homemade water cooling ?

[jenkon1310]

I'm start to thinking about working on homemade water cooling . Is that possible to do ? Any ideas. Thanks !

[Josephdalepi]

check out linus videos

build logs and scrapyards wars 2

[RollinLower]

depends. could you definne 'homemade'? are you planning on making every component yourself (pumps, radiators, waterblocks) or are you planning to assemble a loop out of already existing components?

[pwn_intended]

Welcome to the forum. Home made watercooling is definitely possible, but a daunting task, even for experienced builders. You should check out the scrapyard wars 2 series on linus's channel to see what they did.

 

Link to the playlist with all eps:

[pwn_intended]

If on the other hand by homemade you meant buying proper PC watercooling parts and then building it yourself, well then there is a vast amount of knowledge on this forum.

[jenkon1310]

my 'homemade' mean modding and making it by myself. I had think about it alot. I think it possible to do cpu cooler only, not the other component

[AllHokage]

depends. could you definne 'homemade'? are you planning on making every component yourself (pumps, radiators, waterblocks) or are you planning to assemble a loop out of already existing components?

Agreed, does he mean to dig the metal out the ground, smelt it and... 

 

Ok. I'm going to far here

[You_are_a_cunt]

possible? Most certainly.

Worth it? Not in a billion years. The cost of doing it properly would probably exceed the cost of a custom loop

 

 

To develop on my point of view:

Back in the day watercooling as a whole was nearly unheard of and there would be maybe 3-4 highly-tech savvy people that had a custom loop (note that mainstream AIOs came to the market fairly recently) that they had spent anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars making.

There is ALOT of fluid dynamics involved in building waterblocks, not to mention the need for a comprehensive understanding of heat transfer. Then there's the loop itself, knowing what specs you pump needs, finding a way to avoid corrosion and avoiding metal mixing. These problems are still found when building modern loops, but the variety of parts available on the market makes it far easier to figure out. This kind of project would take weeks, even months, from start to finish and endless tweaking and adjusting.

[jenkon1310]

thanks for giving me advice. Last week, i was watching scrapyard wars then it making me confuse. base on the theory, it is possible but it cost more than the full set of real water cooling. But in Vietnam, the material are very cheap. I think i can working on it with only $40 to $80

[xgn]

Are you a skilled metal worker? do you have a cnc machine? else i recommand save you're self from the hassle and buy proper parts.