"I Water Cooled My Air Cooler AND ...." By Major Hardware

[clandestine8]

This looks like an interesting concept. Would love to see Linus 3d print and over engineer something like this with a proper Radiator. I would assume it would make more stable temps than a traditional loop while achieving better or similar performance to a typical system. Then they could even go further and design a fin stack with heat pipes that is the same size as a larger AIO block like the new ASUS one. 

 

https://youtu.be/bXFxuqzLu1Q

 

[191x7]

Here's a more challenging idea - custom loop air cooling. lol

[clandestine8]

1 minute ago, 191x7 said:

Here's a more challenging idea - custom loop air cooling. lol

take Jays AC Unit and pump it through a small box build around the CPU heat sink then plumb it to blow over the GPU heat sink. It could definitely work

[NineEyeRon]

Googles “how to liquid cool my air cooled liquid cooled air cooler”

[Dissitesuxba11s]

TL;DR The second law of thermodynamics says, "Stick with a regular cooler." 

 

I'll copy what I commended when someone asked about this last night.

11 hours ago, Dissitesuxba11s said:

Commercially available CPU waterblocks already implement this idea of water going through a fin stack instead of air. I think that since you have a larger heatsink to transfer heat to the water vice a regular waterblock, you will have better initial temps but will ultimately hit a certain thermal limit which will be dependent on the radiator and not the heatsink anymore.

 

Cool idea, hopefully he does a complete set with radiators.

And to add:

The biggest benefit that regular waterblocks have over this design is the jet plate. There is a need to get that heat away from the waterblock quickly to prevent heat soak because over time heat will be retained in the larger mass of the "waterblock" and not cool as efficiently. I think that the reason he saw really low temps is due to the ice and not the "waterblock."

[clandestine8]

Yeah of course you will hit an equilibrium just like every other cooling solution but the water sitting there could absorb more heat and the whole thing would act like a "heat battery", so you could complete a 20 minute render at 5.1 ghz and the dissipate the heat over the next hour or two of regular work. AIO has a low volume of water and heats up quickly, and this would be equivalent to putting the Reservoir and the block together in a traditional water loop, so actual space savings. Additional weight also "might" apply more pressure to the cpu? or more even pressure? (i'm just grasping at straws but who knows, i'm not an engineer)   

 

I also just like when people do pointless but interesting engineering lol one thing i would do is extend the outtake to the bottom forcing the water to flow through the heat sink.

Idea: This could also be designed more like a LN2 pot, with hole, channels, and fins through out a block of copper to better optimize flow and heat dispersion, however i'm positive that's 10X harder to build. 

 

Definitely the ice was a huge factor. You pretty much never start with water at 0 C in a traditional loop unless you're gamers nexus. 

PS> didn't know some else posted it, was pretty low view count so i figured it was fresh.

[porina]

At least he put more effort into it than I did... 

 

 

[your nan]

When you think about it, this exactly how a regular waterblock works...

but more awesome.

[clandestine8]

@porina That is awesome! 

[Namir.exe]

I have question

i have seen LTT water cooling a lot of things starting from pcs to camara(eventualy) so a question popped i my mind that Can you water cool a air cooler ?

[.Apex.]

@Namir.exe

There's a video on that if you search on youtube, but it would be great if LTT retested it since they have better equipment 

[.Apex.]

 

[Salv8 (sam)]

just pour some water on it! you won't short circlet anything!

[Ravenbear]

I think it's cool when people try new things. Most of them seem stupid at first and most fail. But when they work we get some great things.  You get things like this.https://inhabitat.com/malawi-youth-builds-windmill-to-power-village/