that hardocp forums seem to have more water coolers in there. Make your own waterblock, why?

 

[CStroman]

Overclockers.com also has some examples of evaporative water coolers. I'm seriously considering building one of those, and I have some PVC left over from my spudgun that I have to find a use for.

 

[SiiRuHs]

well I don't know how much work you want to put in but I found an old heat exchanger unit at an auto wrecker for $5 canadian. Made of copper and a much better design than a standard reduct radiator

for the waterblock I went to a raw metal retailer, got some 1/4" copper, a propane torch and then cut/soldered it all together myself. when properly done, a solder joint can be have a very respectable amount of strength.

got the pump and a gardening shop, picked up everything else at an aces hardware (any other hardware store will do, I'm sure) and it's currently fairing very well, I'm quite pleased. Whole thing worked out to about $60 canadian which is about $40 american, cheaper than most "performance" heatsinks and on par with the best water coolers

only word of warning - for the love of all that's good in hardware DO NOT HAVE COMPANY OVER WHILE YOU WORK!!! I tend to overbuild things real good and there was only 1 water connection anywhere near the mobo that could do harm. everything else was soldered copper piping and the joints were covered internally with roofing tar/screw tight ties but I forgot to tighten that 1 clip and it all went to hell. all fixed up though, just saving you some headaches

oh yeah, don't forget to build in a bleeder. I used a T-junction and soldered a water valve to one end. to fill it up, I temporarily attach a plastic tube and run the system until the bubbles are all out, then I close the valve, carefully drain the pipe, wipe it up and it's good to go.

oh yeah, all my piping was 1/2" diameter, 4x the flow rate and keeps everything the same size.

good luck, man!