Internal or External cooling ?

[ArcThanatos]

ok, cool. ill look into making something, just want to see if people like the idea or design, not too hard to make them, just wondering what people would think of the idea. ideally you don't want it ugly, bulky or impractical. so yeah that could be the real challenge

[W-L]

14 hours ago, ArcThanatos said:

ok, cool. ill look into making something, just want to see if people like the idea or design, not too hard to make them, just wondering what people would think of the idea. ideally you don't want it ugly, bulky or impractical. so yeah that could be the real challenge

External rad boxes still exist but are quite a niche product, it can be done quite easily with a large rad array and some quick disconnects out the back of a system to ease or transport and disassembly. 

http://shop.watercool.de/epages/WatercooleK.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/WatercooleK/Products/25022

[ArcThanatos]

24 minutes ago, W-L said:

External rad boxes still exist but are quite a niche product, it can be done quite easily with a large rad array and some quick disconnects out the back of a system to ease or transport and disassembly. 

http://shop.watercool.de/epages/WatercooleK.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/WatercooleK/Products/25022

yeah but i was thinking of a more flexible option, something for someone who wants to put the rad's fans and all that jazz on themselves, give them the panel (like a computer case, they pick the parts you supply the mounting). its not for everyone but id like to see if it was more affordable would more people op for it.

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, ArcThanatos said:

yeah but i was thinking of a more flexible option, something for someone who wants to put the rad's fans and all that jazz on themselves, give them the panel (like a computer case, they pick the parts you supply the mounting). its not for everyone but id like to see if it was more affordable would more people op for it.

When Danger Den was around back in the day they had rad stands / boxes which were basically three 360mm mounts or rads and had space for all your pumps and reservoirs. These days your probably going to need to fabricate something yourself as there aren't that many external rad box options. 

 

https://www.singularitycomputers.com/builds/danger-den/

[ArcThanatos]

im find with self fab, im a sheetmetal fabricator by trade. im just looking into other peoples thoughts on the matter. designing stuff like that isn't too hard, making it attractive and flexible, makes it a little farder, its making a product people want that is the hard part

 

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, ArcThanatos said:

im find with self fab, im a sheetmetal fabricator by trade. im just looking into other peoples thoughts on the matter. designing stuff like that isn't too hard, making it attractive and flexible, makes it a little farder, its making a product people want that is the hard part

 

I would say there is a market for it but extremely niche now since support for large rads in cases is much more readily available. 

[ArcThanatos]

yeah i figured as much. but at any case there is always fun things to make. personally im planning on making a mount that fits in a window and exhausts heat from my room and PC. dry climate with a evap aircon this would work in theory and more or less in prac as well