Radiator location external to case

[ih8bananas]

First this is not an attempt to create a whole room water cooling madness (sorry Linus)

 

I want to remotely locate my radiator outside my case for a few reason.

1: During the summer I want to dump the excess heat outside

2: During winter, locate the radiator inside to conserve the heat

3: Reduce noise by putting the rad and fans further away from the main PC

4: Because I think it'll be cool.

 

(I've attached a picture to this post of my current setup with air cooling)

 

Are there any real reason why this is not a good idea?

Is the pump I have going to be powerful enough?

Any words of wisdom?

 

Here's what I want to do:

[Zeke]

I think that's possibe (I'm not 100% sure on the pump, research required), the question you should ask - will it really be worth all the effort?

[MDPS]

Well the only drawbacks I can think of would be that A: you don't get added case cooling to your case like if you had the radiator inside, and B: it may make your room a bit warmer and due to physics get the case a bit hotter, but not enough to make a difference (maybe only +1-3C). Otherwise I don't see any problem with it though as long as the tubes will reach and they don't kink. It would be a lot of work though to move the radiator back inside the case every year though during the winter, just to let you know.

 

I don't know about your pump...you would have to tell me what it is first.. :huh:

EDIT: Didn't see the pic before. Yes, around 50% sure it will work. Not entirely though as I don't have experience with that one specifically.

 

Words of wisdom? Yeah. If you go for this...

DON'T SCREW IT UP!!!

[x4n4th]

No reason its not a good idea. (Its a good idea)

 

The pump has 19ft of head pressure. Your pump is definitely powerful enough

 

I chose to go this route on my first rig.

 

[beach_boy98]

This would be amazing if done correctly. I hope you do do it correctly.

[ih8bananas]

No reason its not a good idea. (Its a good idea)

 

The pump has 19ft of head pressure. Your pump is definitely powerful enough

 

I chose to go this route on my first rig.

 

That looks really sick!

[ih8bananas]

This would be amazing if done correctly. I hope you do do it correctly.

it's my first time doing liquid cooling, but I feel pretty confident.  watching hours of tutorials on how to do it

[beach_boy98]

it's my first time doing liquid cooling, but I feel pretty confident.  watching hours of tutorials on how to do it

Make sure you use plenty of paper towel.

[ih8bananas]

I think that's possibe (I'm not 100% sure on the pump, research required), the question you should ask - will it really be worth all the effort?

I don't know if it's really worth the effort.  I was hoping somebody else was thinking the same thing I am and did it already.  I assume at load the system can draw as much as 900W which is being dissipated mostly into heat.  During the summer, it's essentially a 900W space heater, if I can vent it out the window that would be great!  Then during the winter it's my very own personal space heater I can put by my feet. lol

[ih8bananas]

Parts come on Thursday, I'll update with a build log and updates along the way!

[Zeke]

I don't know if it's really worth the effort.  I was hoping somebody else was thinking the same thing I am and did it already.  I assume at load the system can draw as much as 900W which is being dissipated mostly into heat.  During the summer, it's essentially a 900W space heater, if I can vent it out the window that would be great!  Then during the winter it's my very own personal space heater I can put by my feet. lol

Well, LTT ran into trouble of a significant chunk of the heat being dissipated back into the room due to an uninsulated copper tubing. In your case this is a bit different, but still there's stuff to account for, such as stands for the rad on inside and outside, and maybe some handles?

[spwath]

My rad is external to my case

[ih8bananas]

Well, LTT ran into trouble of a significant chunk of the heat being dissipated back into the room due to an uninsulated copper tubing. In your case this is a bit different, but still there's stuff to account for, such as stands for the rad on inside and outside, and maybe some handles?

I agree cooper was probably not the smartest thing he's done when trying to take heat out of the room.  He probably had more surface area in all that cooper tubing than in his rad outside.

 

Mounting the rad isn't really figured out yet.  If my experiment fails then I can always put the rad inside, there a perfect spot for a 360mm rad.  I guess I'm going to make a "window unit" that the rad and fan can mount to.

[ih8bananas]

My rad is external to my case

pics or it didn't happen, j/k.  that's good to know.  do you exhaust the air outside the room during the summer months or is the rad just external to the case?

 

My computer is right next to my bedroom window so I wanted to put the rad in the window exhausting out.

[Zeke]

I agree cooper was probably not the smartest thing he's done when trying to take heat out of the room.  He probably had more surface area in all that cooper tubing than in his rad outside.

 

Mounting the rad isn't really figured out yet.  If my experiment fails then I can always put the rad inside, there a perfect spot for a 360mm rad.  I guess I'm going to make a "window unit" that the rad and fan can mount to.

How about assembling fans/rad into a single block that you can move about? 

[x4n4th]

Parts come on Thursday, I'll update with a build log and updates along the way!

 

I look forward to seeing you build it!

[Lays]

I also have an external rad, it's actually quite nice not being restricted by the size of your case for what rad you want.

 

Here's how mine is set up, eventually I'll mount the radiator underneath my desk lol

 

[ih8bananas]

I also have an external rad, it's actually quite nice not being restricted by the size of your case for what rad you want.

 

Here's how mine is set up, eventually I'll mount the radiator underneath my desk lol

 

I'm curious.  I noticed you GPU and CPU block are in parallel.  How does that work for you?  I've read you need to be very making sure one is not more restrictive than the other are you can get uneven flow, since water will flow through the path of least resistance.

[hk29]

it sounds like a reasonalbe idea, but some concerns.

1. where is this window located? north, south, west, east side of house. if on south side you would need a lot of air movement across the rad best would be north side with shade.

2. moving the radiator around could cause leakage around fittings although small chance.

3. alternative would to mount the rad and fans in a external box then route the exhaust air to the outside.  so the only thing you really have to move around is the exhuast hose. i would still mount the pump and res inside the pc case.

 

 

good luck!!

[Benji_w]

If it was me I'd just mount the rads in a rad box and put it somewhere like under my desk or what ever. Far too much effort for very little gain in all honesty. My PC didn't struggle that much this summer with one tiny 240mm rad even though my OC was 4.9ghz @ 1.56v.