Cheapo 240mm cpu custom loop

[HM-2]

No, G1/4 and 3/8 are different sizes. One is 0.25" major diameter, one is 0.375".

[Somerandomtechyboi]

6 hours ago, HM-2 said:

No, G1/4 and 3/8 are different sizes. One is 0.25" major diameter, one is 0.375".

Which one is more common in a waterloop?

[HM-2]

10 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Which one is more common in a waterloop?

G1/4

[AnonymousGuy]

Feel like the base question is more "why are you wasting your time"?  Buy the cheapest modern CPU and it'll outperform an E8400 with the most exotic cooling on it.  Any money you're spending here is money being wasted.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

2 hours ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Feel like the base question is more "why are you wasting your time"?  Buy the cheapest modern CPU and it'll outperform an E8400 with the most exotic cooling on it.  Any money you're spending here is money being wasted.

Bruh

 

Its a watercooling loop for a testbench ffs, and no im not gonna get a newer system cause ill prob get a laptop anyways

 

The watercooling is for cpu ocing cause i wanna see how far i can push my chips, obv any lga 1156 or 1366 cpu will obliterate a c2q

[HM-2]

I was more puzzled by the "don't want to spend any money on radiators or fittings, but have all the tools and expertise required to make my own custom blocks" stuff.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

2 hours ago, HM-2 said:

I was more puzzled by the "don't want to spend any money on radiators or fittings, but have all the tools and expertise required to make my own custom blocks" stuff.

Yea i think ill just buy one of those cheapo chinese copper waterblocks (ones with microfins) if i decide to upgrade the block which is prob gonna be the 2nd thing ill replace in the loop

 

I thought that waterblocks are as simple as just soldering some metal together for a water tight seal and drilling 2 holes for the water

[For Science!]

29 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I thought that waterblocks are as simple as just soldering some metal together for a water tight seal and drilling 2 holes for the water

If you did that, you might as well have gotten a hyper 212 and it will be safer, better performing, and perhaps still cheaper.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, For Science! said:

If you did that, you might as well have gotten a hyper 212 and it will be safer, better performing, and perhaps still cheaper.

Lmao i can get a themis evo for like 15$ or an ereboss for 30$, 212 is just overpriced garbage in my area at around 35$

 

Well ive already bought my cheapo 2$ block so might aswell complete what i started, and prob be the same price or slightly more than an ereboss

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Heres a pic of the waterblock

Spoiler

Do i need a fitting for it or can i just put a small hose clamp on it and calll it a day

[For Science!]

3 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Heres a pic of the waterblock

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Do i need a fitting for it or can i just put a small hose clamp on it and calll it a day

it has barbs, you do the latter.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 minute ago, For Science! said:

it has barbs, you do the latter.

Btw the inside looks pretty rough so i guess the block is sanded or something in the inside so i guess it wont perform like complete ass

 

Spoiler

Heres the pump im thinking of buying

 

4$

Advertised flow of 800l/h

8w power consumpution (im gonna assume ~0.7a since its running on 12v)

Inlet/outlet od is 9mm and id is 6mm so just like the pump it prob uses 3/8 inch tubing

 

If you are wondering how im gonna power it ill prob just hook it up directly to a molex or use a buck boost converter incase i wanna make it run faster

[HM-2]

22 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I thought that waterblocks are as simple as just soldering some metal together for a water tight seal and drilling 2 holes for the water

That depends, got a good enough drill press and threading tools to accurately cut G1/4 ports in a chunk of aluminium that won't piss coolant everywhere?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

3 hours ago, HM-2 said:

That depends, got a good enough drill press and threading tools to accurately cut G1/4 ports in a chunk of aluminium that won't piss coolant everywhere?

I dont even have anything near that

 

Heck when i bought an adapter for my cheapo chinese dremel it was too large so you know what i did?

 

I just grinded it with one of the grinding heads included with the dremel till it could actually fit, and it sorta works but vibrates like crazy

 

So if i dont got tools then ill just improvise

 

 

And i dont have threading tools, though if i can get some for cheap then why not just in case i need em

[HM-2]

"I botched power tools in an unsafe way and it doesn't work properly but I'll improvise" probably won't fill anyone with confidence. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, HM-2 said:

"I botched power tools in an unsafe way and it doesn't work properly but I'll improvise" probably won't fill anyone with confidence. 

Yep

 

Heck i even turned it on when i didnt secure the botched ass adapter + a grinding blade or whatever its called and it went flying

 

Luckily it only grazed my left arm a lil but yea i think if im gonna botch power tools i should get some proper protection so if something goes wrong i wont get hurt xD

 

Only issue being that just like my "improvisation" of power tools ill also improvise on protection aswell, well hopefully its gonna be as simple as just using a case sidepanel or something

[thrasher_565]

On 9/6/2021 at 7:58 AM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

So you only need g1/4 fittings for the entire loop?

 

Btw is g1/4 the same as 3/8 inch or is it a different size?

g1/4 is the threads not the id/od. some rads have g1/4 threads to use fittings other have barbs on them witch normally have a smaller id/od

Edited September 10, 2021 by thrasher_565

[thrasher_565]

On 9/8/2021 at 7:55 AM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Btw the inside looks pretty rough so i guess the block is sanded or something in the inside so i guess it wont perform like complete ass

 

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Heres the pump im thinking of buying

 

4$

Advertised flow of 800l/h

8w power consumpution (im gonna assume ~0.7a since its running on 12v)

Inlet/outlet od is 9mm and id is 6mm so just like the pump it prob uses 3/8 inch tubing

 

If you are wondering how im gonna power it ill prob just hook it up directly to a molex or use a buck boost converter incase i wanna make it run faster

the pump barbs are bigger then the water block...so you going to need to get creative... this is the problems going cheap.

[thrasher_565]

this is why matching the barbs makes build it way easier

 

 

 

lapping it

 

whats in side some of them

 

 

Edited September 10, 2021 by thrasher_565