Car Radiator Cooled Desktop

[Gummy]

Guy made a bet he could use a car rad in his desktop:
 

Friend bet me $100.00 that a car radiator could NOT be incorporated into a computer.... $517.82 later, I got my $100.00

 
More pics here: http://imgur.com/gallery/8RUAz

[isteelsolz]

Screw the law of diminishing returns, I need dis.

[Intervalence]

But the real question here is but was it worth it? 

[brownninja97]

About half a year ago i asked about doing this, thank you for proving it, now give me a minute, ive got a bmw to break.

[kinkywink]

howd it cost 517 dollars? go to the wreckers and pick up a crappy one, put 2 fittings on it, attach a cpu block boom. maybe what 150 dollars most

[Commander_Z]

epic

[Phage]

is that a disco ball in the case? LOL case pimped out

[Gummy]

howd it cost 517 dollars? go to the wreckers and pick up a crappy one, put 2 fittings on it, attach a cpu block boom. maybe what 150 dollars most

I believe that included the rad, two 7970 waterblocks, and the pipe adapters and such.

[Analog]

Damn man! This is awesome!  

[Lord Pantaloons]

the peen...

[Denned]

It's been done many times before, he could have googled his way to $100 profit instead of 417 in the red.

[kinkywink]

I believe that included the rad, two 7970 waterblocks, and the pipe adapters and such.

i suppose

[Leonard]

Like the Disco ball. What did you devise to hook the fans to it though @Gummy?

[wpirobotbuilder]

I know you spent more than you should, but that build looks decent with the rad. Very industrial.

 

How are you handling corrosion? Car radiators are designed to run with a mixture of ethylene glycol as the coolant to prevent the mixing of metals from causing corrosion.

[Dr_Orpington]

I knew it could be done!

[airdeano]

heat exchanger=radiator

 

size is only relative to the hardware used.

functional: yes

overkill: yes

aesthetics: it'd be a no for me

[Gummy]

Like the Disco ball. What did you devise to hook the fans to it though @Gummy?

Dunno I didn't build it . And yeah its a pretty cool disco ball:

 

[helping]

that disco ball is too much for me. I think you've one upped my Longinus on my heat sink.

though, this has been done before, and it was the way it was done before watercooling was mainstream, when watercooling was custom with hand made blocks and auto heater cores.

[Foxxer]

Isn't this the car A/C condenser ? Doesn't look like today car rads lol... But hey, it looks great !

[helping]

Lol, you made front page gj.
 

picked up this gem from your post about duel 7970's

 

[Leonard]

Dunno I didn't build it . And yeah its a pretty cool disco ball:

 

Ok.

[airdeano]

Isn't this the car A/C condenser ? Doesn't look like today car rads lol... But hey, it looks great !

 

yes it is a automotive radiator, has a cap on the top tank. a/c condenser does not have a cap.

made of aluminum and plastic.. hopefully there are inhibitors in the loop..

[Foxxer]

yes it is a automotive radiator, has a cap on the top tank. a/c condenser does not have a cap.

made of aluminum and plastic.. hopefully there are inhibitors in the loop..

 

Ok my bad, I might been used to V8 engines with big rads, this seems like a 1.2l  engine to me .. lol

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

U GOT IT MADE Dude ,thumbs up for U

[Real_PhillBert]

I do have the factory radiator from one of my motorcycles laying around... 

 

If anyone has a 570 waterblock laying around I could make this happen lol.